International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Modification of Civil Aircraft To Incorporate Aircraft Survivability Equipment

Citation91 FR 55457
Published date28 August 2026
FR Document2026-17660
Pages55457-55461
SectionRules and Regulations
IssuerState Department
Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 166 (Friday, August 28, 2026)
[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 166 (Friday, August 28, 2026)]
                [Rules and Regulations]
                [Pages 55457-55461]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2026-17660]
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                DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                [Public Notice: 13088]
                22 CFR Parts 120 and 121
                RIN 1400-AG17
                International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Modification of Civil
                Aircraft To Incorporate Aircraft Survivability Equipment
                AGENCY: Department of State.
                ACTION: Interim final rule; request for comments.
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                SUMMARY: The Department of State (the Department) amends the
                International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to remove from the
                U.S. Munitions List (USML) certain aircraft that have been modified to
                incorporate aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) and to exclude from
                the ITAR certain activities that would otherwise meet the definition of
                reexport or temporary import of ASE incorporated into such aircraft.
                DATES:
                 Effective date: This rule is effective October 13, 2026.
                 Comment due date: Send comments on or before September 28, 2026.
                ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments to the Department of
                State by any of the following methods:
                 Visit the Regulations.gov website at: https://www.regulations.gov and search for the docket number [DOS-2026-0892].
                 Email: [email protected]. Commenting parties
                must include RIN 1400-AG17 in the subject line of the email message.
                 See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for other information about
                electronic filing.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Chris Weil, Office of Defense
                Trade Controls Policy, Department of State, email
                [email protected] SUBJECT: Aircraft Survivability
                Equipment--RIN 1400-AG17.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of State's Directorate of
                Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) administers the ITAR (22 CFR parts 120
                through 130) to, among other things, regulate the export, reexport,
                retransfer, and temporary import of defense articles and defense
                services described on the USML at ITAR Sec. 121.1. Items not subject
                to the ITAR or to the exclusive licensing jurisdiction of any other
                department or agency of the U.S. Government are subject to the Export
                Administration Regulations (EAR; 15 CFR parts 730 through 774), which
                include the Commerce Control List (CCL) in Supplement No. 1 to part
                774. The EAR is administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security
                (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce. This rule does not modify the list
                of defense articles and defense services controlled for purposes of
                permanent import by the Attorney General, as enumerated on the U.S.
                Munitions Import List (USMIL) at 27 CFR 447.21.
                 Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) (22 U.S.C. 2778),
                the authority from which the ITAR is derived, requires periodic review
                to determine what articles and services, if any, no longer warrant
                designation on the USML at ITAR Sec. 121.1. In maintaining the USML,
                DDTC's Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy (DTCP) identifies
                articles and services for review for addition to or removal from the
                USML, or for clarification on how they are described on the USML,
                through a variety of methods, including public feedback and interagency
                consultations, commodity jurisdiction reviews, advisory opinions, and
                technology monitoring. The Department maintains the USML such that it
                comprises those defense articles or defense services that provide a
                critical military or intelligence advantage or, in the case of weapons,
                have an inherently military function. The Department, informed by
                consultations with its interagency partners, determined that those
                articles and services this rule removes from the USML no longer warrant
                ITAR control. Additionally, the Department has long used its delegated
                authority under the AECA to define which events are controlled as
                exports, reexports, retransfers, and temporary imports.
                 For the purposes of this rule the Department refers to civil
                aircraft that are subsequently modified to incorporate certain aircraft
                survivability equipment (ASE) as survivability-enhanced aircraft. ASE
                is a term generally used to refer to systems and equipment designed to
                reduce an aircraft's susceptibility and vulnerability to manufactured
                threats by detecting, alerting on, and mitigating threats. For purposes
                of this preamble,
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                ASE specifically refers to directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM)
                and infrared or ultraviolet missile warning systems necessary for the
                operation of DIRCM. Survivability-enhanced aircraft are often used to
                mitigate risk in the transport of passengers or goods, in various
                threat environments. These aircraft incorporate ASE described on the
                USML to protect the aircraft and its occupants from man-portable air
                defense systems (MANPADS) and other guided weapons that can pose a
                serious threat to aircraft. Foreign governments also utilize civil
                aircraft incorporating ASE to transport heads of state and other
                persons, and some airlines have incorporated ASE to protect passengers
                traveling in higher risk areas.
                 ASE is described in the subparagraphs of USML Category XI(a)(4),
                which describes electronic warfare (EW) systems and equipment; thus,
                survivability-enhanced aircraft are currently described in USML
                Category VIII(a)(8), as aircraft specially designed to incorporate a
                defense article for the purpose of performing an EW function. The
                Department notes that aircraft modified to facilitate incorporation of
                ASE are currently described in paragraph (a)(8) even when the ASE is
                not physically present in the aircraft. Since such modifications are
                properties peculiarly responsible for the incorporation of the ASE,
                they satisfy the specially designed definition at Sec. 120.41(a)(1).
                 Based on its assessments and the discretion afforded it, and to
                facilitate the operation and maintenance of certain aircraft that have
                been modified to incorporate ASE, the Department is amending USML
                Category VIII(a)(8), adding corresponding definitions to Sec. 121.0,
                and adding two new entries to Sec. 120.54 to expand the definition of
                ``activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers, or temporary
                imports.'' Activities listed in ITAR Sec. 120.54 do not require an
                authorization from DDTC.
                USML Category VIII
                 The Department is revising USML Category VIII(a)(8) to exclude
                certain aircraft that have been modified to incorporate ASE. To
                concisely implement this exclusion, the Department is also adding new
                definitions of secured ASE and survivability-enhanced aircraft, and the
                acronyms ``ASE'' and ``USML,'' to Sec. 121.0.
                 Furnishing assistance to a foreign person in maintaining,
                repairing, or operating an aircraft described in paragraph (a)(8) is a
                defense service even for repairs limited to an aircraft component
                otherwise subject to the EAR, such as brakes controlled in the EAR's
                Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 9A991.d, while that item is
                incorporated into the aircraft. This is because such activities furnish
                assistance to the foreign person in maintaining the aircraft, which is
                a defense article.
                 Servicing activities for aircraft described on the USML continue to
                warrant control under the ITAR because maintenance of an aircraft helps
                maintain the foreign person's access to the capabilities of the
                aircraft. However, the Department assesses that incorporating secured
                ASE to protect an aircraft and its occupants should not, by itself,
                subject an otherwise civil aircraft to regulation under the ITAR. Such
                regulation of maintenance services, when not directly related to the
                incorporated ASE, may place U.S. companies at an unnecessary
                competitive disadvantage due to the widespread availability of such
                services and a lack of similar foreign regulation. The Department
                assesses that, when incorporated into an otherwise civil aircraft
                without modifications to incorporate other defense articles, ASE
                supports a purely protective function. For this and other reasons, the
                Department assesses commercial servicing and maintenance of
                survivability-enhanced aircraft does not provide a critical military or
                intelligence advantage that warrants continued ITAR control.
                 Following the changes in this rule to remove certain aircraft from
                paragraph (a)(8), ASE will still be described on the USML in Category
                XI. The Department has determined that ASE, and directly related
                technical data and defense services, continue to provide a critical
                military or intelligence advantage and therefore should remain on the
                USML. ITAR Sec. 120.11(c) will continue to apply to ASE incorporated
                into an aircraft, regardless of the export jurisdiction of the
                aircraft. As a result, servicing ASE for a foreign person continues to
                be a defense service. Furthermore, assisting a foreign person in the
                modification of an aircraft to facilitate incorporation of ASE is a
                defense service described in USML Category XI(d) even before the ASE is
                installed. Such assistance is directly related to the ASE and, at a
                minimum, assists the foreign person in the use of the ASE. Similarly,
                assisting a foreign person in maintaining or repairing portions of the
                aircraft modified for the purpose of incorporating ASE (e.g., upgraded
                power supplies, dedicated wiring) are defense services described in
                USML Category XI(d). Even when such services are performed on aircraft
                components subject to the EAR, they both directly relate to the ASE and
                assist the foreign person in the use of the ASE.
                 The new definition of secured ASE in Sec. 121.0 limits the scope
                of that term to specific types of defensive EW equipment. The
                Department considered further limiting the scope of the exclusion to
                ASE designed to provide protection against MANPADS; however, the
                Department's review of civil aircraft losses concluded that the threat
                is no longer limited to MANPADS. The new definition of secured ASE also
                specifies that certain anti-tamper protections must be in place when
                the ASE is incorporated into the aircraft.
                 The new definition of survivability-enhanced aircraft specifically
                excludes unmanned aircraft, aircraft that did not start out as civil
                aircraft (as described in paragraph (1) of the new definition for
                ``survivability-enhanced aircraft''), and aircraft described in USML
                Category VIII(a)(8) or elsewhere on the USML for reasons other than
                incorporating secured ASE.
                New Entries in Sec. 120.54(a)
                 The Department is adding two new paragraphs to Sec. 120.54(a) to
                remove the ITAR authorization requirement for certain reexports and
                temporary imports of defense articles that meet the new Sec. 121.0
                definition of secured ASE. Pursuant to Sec. 120.11(c), ASE retains its
                status as a defense article following incorporation or integration into
                an aircraft, regardless of the jurisdiction of the aircraft. For
                example, an ITAR license or other authorization type is currently
                required for all exports of ASE out of the United States and for all
                temporary imports of ASE into the United States, including instances in
                which the ASE is incorporated into an aircraft not described on the
                USML. Similarly, when ASE is subject to the reexport or retransfer
                restrictions of the ITAR (e.g., U.S.-origin defense articles and
                defense articles subject to ITAR Sec. 124.8(a)(5)), an ITAR
                authorization is currently required for all reexports and retransfers,
                including when an aircraft incorporating secured ASE travels to a third
                country.
                 The Department determined ASE provides a critical military or
                intelligence advantage such that it warrants description on the USML.
                ASE is military technology, regardless of its use by civilian entities.
                In providing notifications of guided missile threats and assisting
                pilots in defending against those threats, ASE provides a critical
                advantage--including during contested airspace operations. However,
                standard ITAR requirements impose an
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                unnecessary compliance burden on international partners using secured
                ASE to protect dignitaries and commercial passengers, particularly when
                traveling to a country identified in ITAR Sec. 126.1. The requirements
                also place U.S. manufacturers at a competitive disadvantage relative to
                foreign manufacturers whose products are not subject to ITAR regulation
                of reexports.
                 The Department assesses that, when ASE has previously been
                authorized for export from the United States pursuant to a license
                issued under the ITAR (and thus subjected to a U.S. national security
                review), for incorporation into a survivability-enhanced aircraft, and
                continues to be utilized only for its authorized use by an authorized
                end user, it is not necessary for the Department to review the
                operational movements of that aircraft. Similarly, the Department
                assesses that temporary imports of secured ASE incorporated into
                survivability-enhanced aircraft, without other modifications that make
                the aircraft described on the USML, do not require its review while the
                ASE remains incorporated.
                 For these reasons, the Department is adding two new paragraphs to
                Sec. 120.54(a) to exclude what would otherwise be a reexport or
                temporary import of secured ASE while it is incorporated into
                survivability-enhanced aircraft, under specified conditions. Defense
                services directly related to ASE and transfer to a foreign person of
                technical data directly related to ASE remain controlled events,
                regardless of the ASE status.
                 The primary purpose of the new Sec. 120.54(a)(8) is to remove
                certain restrictions on otherwise civil aircraft temporarily entering
                and exiting the United States with secured ASE installed. Similarly,
                the primary purpose of the new Sec. 120.54(a)(9) is to remove certain
                restrictions on the movement of aircraft that incorporate secured ASE
                already approved for export from the United States pursuant to a
                license and remaining under the control of users already authorized to
                possess the ASE. Such aircraft may include those operated by civilian
                airlines or those maintained or operated for the benefit of heads of
                state, international organizations like the United Nations, and
                humanitarian organizations. New paragraphs (a)(8) and (9) apply only to
                the physical movement of the secured ASE while it is incorporated into
                a survivability-enhanced aircraft; these paragraphs do not authorize
                any defense services or release of technical data directly related to
                the ASE (including removal of the ASE from the aircraft). New paragraph
                (a)(9) applies only to ASE previously authorized for export from the
                United States pursuant to a license; it does not apply to ASE that has
                only been exported pursuant to an exemption.
                 Retransfer of ASE to a foreign person while outside the United
                States remains a controlled event in all cases. The new Sec.
                120.54(a)(8) does not enable temporary imports that involve transfers
                of the aircraft or the incorporated ASE to a different foreign person
                while inside the United States. If the ASE has been authorized for
                export under a separate ITAR authorization, for use by a particular
                organization and its employees, then a transfer of control of the
                aircraft and secured ASE between employees of the same organization
                must be completed using that ITAR authorization.
                Effective Date and Updating of Licenses and Agreements
                 The Department is implementing an effective date of October 13,
                2026, in making the revisions described in this interim final rule. The
                Department's website (www.pmddtc.state.gov) includes guidance for
                practitioners on the treatment of items removed from the USML.
                Submission of Voluntary Disclosures or Voluntary Self-Disclosures
                 In reviewing the clarifications provided by this rule, if you
                identify a potential violation of the ITAR, you may submit a voluntary
                disclosure to DDTC, consistent with the procedures outlined in ITAR
                Sec. 127.12. For potential violations of the EAR, persons are
                encouraged to disclose violations to BIS, including through the
                submission of voluntary self-disclosures, consistent with the
                procedures outlined in EAR Sec. Sec. 764.4 and 764.5. For potential
                violations of both the EAR and the ITAR, persons are encouraged to
                submit disclosures to both agencies.
                Request for Comments
                Comments Requested
                 The Department is requesting public comments on the revisions
                described in this rulemaking. The Department encourages the public to
                provide comments related to this rule, as well as comments specifically
                responsive to the five questions described in this section. To
                facilitate timely review and assessment of the comments, comments
                should be provided in a concise sentence or paragraph, followed by
                supporting explanatory paragraphs and examples, with each distinct
                comment treated separately (as opposed to multiple comments in one
                paragraph or section). The Department requests comments focused on the
                following questions:
                 1. How much would practitioners benefit from the Department
                defining the terms for the eligible types of ASE?
                 2. Are there commodities, services, or technical data closely
                related to these revisions that warrant ITAR control, but are currently
                either not described on the USML, or not described with sufficient
                clarity? If so, please provide examples and a concise explanation.
                 3. Are there commodities, services, or technical data closely
                related to these revisions that do not warrant ITAR control? If so,
                please provide examples and a concise explanation.
                 4. Are there specific functions, performance levels, or
                characteristics related to these revisions that could better:
                 a. Distinguish between the commodities that do, and do not, warrant
                ITAR control; or
                 b. Align with the constructions or language used elsewhere in the
                ITAR?
                 5. Can any of these revisions be more clearly or concisely stated?
                Comment Submission Instructions
                 Include the Regulatory Information Number (RIN) (1400-AG17) for all
                submissions related to this rule. Parties who wish to comment
                anonymously may do so by submitting their comments via
                www.regulations.gov, leaving the fields that would identify the
                commenter blank and including no identifying information in the comment
                itself. Commenters are cautioned not to include proprietary, export-
                controlled, personal, or other sensitive information in their comments
                that they would not want to be made public. If such information would
                provide useful insight to the comment: (1) assemble that information in
                a separate document with proprietary markings; (2) include
                ``Proprietary supplement on file with: [provide POC]'' as the first
                line in the body of the email submission; (3) submit the public portion
                of the comment via email; and (4) call DDTC at (202) 663-1282 to
                coordinate submission of the proprietary supplement.
                Regulatory Analysis and Notices
                Administrative Procedure Act
                 This rulemaking is exempt from the rulemaking requirements of the
                Administrative Procedure Act (APA) pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1) as it
                involves a military or foreign affairs function of the United States.
                Nevertheless, and without prejudice to
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                this determination, the Department seeks certain public comments in
                this rule.
                Regulatory Flexibility Act
                 Since this rule is exempt from the notice-and-comment rulemaking
                provisions of 5 U.S.C. 553, it does not require analysis under the
                Regulatory Flexibility Act.
                Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
                 This rulemaking does not involve a mandate that will result in the
                expenditure by state, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate,
                or by the private sector of $100 million or more in any year and it
                will not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore,
                no actions are deemed necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded
                Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
                Congressional Review Act
                 This rule does not meet the criteria of 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
                Executive Orders 12372 and 13132
                 This rulemaking does not have sufficient federalism implications to
                require consultations or warrant the preparation of a federalism
                summary impact statement. The regulations implementing Executive Order
                12372 regarding intergovernmental consultation on Federal programs and
                activities do not apply to this rulemaking.
                Executive Orders 12866 and 13563
                 Executive Order 12866, as supplemented and affirmed by Executive
                Order 13563, directs agencies to assess all costs and benefits of
                available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to
                select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including
                potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects,
                distributed impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the
                importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs,
                of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. The Department
                specifically welcomes public comment on the effects, including costs
                and benefits, of this rule. After review by the Office of Management
                and Budget (OMB), this rule has been deemed a ``significant regulatory
                action'' under section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866.
                 This rule was undertaken pursuant to a statutory directive to
                periodically review the items on the USML. The Department generally
                determines which items warrant addition to, or removal from, the USML
                by assessing whether each provides a critical military or intelligence
                advantage based on national security and foreign policy considerations.
                Because the costs and benefits of changing what is controlled focus on
                the effect or utility of the item or service, rather than its market
                prevalence or economic value, quantitative analyses cannot be usefully
                estimated and are not available, particularly since the global
                prevalence or availability of the item or service are not known.
                Qualitatively, the rule was assessed for costs and benefits. These
                revisions are also informed by confidential commodity jurisdiction
                determination and advisory opinion requests, submitted by industry. The
                Department takes into account common questions and strives to
                streamline and simplify USML entries based on how it understands
                industry experience with certain parts of the USML.
                 This rule moves the export regulation of certain aircraft from the
                ITAR to the EAR, and it excludes from ITAR authorization requirements
                certain transfers of defense articles while they are incorporated into
                those aircraft. These actions reduce the regulatory burden on those who
                transfer, repair, or maintain such aircraft. The Department assesses
                that continuing to regulate these modified aircraft under the ITAR is
                unnecessary and that removing them will add options for U.S.
                participation in improving aviation safety. The Department assesses the
                benefits of this rulemaking outweigh any costs, that modifying the USML
                in this manner is the most cost-effective method to achieve the
                Department's regulatory objectives on this matter, and that doing so
                will result in a net reduction of the burden on the regulated
                community.
                 The alternative to this rule was inaction or delay. The Department
                could have waited to amend larger parts of the USML at once or
                continued to gather data to evaluate the controls affected by this
                rule. These alternatives were rejected. Statutory requirements,
                including section 38(f) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
                2778(f)), and section 1345 of the National Defense Authorization Act
                for Fiscal Year 2024, require a periodic review of the USML for edits
                like those made by this rule. While the Department continuously reviews
                the entire USML, it aims to focus on particular USML revisions in
                cycles, as it has done in implementing this rule.
                Executive Order 14192
                 This rule is exempt from Executive Order 14192 as it is a
                regulation issued with respect to a foreign affairs or national
                security function of the United States.
                Executive Order 12988
                 The Department of State has reviewed this rulemaking in light of
                sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988 to eliminate
                ambiguity, minimize litigation, establish clear legal standards, and
                reduce burden.
                Executive Order 13175
                 The Department of State has determined that this rulemaking will
                not have tribal implications, will not impose substantial direct
                compliance costs on Indian tribal governments, and will not preempt
                tribal law. Accordingly, the requirements of Executive Order 13175 do
                not apply to this rulemaking.
                Paperwork Reduction Act
                 This rulemaking does not impose or revise any information
                collections subject to 44 U.S.C. chapter 35.
                List of Subjects
                22 CFR Part 120
                 Arms and munitions, Classified information, Exports.
                22 CFR Part 121
                 Arms and munitions, Classified information, Exports.
                 For reasons stated in the preamble, the Department of State amends
                22 CFR parts 120 and 121, the United States Munitions List, as follows:
                PART 120--PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS
                0
                1. The authority citation for part 120 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2752, 2753, 2776, 2778, 2779,
                2779a, 2785, 2794, 2797; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp.,
                p. 223.
                0
                Amend Sec. 120.54 by revising paragraphs (a)(6) and (a)(7) and adding
                paragraphs (a)(8) and (a)(9), to read as follows:
                Sec. 120.54 Activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers,
                or temporary imports.
                 (a) * * *
                 (6) * * *
                 (iii) The defense article is not being exported from or temporarily
                imported into the United States;
                 (7) * * *
                 (iii) The defense article is not being exported from or temporarily
                imported into the United States;
                 (8) Temporarily bringing secured ASE (as defined in Sec. 121.0)
                into the United States; provided that neither the ASE,
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                nor the aircraft in which it is incorporated, is transferred without a
                license or other approval under this subchapter to another foreign
                person while in the United States; and
                 (9) Taking secured ASE (as defined in Sec. 121.0), previously
                exported from the United States pursuant to a license under this
                subchapter, from one foreign country to another while it is
                incorporated into a survivability-enhanced aircraft (as defined in
                Sec. 121.0).
                PART 121--THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST
                0
                3. The authority citation for part 121 continues to read as follows:
                 Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2752, 2778, 2797; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; Sec.
                1514, Pub. L. 105-261, 112 Stat. 2175; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3
                CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 223.
                0
                4. Amend Sec. 121.0 by adding definitions of ASE, secured ASE,
                survivability-enhanced aircraft, and USML, as follows:
                Sec. 121.0 United States Munitions List description and definitions.
                * * * * *
                 ASE means Aircraft Survivability Equipment.
                * * * * *
                 Secured ASE means a system or equipment that meets all of the
                following conditions:
                 (1) Is one of the following defense articles designed for the
                purpose of aircraft survivability:
                 (i) Directed/directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) systems;
                or
                 (ii) Infrared or ultraviolet missile warning systems necessary for
                the operation of DIRCM;
                 (2) Is incorporated into an aircraft; and
                 (3) Employs anti-tamper measures to deter, delay, and detect access
                to, or exploitation of, critical system components and software.
                 Survivability-enhanced aircraft means a manned aircraft meeting all
                of the following criteria:
                 (1) Prior to the modifications described in paragraph (2) of this
                definition, was an aircraft in production that:
                 (i) Is not described on the USML;
                 (ii) Is described only in ECCN 9A991.b; and
                 (iii) Was issued either:
                 A. A type certificate by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
                as a transport airplane or small commuter airplane, or
                 B. An equivalent certification by the civil aviation authorities of
                one or more North Atlantic Treaty Organization member states or major
                non-NATO allies;
                 (2) Has been modified to facilitate the incorporation of one or
                more items of secured ASE as defined in this section;
                 (3) But for the modifications performed to incorporate secured ASE,
                would not be described in paragraph (a)(8) of USML Category VIII; and
                 (4) Is not described in any USML paragraph other than paragraph
                (a)(8) of USML Category VIII.
                 USML means the United States Munitions List in Sec. 121.1.
                * * * * *
                0
                5. Amend Sec. 121.1 by revising paragraph (a)(8) under Category VIII,
                as follows:
                Sec. 121.1 The United States Munitions List.
                * * * * *
                Category VIII--Aircraft and Related Articles
                 (a) * * *
                 * (8) Aircraft specially designed to incorporate a defense article
                for the purpose of performing an electronic warfare function, excluding
                survivability-enhanced aircraft (see Sec. 121.0 of this subchapter);
                airborne warning and control aircraft; or aircraft specially designed
                to incorporate a defense article for the purpose of performing a
                command, control, and communications function;
                * * * * *
                Thomas G. DiNanno,
                Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, U.S.
                Department of State.
                [FR Doc. 2026-17660 Filed 8-27-26; 8:45 am]
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