ITAR Definitions and Technical Data
Five pieces on ITAR definitions and part 125: exports and releases, dual national employees, key terms, technical data licensing and its exemptions.
Five pieces in this topic
What counts as an export under the ITAR
Six ways to export, deemed exports, reexports, retransfers, releases and the carve-outs, including two from 13 October 2026.
02Dual national and third-country national employees
American and foreign persons, regular employees, foreign ownership and control, and two routes for dual national staff.
03ITAR definitions that set the level of control
The ITAR terms that decide how tightly an item or transaction is controlled.
04Licensing technical data and classified exports
The public domain, when a license is needed, limits that travel with the data, classified exports and plant visits.
05The technical data exemptions
Where the exemptions stop, government requests, data tied to earlier approvals, travel, universities and bids.
Key terms in this topic
Deemed exportReexportRetransferAccess informationEncryption from end to endAmerican personForeign personRegular employeeDeemed reexportSubstantive contactsSignificant military equipmentMajor defense equipmentDepot-level maintenanceAffiliateParty to the exportPublic domainFundamental researchDSP-5DSP-85DSP-83Technical data exemptionEditorial revisionTemporary assignmentPublic releaseBuild-to-print
Other topics in controlling what transfers
- Technology Transfer and Export Control 5 pieces
- End Use Monitoring 5 pieces
- Excess Defense Articles 3 pieces
- Offsets 3 pieces
- Sensitive Systems and Export Compliance 3 pieces
- Classifying Defense Articles 3 pieces
- Commercial Export Licenses 3 pieces
- Defense Services Agreements 3 pieces
- Licensing Exemptions 3 pieces
- Brokering Controls 3 pieces
- Violations and Penalties 4 pieces
- Registration and Reporting 2 pieces
- Assistance Program Controls 2 pieces
- Munitions List: Weapons 6 pieces
- Munitions List: Platforms 4 pieces
- Munitions List: Electronics 5 pieces
- Munitions List: Training and Protection 3 pieces
- Release Gates for Sensitive Systems 2 pieces
- Country Policy and the Treaties 5 pieces
- Licenses From Application to Revocation 5 pieces
- Terrorism and Missile Controls 4 pieces
- Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Sanctions 3 pieces