Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee (TRANSTAC)

The TRANSTAC is dedicated to advising the Department on systems and related equipment in the navigation, avionics, marine, aerospace, propulsion, satellite and space sectors represented in CCL Categories 7, 8, and 9. 

TRANSTAC objectives include: 

1. Identifying objective criteria for emerging and foundational technologies (i.e. Section 1758 technologies) that may be developed over a period of five or ten years with potential dual-use applications as early as possible in their developmental stages both within the United States and abroad.
2. Promoting the Spacecraft and Unmanned Aerial Systems Technical Working Groups to address issues with existing regulatory language and emerging issues.
3. Reviewing Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) in Categories 7 (Navigation and Avionics), 8 (Marine) and 9 (Aerospace and Propulsion) for possible updates.
4. Reviewing in conjunction in with the Materials & Equipment TAC those entries in Categories 1 (Special Materials and Related Equipment) and 2 (Materials Processing) specific to aerospace and marine systems.
5. Providing technical advice and inputs for U.S. and foreign proposals that impact transportation and related equipment.
6. Developing non-papers and proposals for updating controls for items in Categories 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 for U.S. interagency consideration for presentation at multilateral export control regimes.
7. Facilitating consistent and clear licensing standards across Industry and the reviewing U.S. agencies.
8. Fostering inter-TAC coordination to better leverage resources and knowledge. 

To learn more, please see the TRANSTAC charter.