New Skies to Lobby to Ease Satellite Technology Export Restrictions

New Skies Satellites NV will lobby the U.S. Congress next year to ease U.S. rules that limit exports of satellite technology. New Skies will lobby in Washington seeking to make it easier to obtain satellite technology which is not readily accessible to foreign-based companies because of U.S. national security concerns. New Skies is proposing that member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should be exempt or be able to go through a streamlined application process. The Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) restricts the flow of certain data and information unless the U.S. State Department approves licenses allowing access.  
  

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