Category 5

Aerospace systems, equipment including production and test equipment, and related technology

5A

Rocket Systems (including ballistic missiles, space launch vehicles and sounding rockets)

5A1

Systems

5A101

Systems for missiles and rockets, including:

a.

complete rocket systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles and sounding rockets)

b.

complete rocket stages with engines

c.

solid or liquid fuel rocket engines and their control systems including liquid propellant apogee engines designed or modified for satellites

Note: 5A101 does not control JATO units, unguided rocket-propelled munitions, propulsion units for flares, ejection seats, emergency escape equipment and rockets for display fireworks.

5A102

Subsystems and components for missiles and rockets including:

a.

rocket motor cases, interior lining, insulation and nozzles;

b.

rocket staging mechanisms, separation mechanisms and inter-stages;

c.

liquid and slurry propellant (including oxidizers), control systems, and components thereof, specially designed or modified for resistance to vibration;

d.

re-entry vehicles and equipment including

1.

Heat-shields and components thereof, fabricated of ceramic or ablative materials;

2.

Heat sinks and components thereof, fabricated of light weight, high heat capacity materials;

3.

Electronic equipment specially designed for re-entry vehicles.

e.

guidance systems and their components such as gyros and inertial reference units;

f.

thrust-vector control  subsystems including methods of achieving thrust vector control such as flexible nozzle, fluid or secondary gas injection, movable engine or nozzle, deflection of exhaust gas stream (jet vanes or probes) and use of thrust tabs;

g.

hybrid rocket motors and components thereof;

h.

safing, arming, fusing and firing mechanisms for weapons or warhead.

5A2

Production and Test Equipment

5A201

Supersonic, hypersonic wind tunnels; gun tunnels; aeroballistic ranges.

5A202

Test and production facilities designed to handle solid or liquid fuel rockets, rocket stages, re-entry vehicles.

5A203

Test benches/stands, usable for complete rocket systems and subsystems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles and sounding rockets) which have the capacity to handle solid or liquid propellant rockets, motors or engines, or which are capable of simultaneously measuring the three axial thrust components.

5A204

Vibration test equipment  (vibration test systems and vibration thrusters) and components using digital control techniques and feedback or closed loop test equipment and software thereof (Refer 4A006).

5A205

Flow-forming machines and specially designed components thereof which, according to the manufacturers technical specification,

1.

can be equipped with numerical control units or a computer control, even when not equipped with such units at delivery; and

2.

have more than two axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for contouring control.

Note: Item 5A205 includes machines which have only a single roller designed to deform metal plus two auxiliary rollers which support the mandrel, but do not participate directly in the deformation process.

5A206

Filament winding machines for which the motion for positioning wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more axes; precision mandrels thereof, and coordinating and programming controls;

5A207

Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets are coordinated and programmed in two or more axes;

5A208

Isostatic presses having all of the characteristics of maximum working pressure equal to or greater than 69 MPa or greater; designed to achieve and maintain a controlled thermal environment of 600oC or greater; and possessing a chamber cavity with an inside diameter of 152 mm or greater.

5A209

Environmental chambers simulating vibration environments, high altitudes or temperature ranging between minus 50 and plus 125 degrees centigrade.

5A210

Anechoic chambers simulating acoustic environment with sound pressure level greater than 140 dB or rated power greater than 4 KW.

5A211

Accelerators delivering electro-magnetic radiation produced by Bremsstrahlung from accelerated electrons.

5A212

Pulsed electron accelerators

5A213

Radial ball bearings having all tolerances specified in accordance with ISO 492 Tolerance Class 2 or better and having all the following characteristics:

a.

An inner ring bore diameter between 12 and 50 mm;

b.

An outer ring outside diameter between 25 and 100 mm; and

c.

A width between 10 and 20 mm.

5A214

“Production facilities” and “production equipment” specially designed for equipment or materials for 5A101 (b and c) and 5A102(a – h)

5A215

Technology” , for the “development”, “production” or “use” of  equipment, materials or “software” specified for 5A101 (b and c) and 5A102(a – h) and 5A214.  

5A216

Software specially designed or modified for the use of production facilities for rocket motors / engines, guidance sets/ and those systems specified in  5A101 (b and c) and 5A102(a – h)

5A217

“Production equipment” and specially designed components thereof, for the “production”, handling or acceptance testing of liquid propellants or propellant constituents as referred in 3A3;

5A218

Launch and ground support equipment and facilities usable for rocket systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles and sounding rockets), unmanned airborne system and cruise missiles as follows:-

a.

apparatus, devices and vehicles, designed or modified for the transport, handling, control, activation and launching of the systems.

b.

gravity meters (gravimeters), gravity gradiometers, and specially designed components thereof, designed or modified for airborne or marine use usable for complete rocket systems and for complete unmanned aerial vehicle systems (including cruise missile systems target drones and reconnaissance drones)

c.

telemetry and tele-command equipment, including ground equipment, designed or modified for complete rocket systems and complete unmanned aerial vehicle systems and cruise missiles but not control equipment designed or modified for manned aircraft or satellites, control ground based equipment designed or modified for terrestrial or marine application, control equipment designed for commercial, civil or ‘safety of life’ (e.g. data integrity, flight safety) GNSS services

d.

radomes designed to withstand a combined thermal and pressure shock usable in protecting rocket systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles against nuclear effects (eg. electro-magnetic pulse (EMP), X-rays, combined blast and thermal effects).

5A3

Technology: Technology related to the production and testing of items in 5A1 and 5A2.

5B

Unmanned aerial vehicles including cruise missiles, target drones and reconnaissance drones and related equipment, and specially designed components therefor:

a.

Unmanned aerial vehicles including Remotely Piloted air Vehicles (RPVs) and autonomous programmable vehicles;

b.

Associated launchers and ground support equipment;

c.

Related equipment for command and control.

d.

Complete unmanned aerial vehicle systems (including cruise missile systems, target drones and reconnaissance drones)

e.

Light weight turbojet and turbofan engines (including turbo compound engines)

f.

Ramjet / Scramjet / pulse jet/ combined cycle engines, including devices to regulate combustion, and specially designed components .

g.

Complete unmanned aerial vehicle systems designed or modified to dispense an aerosol, capable of carrying elements of a payload in the form of a particulate or liquid other than fuel components of such vehicles, and having an autonomous flight control and navigation capability; or capability of controlled flight out of the direct vision range involving a human operator.

Note: This category does not control unpowered airborne vehicles such as gliders, hot air balloons etc.

h.

Production facilities” and “Production equipment” specially designed for equipment or materials for 5B.

i.

Technology”, for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, materials or “software” specified for 5B.

5C

Avionics and navigation systems designed or modified for use in rocket systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles and sounding rockets), unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles

5C001

Guidance systems and their components such as gyros and inertial reference units

5C002

Integrated flight instrument systems which include gyrostabilizers or automatic pilots

5C003

Compasses (including gyro-astro compasses), gyroscopes, accelerometers and inertial equipment and specially designed software thereof and specially designed components thereof.

5C004

Inertial or other equipment using accelerometers or systems incorporating such equipment, and specially designed integration software thereof;

5C005

Encrypted telemetry systems, equipment and software thereof.

5C006

Flight control system (including servo valves) designed or modified for the systems as follows:

a.

Hydraulic, mechanical, electro-optical or electro-mechanical flight control systems (including fly-by-wire systems);

b.

Attitude control equipment;

c.

Design technology for integration of flight control, guidance, and propulsion data into a flight management system for optimization of rocket system trajectory.

d.

Specially designed test, calibration, and alignment thereof.

e.

 “Software” specially designed or modified for the “use” of systems specified above.

5C007

Integrated navigation system incorporating an inertial measurement device (example: an attitude and heading reference system, inertial reference unit, or inertial navigation system); one or more external sensor used to update the position and/or velocity, either periodically or continuously throughout the flight (example: satellite navigation receiver, radar altimeter and/or Doppler radar); integration hardware and software

5C008

“Production equipment” and other test, calibration and alignment equipment, designed or modified to be used with equipment specified in 5C001 – 5C004 and 5C007.

5C009

Equipment used to characterize mirrors for laser gyros such as scatterometer, reflectometer and profilometer and for other inertial equipments such as Inertial measurement unit  (IMU Module) tester, IMU Platform tester, IMU stable element handling fixture, Gyro tuning test station, Gyro dynamic balance station, Gyro run-in/motor test station, Gyro evacuation and filling station, Centrifuge fixture for gyro bearings, Accelerometer axis align station and Accelerometer test station.

5C010

Avionics equipment and embedded or specially designed software and components thereof,  including but not limited to:

a.

Radar and laser radar system including altimeter;

b.

Electronic assemblies and components;

c.

Design technology for protection of avionics and electrical subsystems against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) hazards from external sources.

d.

Passive sensors for determining bearings, electromagnetic sources (direction finding devices) or terrain characteristics

e.

Receiving equipment for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS: i.e. GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO), capable of operating at high speeds and altitudes.

f.

Terrain contour mapping equipment, Scene mapping and correlation (both digital and analogue) equipment, Doppler navigation radar equipment, Passive interferometer equipment and Imaging sensor equipment (both active and passive)

g.

Design technology for the configuration of hardened electrical circuits and subsystems and for the determination of hardening criteria.

5C011

On-board electronic equipment, devices and their design and manufacturing know-how (except warhead fuses, timers and sequencers), and embedded or specially designed software thereof.

5C012

“Detectors” designed or modified, in protecting rocket systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles against nuclear effects ( eg. electro-magnetic pulse (EMP), X-rays, combined blast and thermal effects).

5C013

“Radiation Hardened” “microcircuits” usable in protecting rocket systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles against nuclear effects (eg. electro-magnetic pulse (EMP), X-rays, combined blast and thermal effects).

5C014

Precision tracking systems using a code translator installed on the rocket or unmanned aerial vehicle in conjunction with either surface or airborne references or navigation satellite systems to provide real-time measurement of inflight position and velocity; Range instrumentation radars including associated optical/infrared trackers and related software.

5C015

Balancing machines capable of balancing rotors/assemblies and correcting unbalance in two planes or more.

5C016

Indicator heads or balancing instrumentation designed or modified for use with balancing machines

5C017

Motion simulators/rate tables (equipment capable of simulating motion) having all of the following characteristics two axes or more slip rings capable of transmitting electrical power and/or signal information

5C018

Position tables (equipment capable of precise rotary positioning in any axes) having two axes or more and a position accuracy equal to or better than 5 arc second

5C019

Centrifuges capable of imparting accelerations and having slip rings capable of transmitting electrical power and signal information

5C020

Design technology for integration of air vehicle fuselage, propulsion system and lifting control surfaces designed or modified for the Unmanned aerial vehicle systems to optimize aerodynamic performance throughout the flight regime of an Unmanned aerial vehicle system

5C021

Design technology for integration of the flight control, guidance, and propulsion data into a flight management system, designed or modified for the complete rocket systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles for optimization of the trajectory.

5C022

“Software” and Integration “Software” designed or modified for the inertial navigation systems

5D

Manned-aircraft, aero-engines, related equipment and components:

Note: This category does not control foreign military aircraft or an Indian aircraft carrying a military registration number.

5D001

Combat “aircraft” and specially designed components thereof;

a.

Other “aircraft” specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and air-dropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components thereof;

b.

Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components thereof;

c.

Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the aircraft controlled by 5D001a or 5D001b or the aero-engines controlled by 5D001c, and specially designed components thereof;

d.

Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for “aircraft” controlled by 5D001a or 5D001b or for aero-engines controlled by 5D001c;

e.

Pressurized breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in “aircraft” anti-g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for “aircraft” or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices for emergency escape of personnel from “aircraft”;

f.

Parachutes:

1.

Paragliders, drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilization and attitude control of dropping bodies, (e.g. recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs);

2.

Drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes;

3.

Recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones or space vehicles;

4.

Approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes.

g.

Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads, equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.

Note 1: 5D001b does not control “aircraft” or variants of those “aircraft” specially designed for military use which:

1

Have been certified for civil use by the civil aviation authority of India, and

2.

Are not configured for military use and are not fitted with equipment or attachments specially designed or modified for military use;

Note 2:  The control in 5D001b and 5D001c on specially designed components and related equipment for non-military “aircraft” or aero-engines modified for military use applies only to those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use.

5E

Microlight aircraft and powered ‘hang-gliders’