Blue Ridge Optics has acquired ITAR Registration with the US Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC).  ITAR compliance is a key Blue Ridge Optics strategic program to support our Military and Homeland security customers to conform to International Traffic in Arms Regulations under the Arms Export Control Act.

The Department of State is responsible for the export and temporary import of defense articles and services governed by 22 U.S.C. 2778 of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Executive Order 13637. That section of the AECA is implemented by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR,” 22 CFR parts 120-130). The ITAR is available from the Government Printing Office (GPO) as an annual hardcopy or e-document publication as part of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and as an updated e-document.