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Final ruleTook effect Oct. 13, 2026

International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Modification of Civil Aircraft To Incorporate Aircraft Survivability Equipment

Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register Aug. 28, 2026. Document 2026-17660. Updated Nov. 6, 2026.

What it does

The Department of State (the Department) amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to remove from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) certain aircraft that have been modified to incorporate aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) and to exclude from the ITAR certain activities that would otherwise meet the definition of reexport or temporary import of ASE incorporated into such aircraft.

The State Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

2 parts of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

22 CFR 120, 22 CFR 121

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The State Department has published 23 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 9 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1400-AG17 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

What happens next and when

Effective date: This rule is effective October 13, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Document number2026-17660
ActionInterim final rule; request for comments.
AgenciesState Department
PublishedAug. 28, 2026
Effective dateOct. 13, 2026
Comments closeSept. 28, 2026
Regulation identifier (RIN)1400-AG17
DocketDOS-2026-0892

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register