You're contacting media contact of this press release

Title: UK and European Defense Expansion Highlights ITAR Responsibilities for U.S. Defense Manufacturers

Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 3rd Sep 2026 - As the United Kingdom and European allies accelerate defense production, expand multinational manufacturing and deepen cooperation with Ukraine, U.S. defense manufacturers participating in an increasingly interconnected global defense supply chain should ensure their employees understand their responsibilities under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), according to Cleared Systems, LLC.Recent developments illustrate how quickly defense manufacturing is becoming more international. NATO has launched new initiatives aimed at expanding industrial production capacity and encouraging cross-border collaboration among U.S., Canadian and European companies. The United Kingdom and Poland have also entered a new security and defense partnership that includes joint development and manufacturing of next-generation missile technology.More recently, the United Kingdom authorized the release of classified information involving British components of the Storm Shadow/SCALP missile to support plans for production in Ukraine. The development comes as European governments continue efforts to increase defense manufacturing capacity and strengthen defense supply chains.For U.S. defense manufacturers, the expansion of multinational defense production creates opportunities, but it can also increase the importance of understanding U.S. export-control requirements.“Defense manufacturing is becoming increasingly collaborative and international,” said Carl B. Johnson, President and CISO of Cleared Systems. “A U.S. manufacturer may have engineers, suppliers, subcontractors and customers working across multiple countries on the same program. That creates an environment where employees need to understand that an export-control issue ca...

This press release is issued by King Newswire