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Question #5

Is the item being shared, ship ped, hand carried, transmitted or transferred a defense article(1) other than information or software on the ITAR's US Munition List (USML)?

 

Note 1

A defense article:

Is specifically designed, developed, configured, adapted, or modified for a military application, and does not have predominant civil applications, and does not have performance equivalent (defined by form, fit and function) to those of an article or service used for civil applications; Is specifically designed, developed, configured, adapted, or modified for a military application, and has significant military or intelligence applicability (examples are satellites, spacecraft and their subsystems, fully field-deployable systems for military use, and space-qualified for radiation hardened microcircuits); or Is on the US Munitions List (USML, the US State Department ITAR list).

 

If you have any questions as to whether your item or equipment is listed on the USML, contact Dr. María Amador-Dumois, Interim Export Control Officer, Research and Development Center, at extension 534 4 and via e-mail at exportcontrols@uprm.edu.