(R)Aukus Discussion In The Aerospace Industry
(r)AUKUS Discussion in the Aerospace Industry

This week, September 16, Paris will host the biggest event of the year (sorry, Olympics) - World Space Business Week. Attendees will come from all over the world to discuss advances in commercial spaceflight and global satellite infrastructure. But representatives from Australian, British and American companies are likely to do the most talking. Recent changes to US export controls will enable Australian, UK and US (collectively “AUKUS”) companies to exchange space and satellite-related technology, software, parts, components and equipment with virtually any country. No export control restrictions (OK, there are still some export control restrictions, but they are much less restrictive... sorry for the underlining, we just thought it was really important!) Pursuant to a trilateral agreement reached by the organization in September 2021, the United States has reduced export requirements for commercial items under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and export requirements for defense items under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). AUKUS partnership: a new era of…