International Traffic in
       Arms Regulations (ITAR)

ITAR governs defense articles and services and related technical data identified on the ITAR Munitions List.(ML).

 

· Covers military items (“munitions” or “defense articles”)

· Regulates goods and technology designed to kill people or defend against death in a military setting (e.g., tank, fighter aircraft, nerve agent defensive equipment)

· Includes space-related technology and research;  increasing applicability to other university research areas such as nanotechnology/new materials and sensors and life sciences

· Creates “defense articles” (includes tech data which encompasses software unlike EAR) and “defense services” (certain information to be exported may be controlled as a “defense service” even if in the public domain)

 ITAR Technical Data

Relates to defense articles and defense services (furnishing assistance including design, engineering, and use of defense articles)

 

Differences Between ITAR and EAR

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