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Earlier Planning For Foreign Weapons Sales Sought In Export-Control Review
By Emelie Rutherford, Defense Daily, 4 September 2009
Some defense-industry denizens want the Obama administration's review of the U.S. export-control system to consider planning for export variants of Pentagon weapon systems early in their development cycles.
The National Security Council and National Economic Council, as part of the interagency export-control review announced last month, are expected reevaluate technologies on the U.S. Munitions List as well as the process companies use to request licenses from the State Department to export items on the list.
The review also should delve into the idea of crafting at the Pentagon a process early in the development cycles of weapon systems to prepare for their eventual export, said Remy Nathan, the assistant vice president of international affairs at the Aerospace Industries Association.
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