Aircraft
U.S. Begins Export Reform of Aircraft, Engines
Common parts on the F/A-18 will no longer have the same status as the fighter itself under U.S. export control reform. (Photo: Boeing)
Common parts on the F/A-18 will no longer have the same status as the fighter itself under U.S. export control reform. (Photo: Boeing)

The Obama Administration notified Congress on March 7 of planned revisions to the U.S. Munitions List (USML) in the aircraft and gas-turbine engine categories. The revisions will move items considered to be non-sensitive or having dual military and commercial uses from the State Department-administered USML to the more flexible Commerce Control List (CCL) under the administration’s export control reform initiative.