Tag: Jason M. Wong

HORNADY’S NEW 6mm CARTRIDGE Hornady® is proud to introduce the new 6mm ARC (Advanced Rifle Cartridge). Recently tested, selected and ...

IMI SYSTEMS PROVIDES TANK AMMO TO FINNISH ARMY In January 2020, Elbit Systems announced that its subsidiary, IMI Systems was ...

Faithful readers of this column are well aware of the on-going efforts to modernize and streamline the current procedures for ...

U.S. ARMY ADOPTS B.E. MEYERS & CO. BOARS-M2 OPTICS MOUNT B.E. Meyers & Co., Inc., announced that the BOARS®-M2 optics ...

Mistakes happen. Although one may try to minimize the chance of an error, human nature, miscommunication and plain ignorance can ...

Mistakes happen. Although one may try to minimize the chance of an error, human nature, miscommunication and plain ignorance can ...

International Legal Affairs - Export Reform By Jason M. Wong Draft regulations have been published regarding the transfer of USML ...

Dealing with the U.S. Government: U.S. State Department versus the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Dealing with the ...

AES – The Automated Export System As computing systems get more advanced, there are increased opportunities to automate previously mundane ...

First Amendment Rights Versus the ITAR On June 3, 2015, the U.S. State Department published a proposed rule on the ...

Fine for Improper Wire Transfer The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it had fined the New York ...

Recalls and Warrantees Firearms, like most mechanical items, occasionally break. Parts can fail, and barrels become worn. If the firearm ...

FDIC Head Admits “mistake” in ‘Operation Choke Point.’ Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg told members of a U.S. ...

M855 – What’s the Big Deal? Pay any attention to American politics, and the reader will know that the ATF ...

Vietnam Wants Arms Embargo Lifted Vietnam wants the U.S. to lift fully an embargo on arms sales that was eased ...

Shipping Hazardous Materials Shipping ammunition within the United States? Easy. Slap a UPS Ground shipment label and ORM-D sticker on ...

Chinese Arms Appear in South Sudan The (new) civil war in South Sudan is a little more than a year ...

Iran looking to upgrade weapon systems Faced with the arms embargo enforced by the West, China may be Iran’s last ...

International Shipping: Why Does Everything Cost So Much? A recent call from a prospective client came in, and went something ...

U.S. Commerce and State Departments Suspend Export Licenses to Russia Effective March 1, 2014, the U.S. Commerce and State Departments ...

What Is OFAC, the SDN, and Why Can’t Russian Arms Be Imported Into The U.S.? On July 17, 2014, the ...

The U.S. State Department “Eats Their Own Young:” The Basics of Mens Rea, Specific Intent, and Acting “Knowingly” American criminal ...

ATF Import Permits Officially Changed to 2-Year Period of Validity On February 7, 2014, ATF announced via the Federal Register ...

The only military trade show in Taiwan, the Taiwan Aerospace and Defense Technology Exposition was held from August 15 – ...

Eurosatory – the largest military and small arms defense show in Europe opened June 11 – 15, 2012 to exhibitors ...

Classification: (noun) A way or condition of being arranged.  The act of putting into classes.  A subdivision of a larger ...

Oregon State Police (OSP) Sergeant Tyler Lee reports that on January 4, 2013 at approximately 9:13 p.m., a 1984 Toyota ...

“May you live in interesting times…” supposedly a Chinese curse, the U.S. arms export trade is currently facing unprecedented challenges ...

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. reported that third-quarter sales were up 39 percent compared to the same period last year.  ...

Policies and regulations regarding exports are constantly changing.  With the high degree of compliance required to lawfully export firearms from ...

When buying consumer items online, particularly within the United States, the cost of shipping the item is frequently borne by ...

ATK Receives $24 Million Contract Modification to XM25, Individual Semi-Automatic Airburst System Engineering and Manufacturing Development Contract ATK has received ...