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Working Group Examining Export Control Changes For Satellite Industry

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Friday, May 16th, 2008

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An aerospace working group wants some satellite components exempted from U.S. export control restrictions, a change its leader says would benefit national security. The group plans to compare U.S. commercial satellite components with like foreign components, and then recommend any that perform at or below the basic commercial-performance level--a level defined by the group--no longer be controlled under U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) regimes. The reasoning, working group chairman and retired Air Force major general Craig Weston said,…

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