U.S. Industry Finds Faults In New DOC Definition Of 'Specially Designed'

Defense contractors and business groups have criticized as too broad a new, Commerce Department-proposed definition of items that are "specially designed" for military applications and thereby subject to stricter controls than other items on the Commodity Control List (CCL) that are not so designated. However, the groups did acknowledge that this proposal is an improvement over an initial proposed definition issued last year.