Memorandum from Export Group for Aerospace
& Defence (EGAD)
The Export Group for Aerospace & Defence
(EGAD) welcomes the Treaty, and its associated aim of improving
interoperability between the Armed Forces of our two countries.
This aim is entirely consistent with meeting operational needs
in current and future conflicts, and in reducing the risks which
are created or exacerbated by the lack of true interoperability.
We also welcome recognition of the role which Industry has, necessarily,
to play in enabling that interoperability.
We look forward to seeing the detailed implementing
arrangements, and providing input to those areas which may be
of concern to Industry, such as limitations on the scope of the
Treaty and the regulatory interface between US and UK/EU legal
requirements. This is a very significant step forward for the
Armed Forces. Industry, on both sides of the Atlantic, must do
everything possible to ensure that we are in a position to provide
the essential support to both nations' Armed Forces in a manner
which is much more streamlined than is currently the case, without
materially diminishing the effectiveness of the counter-proliferation
controls on which we all depend.
15 November 2007
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