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US Munitions List Category X

The US Munitions List Category X covers the following defense articles, services, and related technical data: Protective Personnel Equipment and Shelters.

If you selected Category X on the Manage United States Munitions List screen, then you can choose the corresponding USML sub-category details from the table below.

Sub-Category

Sub-Category Description
a (a) Protective personnel equipment specifically designed, developed, configured, adapted, modified, or equipped for military applications. This includes but is not limited to:

  • (1) Body armor;

  • (2) Clothing to protect against or reduce detection by radar, infrared (IR) or other sensors at wavelengths greater than 900 nanometers, and the specially treated or formulated dyes, coatings, and fabrics used in its design, manufacture, and production;

  • (3) Anti-Gravity suits (G-suits);

  • (4) Pressure suits capable of operating at altitudes above 55,000 feet sea level;

  • (5) Atmosphere diving suits designed, developed, modified, configured, or adapted for use in rescue operations involving submarines controlled by this subchapter;

  • (6) Helmets specially designed, developed, modified, configured, or adapted to be compatible with military communication hardware or optical sights or slewing devices;

  • (7) Goggles, glasses, or visors designed to protect against lasers or thermal flashes discharged by an article subject to this subchapter.

b (b) Permanent or transportable shelters specifically designed and modified to protect against the effect of articles covered by this subchapter as follows:

  • (1) Ballistic shock or impact;

  • (2) Nuclear, biological, or chemical contamination.

c (c) Tooling and equipment specifically designed or modified for the production of articles controlled by this category.
d (d) Components, parts, accessories, attachments, and associated equipment specifically designed, modified, configured, or adapted for use with the articles in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this category.
e (e) Technical data (as defined in § 120.10 of this subchapter) and defense services (as defined in § 120.9 of this subchapter) directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this category.
f (f) The following interpretations explain and amplify the terms used in this category and throughout this subchapter:

  • (1) The body armor covered by this category does not include Type 1, Type 2, Type 2a, or Type 3a as defined by the National Institute of Justice Classification;

  • (2) The articles in this category include any end item, components, accessory, attachment, part, firmware, software or system that has been designed or manufactured using technical data and defense services controlled by this category;

  • (3) Pressure suits in paragraph (a) (4) of this category include full and partial suits used to simulate normal atmospheric pressure conditions at high altitude.