As it waits for newly published changes to the U.S. space technology export regime to take effect in six months, the U.S. government could further tweak the rules on imaging satellite hardware depending on how a separate debate on commercial remote sensing policy shakes out, officials said here May 20. The pending changes will transfer a host of space-related items from the U.S. Munitions List, a registry of weapons technologies whose exports are tightly controlled by the U.S. Department of State under a one-size-fits-all process, to the Commerce Control List, which is administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The changes are expected to make it easier for U.S. companies to export space-related hardware that is widely available on the international market while strengthening U.S. controls on the most sensitive technologies and systems.
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