Export Control Policy and the U.S. Satellite Industry - Public Policy

As an organization that includes America's key aerospace contractors, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics supports a strong national defense and rigorous export control policies to ensure America's national security. America's national security is critically dependent upon its technological superiority, military preparedness and its economic security. Our national and economic security are increasingly linked to US global leadership in space and satellite technology.

Recent changes in US export control law and policy, however, may jeopardize our economic security and, in turn, our national security. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 transferred jurisdiction over commercial satellite exports from the Commerce Department's Commerce Control List (CCL) to the State Department's U.S. Munitions List (USML), effective March 15, 1999.