ECCN 6A008
NSMTRSATRadar systems, equipment and assemblies, having any of the following , and specially designed components therefor.
What This ECCN Covers
ECCN 6A008 controls radar systems, equipment, and assemblies with specified capabilities — high-frequency operation, fine range and azimuth accuracy, pulse compression, advanced signal processing, and similar features — along with specially designed components. Radar is dual-use across air-traffic control, weather, and automotive sensing, but advanced military-grade radar is controlled for National Security, Missile Technology, Regional Stability, and Anti-Terrorism reasons.
Who needs to check this?
Radar OEMs, defense and aerospace suppliers, and makers of advanced sensing components such as transmit/receive modules and high-performance signal processors.
Compliance tip
Distinguish commercial radar (often uncontrolled or captured by 6A998) from the high-performance features listed in 6A008. The Missile Technology reason on several sub-paragraphs removes most license exceptions — verify the exact feature set against the entry and document why a commercial item falls below the thresholds.
Items Covered
- a.Operating at frequencies from 40 GHz to 230 GHz and having any of the following:
- 1. An average output power exceeding 100 mW; or
- 2. Locating "accuracy" of 1 m or less (better) in range and 0.2 degree or less (better) in azimuth;
- b.A tunable bandwidth exceeding ±6.25% of the 'center operating frequency';
- c.Capable of operating simultaneously on more than two carrier frequencies;
- d.Capable of operating in synthetic aperture (SAR), inverse synthetic aperture (ISAR) radar mode, or sidelooking airborne (SLAR) radar mode;
- e.Incorporating electronically scanned array antennae;
- f.Capable of heightfinding non-cooperative targets;
- g.specially designed for airborne (balloon or airframe mounted) operation and having Doppler "signal processing" for the detection of moving targets;
- h.Employing processing of radar signals and using any of the following:
- 1. "Radar spread spectrum" techniques; or
- 2. "Radar frequency agility" techniques;
- i.Providing ground-based operation with a maximum 'instrumented range' exceeding 185 km;
- a.Fishing ground surveillance radar;
- b.Ground radar equipment specially designed for en route air traffic control, and having all of the following:
- c.Weather balloon tracking radars.
- j.Being "laser" radar or Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) equipment and having any of the following:
- 1. "Space-qualified";
- 2. Employing coherent heterodyne or homodyne detection techniques and having an angular resolution of less (better) than 20 µrad (microradians); or
- 3. Designed for carrying out airborne bathymetric littoral surveys to International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Order 1a Standard (5th Edition February 2008) for Hydrographic Surveys or better, and using one or more "lasers" with a wavelength exceeding 400 nm but not exceeding 600 nm;
- k.Having "signal processing" sub-systems using "pulse compression" and having any of the following:
- 1. A "pulse compression" ratio exceeding 150; or
- 2. A compressed pulse width of less than 200 ns; or
- a."Pulse compression" ratio not exceeding 150;
- b.Compressed pulse width of greater than 30 ns;
- c.Single and rotating mechanically scanned antenna;
- d.Peak output power not exceeding 250 W; and
- e.Not capable of "frequency hopping".
- l.Having data processing sub-systems and having any of the following:
- 1. 'Automatic target tracking' providing, at any antenna rotation, the predicted target position beyond the time of the next antenna beam passage; or
- 4. Configured to provide superposition and correlation, or fusion, of target data within six seconds from two or more 'geographically dispersed' radar sensors to improve the aggregate performance beyond that of any single sensor specified by 6A008.f, or 6A008.i.
2 items reserved by BIS (not shown)
Control Reasons
Items controlled for national security reasons under multilateral export control regimes.
Items controlled under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
Items controlled for regional stability reasons.
Items controlled for anti-terrorism reasons. Most items on the CCL have AT controls.
Disclaimer
This information is for reference only. For official classifications, consult BIS or a qualified export control professional.