The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), a part of the U.S. Department of State, is responsible for controlling the export and temporary import of defense articles and services. It implements the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) according to the Arms Export Control Act (AECA). DDTC aims to facilitate legitimate defense trade with allies while preventing adversaries from accessing sensitive U.S. technology, thus ensuring that commercial exports of defense articles and defense services advance U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives. They achieve this by reviewing and adjudicating requests to export, reexport, retransfer and temporarily import defense articles and defense services.
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In October 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) implemented significant export control modernization changes.
Chris Weil is the technology and jurisdiction analysis division chief in the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.
The U.S. State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and the U.S. Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security planned revisions to the U.S. Munitions List in 2019.