The Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1996

Technical Note:

ML10  “Aircraft”, unmanned airborne vehicles, aero engines and “aircraft” equipment, related “goods” and components, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:

a. Combat “aircraft” and specially designed components therefor;

b. Other “aircraft” specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components therefor;

c. Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor;

d. Unmanned airborne vehicles, including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), and autonomous, programmable vehicles specially designed or modified for military use and their launchers, ground support and related equipment for command and control;

e. Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the “aircraft” specified in entry ML10.a. or ML10.b. or the aero-engines specified in entry ML10.c., and specially designed components therefor;

f. Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for “aircraft” specified in entry ML10.a. or ML10.b., or for aero-engines specified in entry ML10.c.;

g. Pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in “aircraft”, anti-g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for “aircraft” or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices for emergency escape of personnel from “aircraft”;

h. Parachutes used for combat personnel, cargo dropping or “aircraft” deceleration, as follows:

1. Parachutes for:

a. Pin point dropping of military personnel;

b. Dropping of paratroopers;

2. Cargo parachutes;

3. Paragliders, drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilisation and attitude control of dropping bodies, (e.g. recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs);

4. Drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes;

5. Recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones or space vehicles;

6. Approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes;

7. Other military parachutes;

i. Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.

Note: Entries ML10.b. and ML10.c. on specially designed components and related equipment for non-military “aircraft” or aero-engines modified for military use include only those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use.