How does the aircraft export ban work?

roffelskates · 11-27-2009, 16:33 PM

So we all know that the F-22 cannot be exported to other countries, but are other countries allowed to take the spoils of the contract competition? What I'm talking about is what's stopping powers that want the F-22 to go for the almost equally capable YF-23? Or is there something that the US government holds a power to have an export ban on the designs of those even though they are not utilizing it?

Jimmy · 11-27-2009, 20:49 PM

It's not just military technology the US uses, any military tech has to be approved for export. If the XM-8 program was completed and the US decided not to use it, the government would still have to approve overseas sales.

Gus00 · 11-28-2009, 01:20 AM

The YF-23 was developed under US government contract so it is still subject to export laws and companies that do business with the US government are also prevented from developing a completely new fighter on the same level as the F-22/23 for another country.

But mainly because few other countries are capable of producing aircraft that advanced, even from a pre-existing design like the YF-23. And the few that could cannot buy them in numbers that would justify their cost. If they could, they would.

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roffelskates Regular Join Date: 05-03-09 Posts: 106	How does the aircraft export ban work? So we all know that the F-22 cannot be exported to other countries, but are other countries allowed to take the spoils of the contract competition? What I'm talking about is what's stopping powers that want the F-22 to go for the almost equally capable YF-23? Or is there something that the US government holds a power to have an export ban on the designs of those even though they are not utilizing it?

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Jimmy *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-16-05 Posts: 1,457 Country:	It's not just military technology the US uses, any military tech has to be approved for export. If the XM-8 program was completed and the US decided not to use it, the government would still have to approve overseas sales.

11-28-2009, 01:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Gus00 Regular Join Date: 09-29-09 Location: Texas Posts: 33 Country:	The YF-23 was developed under US government contract so it is still subject to export laws and companies that do business with the US government are also prevented from developing a completely new fighter on the same level as the F-22/23 for another country. But mainly because few other countries are capable of producing aircraft that advanced, even from a pre-existing design like the YF-23. And the few that could cannot buy them in numbers that would justify their cost. If they could, they would.

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