Export control regimes define not only how defense technologies move across borders, but who can invest in them and on what terms.

As global security concerns intensify and technological advancements accelerate, the U.S. government continues to update and refine its International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to strengthen ...

The government will extend a five-year exemption for local firms seeking approval in exporting spare parts of an arms product ...

Department of State responsibility for the control of the permanent and temporary export and temporary import of defense articles and services is governed primarily by 22 U.S.C. 2778 of the Arms ...

Japan will ease decades-old arms export rules, the government's top spokesman, Minoru Kihara, said on April 21, a policy shift that paves the way for the sale of lethal weapons overseas. The new rules ...

April 7 (Asia Today) --Japan is moving to significantly relax its defense export restrictions, allowing overseas sales of lethal weapons in principle and expanding government authority over approvals, ...

The Japanese government has revised the "Three Principles on Transfer of Defense Equipment and Technology," which set rules for arms exports, and its operational guidelines. This marks a major shift ...

TOKYO, April 21 (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships ...

Japan has relaxed decades-old restrictions on its arms exports, clearing the way for it to sell weapons to more than a dozen countries. The announcement on Tuesday marks a milestone in Tokyo's shift ...

The new Executive Order reframes U.S. arms transfers as a strategic tool of national security and industrial policy. Export decisions will increasingly prioritize allies and transactions that ...