ITAR, definition of technical data (drawings and blueprints of defense articles) (22 CFR 120.33(a)(1) and (b))
Under the ITAR, the drawings, models and plans needed to design or make a defense article are technical data, whoever made them. A company that designed or built parts for defense programmes holds files it cannot license like ordinary records.
Dated 29 Oct 2026Source checked 29 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“Information, other than software as defined in § 120.40(g), which is required for the design, development, production, manufacture, assembly, operation, repair, testing, maintenance, or modification of defense articles. This includes information in the form of blueprints, drawings, photographs, plans, instructions, or documentation;”
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