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Division "Aircraft", "lighter-than-air vehicles", Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ("UAVs"), aero-engines and "aircraft" equipment, related equipment, and components, as follows, specially designed or modified for military use:

United Kingdom

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  1. a..

    Manned "aircraft" and "lighter-than-air vehicles", and specially designed components therefor;

  2. b..

    Not used since 2011;

  3. c..

    Unmanned aircraft and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

    1. 1..

      "UAVs", Remotely Piloted Air Vehicles (RPVs), autonomous programmable vehicles and unmanned "lighter-than-air vehicles";

    2. 2..

      Launchers, recovery equipment and ground support equipment;

    3. 3..

      Equipment designed for command or control;

  4. d..

    Propulsion aero-engines and specially designed components therefor;

  5. e..

    Airborne refuelling equipment specially designed or modified for any of the following, and specially designed components therefor:

    1. 1..

      "Aircraft" specified by ML10.a.; or

    2. 2..

      Unmanned aircraft specified by ML10.c.;

  6. f..

    'Ground equipment' specially designed for aircraft specified by ML10.a. or aero-engines specified by ML10.d.;

    Technical Note

    'Ground equipment' includes pressure refuelling equipment and equipment designed to facilitate operations in confined areas.

  7. g..

    Aircrew life support equipment, aircrew safety equipment and other devices for emergency escape, not specified in ML10.a., designed for "aircraft" specified by ML10.a.;

    Note

    ML10.g. does not control aircrew helmets that do not incorporate, or have mountings or fittings for, equipment specified in the EU Common Military List.

    N.B.

    For helmets see also ML13.c.

  8. h..

    Parachutes, paragliders and related equipment, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

    1. 1..

      Parachutes not specified elsewhere in the EU Common Military List;

    2. 2..

      Paragliders;

    3. 3..

      Equipment specially designed for high altitude parachutists (e.g. suits, special helmets, breathing systems, navigation equipment);

  9. i..

    Controlled opening equipment or automatic piloting systems, designed for parachuted loads.

    Note 1

    ML10.a. does not apply to "aircraft" and "lighter-than-air vehicles" or variants of those "aircraft" specially designed for military use, and which are all of the following:

    1. a..

      Not a combat aircraft;

    2. b..

      Not configured for military use and not fitted with equipment or attachments specially designed or modified for military use; and

    3. c..

      Certified for civil use by civil aviation authorities of one or more EU Member States or Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States.

    Note 2

    ML10.d. does not apply to:

    1. a..

      Aero-engines designed or modified for military use which have been certified for civil use by civil aviation authorities of one or more EU Member States or Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States for use in "civil aircraft", or specially designed components therefor;

    2. b..

      Reciprocating engines or specially designed components therefor, except those specially designed for "UAVs".

    Note 3

    For the purposes of ML10.a. and ML10.d., specially designed components and related equipment for non-military "aircraft" or aero-engines modified for military use applies only to those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use.

    Note 4

    For the purposes of ML10.a., military use includes: combat, military reconnaissance, assault, military training, logistics support, and transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment.

    Note 5

    ML10.a. does not apply to "aircraft" that meet all of the following:

    1. a..

      Were first manufactured before 1946;

    2. b..

      Do not incorporate items specified by the EU Common Military List, unless the items are required to meet safety or airworthiness standards of civil aviation authorities of one or more EU Member States or Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States; and

    3. c..

      Do not incorporate weapons specified by the EU Common Military List, unless inoperable and incapable of being returned to operation.

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