ECCN 7E004

NSMTAT

Other technology as follows .

Category: 7 - NavigationProduct Group: E - TechnologyLast Updated: 2026-04-10

What This ECCN Covers

ECCN 7E004 controls specified "other technology" for the development or production of navigation and avionics items — for example flight-control technology, GNSS anti-jam techniques, and inertial-system integration know-how defined in the entry. As a heavily itemized "E" entry, it governs intangible know-how, including "deemed exports" to foreign nationals, and is controlled for National Security, Missile Technology, and Anti-Terrorism reasons.

Who needs to check this?

Avionics and navigation R&D teams, flight-control and GNSS engineers, and firms sharing related development or production technology across borders.

Compliance tip

7E004 is itemized — only the specific technologies it lists are controlled, so map your know-how to the exact sub-paragraph. Missile Technology limits license exceptions, and emails, specs, training, and foreign-national access ("deemed exports") all require authorization analysis.

Reviewed by Jack Tan · Last reviewed: Jun 4, 2026

Items Covered

  • a."Technology" for the "development" or "production" of any of the following:
  • 2. Air data systems based on surface static data only, i.e., which dispense with conventional air data probes;
  • 3. Three dimensional displays for "aircraft";
  • 5. Electric actuators (i.e., electromechanical, electrohydrostatic and integrated actuator package) specially designed for 'primary flight control';
  • 6. 'Flight control optical sensor array' specially designed for implementing "active flight control systems"; or
  • 7. "DBRN" systems designed to navigate underwater, using sonar or gravity databases, that provide a positioning "accuracy" equal to or less (better) than 0.4 nautical miles;
  • b."Development" "technology", as follows, for "active flight control systems" (including "fly-by-wire systems" or "fly-by-light systems"):
  • 1. Photonic-based "technology" for sensing "aircraft" or flight control component state, transferring flight control data, or commanding actuator movement, "required" for "fly-by-light systems" "active flight control systems";
  • 3. Real-time algorithms to analyze component sensor information to predict and preemptively mitigate impending degradation and failures of components within an "active flight control system";
  • 4. Real-time algorithms to identify component failures and reconfigure force and moment controls to mitigate "active flight control system" degradations and failures;
  • 5. Integration of digital flight control, navigation and propulsion control data, into a digital flight management system for "total control of flight";
  • 7. "Technology" "required" for deriving the functional requirements for "fly-by-wire systems" having all of the following:
  • 7.a. 'Inner-loop' airframe stability controls requiring loop closure rates of 40 Hz or greater; and
  • 7.b. Having any of the following:
  • 7.b.1. Corrects an aerodynamically unstable airframe, measured at any point in the design flight envelope, that would lose recoverable control if not corrected within 0.5 seconds;
  • 7.b.2. Couples controls in two or more axes while compensating for 'abnormal changes in aircraft state';
  • 7.b.3. Performs the functions specified in 7E004.b.5; or
  • 7.b.4. Enables "aircraft" to have stable controlled flight, other than during take-off or landing, at greater than 18 degrees angle of attack, 15 degrees side slip, 15 degrees/second pitch or yaw rate, or 90 degrees/second roll rate;
  • 8. "Technology" "required" for deriving the functional requirements of "fly-by-wire systems" to achieve all of the following:
  • 8.a. No loss of control of the "aircraft" in the event of a consecutive sequence of any two individual faults within the "fly-by-wire system"; and
  • 8.b. Probability of loss of control of the "aircraft" being less (better) than 1 × 10−9 failures per flight hour;
  • c."Technology" for the "development" of helicopter systems, as follows:
  • 1. Multi-axis fly-by-wire or fly-by-light controllers, which combine the functions of at least two of the following into one controlling element:
  • 1.a. Collective controls;
  • 1.b. Cyclic controls;
  • 1.c. Yaw controls;
  • 2. "Circulation-controlled anti-torque or circulation-controlled direction control systems";
  • 3. Rotor blades incorporating 'variable geometry airfoils', for use in systems using individual blade control.

4 items reserved by BIS (not shown)

Control Reasons

NSNational Security

Items controlled for national security reasons under multilateral export control regimes.

Column 1: YesColumn 2: No
MTMissile Technology

Items controlled under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).

Column 1: YesColumn 2: No
ATAnti-Terrorism

Items controlled for anti-terrorism reasons. Most items on the CCL have AT controls.

Column 1: YesColumn 2: No

Disclaimer

This information is for reference only. For official classifications, consult BIS or a qualified export control professional.

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