(2) fighters, fighter bombers, and fixed‑wing attack aircraft;
(3) turbofan‑ or turbojet‑powered trainers used to train pilots for fighter, attack, or bomber aircraft;
(4) attack helicopters;
(5) unarmed military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (MT if the UAV has a range equal to or greater than 300 km);
(6) armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) (MT if the UAV has a range equal to or greater than 300 km);
(7) military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft;
(8) electronic warfare, airborne warning and control aircraft;
(9) air refuelling aircraft;
(10) target drones (MT if the drone has a range equal to or greater than 300 km);
(11) aircraft incorporating any mission system controlled under this list;
(12) aircraft capable of being refuelled in flight including hover‑in‑flight refuelling (HIFR);
(13) optionally Piloted Vehicles (OPV) (that is, aircraft specially designed to operate with and without a pilot physically located in the aircraft) (MT if the OPV has a range equal to or greater than 300 km);
(14) aircraft with a roll‑on/roll‑off ramp, capable of airlifting payloads over 35,000 lbs. to ranges over 2,000 nm without being refuelled in‑flight, and landing onto short or unimproved airfields;
(15) aircraft not enumerated in paragraphs (a)(1) to (14) as follows:
(i) United States‑origin aircraft that bear an original military designation of A, B, E, F, K, M, P, R, or S;
(ii) foreign‑origin aircraft specially designed to provide functions equivalent to those of the aircraft listed in subsubparagraph (i);
(16) are armed or are specially designed to be used as a platform to deliver munitions or otherwise destroy targets (for example, firing lasers, launching rockets, firing missiles, dropping bombs, or strafing).
Note 1: Aircraft specially designed for military applications that are not identified in paragraph (a), including any unarmed military aircraft, regardless of origin or designation, manufactured prior to 1956 and unmodified since manufacture. Aircraft with modifications made to incorporate safety of flight features or other modifications such as transponders and air data recorders are considered “unmodified” for the purposes of this paragraph.
Note 2: “Range” is the maximum distance that the specified aircraft system is capable of travelling in the mode of stable flight as measured by the projection of its trajectory over the surface of the Earth. The maximum capability based on the design characteristics of the system, when fully loaded with fuel or propellant, will be taken into consideration in determining range. The range for aircraft systems will be determined independently of any external factors such as operational restrictions, limitations imposed by telemetry, data links, or other external constraints. For aircraft systems, the range will be determined for a one‑way distance using the most fuel‑efficient flight profile (for example, cruise speed and altitude), assuming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standard atmosphere with zero wind.
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Note 3: Subparagraph (11)—“Mission systems” are defined as “systems” that are defence articles that perform specific military functions such as by providing military communication, electronic warfare, target designation, surveillance, target detection, or sensor capabilities.
Note 4: Subparagraph (11)—this does not include tethered aerostats. Mission systems incorporated on otherwise controlled aerostats are controlled as the mission systems themselves just as if they were mounted, for example, on a tower or a pole.
(b) ‑ (c) [Reserved]
(d) Ship‑based launching and recovery equipment specially designed for defence articles described in paragraph (a) of this category and land‑based variants thereof (MT if the ship‑based launching and recovery equipment is for an unmanned aerial vehicle, drone, or missile that has a range equal to or greater than 300 km).
Note: Fixed land‑based arresting gear is not included in this paragraph. For the definition of “range,” see the note 2 to paragraph (a).
(e) Inertial navigation systems (INS), aided or hybrid inertial navigation systems, Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), and Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) specially designed for aircraft controlled in this category and all specially designed components, parts, and accessories therefor (MT if the INS, IMU, or AHRS is for an unmanned aerial vehicle, drone, or missile that has a “range” equal to or greater than 300 km). For other inertial reference systems and related components refer to Category XII(d).
(f) Developmental aircraft funded by the United States Government via contract or other funding authorisation, and specially designed parts, components, accessories, and attachments therefor.
Note 1: This paragraph does not control aircraft and specially designed parts, components, accessories, and attachments therefor:
(b) identified in the relevant United States Government contract or other funding authorisation as being developed for both civil and military applications.
Note 2: Note 1 does not apply to defence articles enumerated on this list in production or development.
Note 3: This provision applies to those contracts or other funding authorisations that are dated 16 April 2014, or later.
(g) [Reserved]
(h) Aircraft parts, components, accessories, attachments, associated equipment and systems, as follows:
(1) parts, components, accessories, attachments, and equipment specially designed for the following United States‑origin aircraft: the B‑1B, B‑2, F‑15SE, F/A‑18 E/F/G, F‑22, F‑35 and future variants thereof; or the F‑117 or United States Government technology demonstrators. Parts, components, accessories, attachments, and equipment of the F‑15SE and F/A‑18 E/F/G that are common to earlier models of these aircraft.
(2) face gear gearboxes, split‑torque gearboxes, variable speed gearboxes, synchronisation shafts, interconnecting drive shafts, or rotorcraft gearboxes with internal pitch line velocities exceeding 20,000 feet per minute and able to operate 30 minutes with loss of lubrication, and specially designed parts and components therefor;
(3) tail boom folding systems, stabilator folding systems or automatic rotor blade folding systems, and specially designed parts and components therefor;
(4) wing folding systems, and specially designed parts and components therefor, for:
(i) aircraft powered by power plants controlled under Category IV(d); or
(ii) aircraft powered by gas turbine engines with any of the following characteristics:
(A) the portion of the wing outboard of the wing fold is required for sustained flight;
(B) fuel can be stored outboard of the wing fold;
(C) control surfaces are outboard of the wing fold;
(D) hard points are outboard of the wing fold;
(E) hard points inboard of the wing fold are capable of in‑flight ejection;
(F) the aircraft is designed to withstand maximum vertical manoeuvring accelerations greater than +3.5g/−1.5g;
(5) tail hooks and arresting gear, and specially designed parts and components therefor;
(6) bomb racks, missile launchers, missile rails, weapon pylons, pylon‑to‑launcher adapters, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) airborne launching systems, external stores support systems for ordnance or weapons, and specially designed parts and components therefor (MT if the bomb rack, missile launcher, missile rail, weapon pylon, pylon‑to‑launcher adapter, UAV airborne launching system, or external stores support system is for a UAV, drone, or missile that has a “range” equal to or greater than 300 km);
(7) damage or failure‑adaptive flight control systems specially designed for aircraft controlled in this category;
(8) threat‑adaptive autonomous flight control systems;
(9) non‑surface‑based flight control systems and effectors (for example, thrust vectoring from gas ports other than main engine thrust vector);
(10) radar altimeters with output power management or signal modulation (that is, frequency hopping, chirping, direct sequence‑spectrum spreading), LPI (low probability of intercept) capabilities (MT if for an unmanned aerial vehicle, drone, or missile that has a “range” equal to or greater than 300 km);
(11) air‑to‑air refuelling systems and hover‑in‑flight refuelling (HIFR) systems, and specially designed parts and components therefor;
(12) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight control systems and vehicle management systems with swarming capability (that is, UAVs interact with each other to avoid collisions and stay together, or, if weaponised, coordinate targeting) (MT if for a UAV, drone or missile that has a “range” equal to or greater than 300 km);
(13) aircraft Lithium‑ion batteries that provide greater than 38VDC nominal;
(14) lift fans, clutches, and roll posts for short take‑off, vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft and specially designed parts and components for such lift fans and roll posts;
(15) integrated helmets incorporating optical sights or slewing devices, which include the ability to aim, launch, track, or manage munitions (for example, Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS), Helmet Mounted Displays, Display and Sight Helmets (DASH)), and specially designed parts, components, accessories, and attachments therefor;
(16) fire control computers, stores management systems, armaments control processors, aircraft‑weapon interface units and computers (for example, AGM‑88 HARM Aircraft Launcher Interface Computer (ALIC));
(17) mission computers, vehicle management computers, and integrated core processers specially designed for aircraft controlled in this category;
(18) drive systems and flight control systems specially designed to function after impact of a 7.62mm or larger projectile;
(19) thrust reversers specially designed to be deployed in flight for aircraft controlled in this category;
(20) any part, component, accessory, attachment, equipment, or system that:
(iii) is being developed using classified information;
(21) ‑ (22) [Reserved]
(23) electricity‑generating fuel cells specially designed for aircraft controlled in this category;
(24) thermal engines specially designed for aircraft controlled in this category;
(25) thermal batteries specially designed for aircraft controlled in this category (MT if the thermal battery is for an unmanned aerial vehicle, drone, or missile that has a “range” equal to or greater than 300 km);
(26) thermionic generators specially designed for aircraft controlled in this category.
Note: Subparagraph (1): Specially designed does not control parts, components, accessories, and attachments that are common to aircraft described in paragraph (a) of this category but not identified in this subparagraph, and those identified in this subparagraph. For example, a part common to only the F‑14 and F‑35 is not considered specially designed.
(i) Technical data and defence services directly related to the defence articles described in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this category and defence services using classified technical data (MT for technical data and defence services related to articles designated as such.)
(j) ‑ (w) [Reserved]
Note: Use of this paragraph is limited to license applications for defence articles controlled in this category where the purchase documentation includes commodities, software, or technical data.
Note: Replacement systems, parts, components, accessories and attachments are subject to export controls.