But, when it comes to parts, ITAR applies. You know when you signed the contract, there was an important section in relation to service support, dealing with intellectual property. ITAR doesn't just apply because of security reasons. One other reason is economic protectionism, and also a fear of industrial espionage, among other things. So, all manner of steps are taken. But given that this aircraft isn't our intellectual property, systems-wise... I told you this before, we deal with frontline maintenance: we'll change the windshield wipers, change the oil and put fuel in the tank. But when it comes time to deal with computer integration systems and when we have to conduct second-line maintenance, well there'll be a problem because it isn't our intellectual property. So the foreign military sales, the FMS, will also apply; ITAR also applies to the FMS. That needs to be factored in.
On February 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.