U.S. Relaxes Export Rules For Indian Defense/Space Organizations
Aerospace Daily Jan 31, 2011 FUNDING & POLICY NEW DELHI — The U.S. government has removed all remaining Indian space and defense-related organizations from the Department of Commerce’s so-called “Entity List”—a roster of organizations that must clear additional U.S. export licensing hurdles due to their perceived proliferation risk. It is mostly laboratories within India’s Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) that are affected. “This realignment ... will strengthen global non-proliferation efforts, opening new doors for space and defense cooperation and high-technology trade between our two countries,” says Timothy Roemer, U.S. ambassador to India. Now, organizations formerly on the Entity List will have access to technologies that will enable government and private businesses to enter into transactions involving sensitive dual-use equipment, technology and software in an expeditious way. According to a Jan. ...