17Category XII—Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and Control Equipment

17  Category XII—Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical and Guidance and Control Equipment

 (a) Fire control systems; gun and missile tracking and guidance systems; gun range, position, height finders, spotting instruments and laying equipment; aiming devices (electronic, optic, and acoustic); bomb sights, bombing computers, military television sighting and viewing units, and periscopes for the articles in this list.

 (b) Lasers specifically designed, modified or configured for military application including those used in military communication devices, target designators and range finders, target detection systems, and directed energy weapons.

 (c) Infrared focal plane array detectors specifically designed, modified, or configured for military use; image intensification and other night sighting equipment or systems specifically designed, modified or configured for military use; second generation and above military image intensification tubes (defined below) specifically designed, developed, modified, or configured for military use, and infrared, visible and ultraviolet devices specifically designed, developed, modified, or configured for military application. Replacement tubes or focal plane arrays identified in this paragraph being exported for commercial systems are subject to export controls.

Note: For the purposes of this paragraph, second and third generation image intensification tubes are defined as having a peak response within the 0.4 to 1.05 micron wavelength range and incorporating a microchannel plate for electron image amplification having a hole pitch (center‑to‑center spacing) of less than 25 microns and having either:

(a) an S–20, S–25 or multialkali photocathode; or

(b) a GaAs, GaInAs, or other compound semiconductor photocathode.

 (d) Inertial platforms and sensors for weapons or weapon systems; guidance, control and stabilisation systems except for those systems covered in Category VIII; astro‑compasses and star trackers and military accelerometers and gyros. For aircraft inertial reference systems and related components refer to Category VIII.

 (e) Components, parts, accessories, attachments and associated equipment specifically designed or modified for the articles in paragraphs (a) to (d), except for such items as are in normal commercial use.

 (f) Technical data and defence services directly related to the defence articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) to (e).