Other navigation, avionics and airborne communication equipment — ECCN 7A994
Catch-all for navigation, direction finding, airborne communication and avionic equipment not specified elsewhere on the Commerce Control List.
The entry, quoted as it reads today
The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN heading. B. “Test”, “Inspection” and “Production Equipment”
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In plain language
7A994 has no separate list of items controlled; the entry heading is the control text. It reaches navigation, direction finding, airborne communication and other avionic equipment, with their parts and components. Aircraft inertial navigation systems not controlled under 7A003 or 7A103 are named as well.
The entry works by residue. Category 7 first sorts higher-performance navigation hardware into entries such as 7A003 and 7A103, which carry their own accuracy and application thresholds. Equipment that is avionic in character but falls below or outside those entries lands here.
That structure means the working question is elimination rather than measurement. Each candidate Category 7 entry is checked against the hardware before 7A994 is reached. Reaching 7A994 is a Determination in its own right, not an absence of control.
The questions this entry turns on
- 01Is the item navigation, direction finding, airborne communication or other avionic equipment?
- 02Is it an aircraft inertial navigation system that is not controlled under 7A003 or 7A103?
- 03Has every more specific Category 7 entry been checked, given that this entry is n.e.s.?
- 04Is the item a part or component of such equipment rather than a standalone end item?
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What typically falls in, and what typically falls out
Typically in
- A MEMS inertial navigation unit for a light aircraft that falls below the 7A003 accuracy thresholds
- An aviation-band airborne radio transceiver, which is typically airborne communication equipment
- A UAV autopilot with an integrated attitude and heading reference system, typically avionic equipment n.e.s.
Typically out
- An inertial navigation system that meets the 7A003 accuracy thresholds, which typically classifies there instead
- A ground-only survey GNSS base station, typically not airborne or navigation equipment for an aircraft
- A handheld consumer GPS receiver used for hiking
These are typical cases, not determinations. Which side a specific product lands on turns on the answers in the Interview.
Adjacent entries
- Non-military unmanned aerial vehicles and airships — ECCN 9A01215 CFR 774, Supplement No. 1, ECCN 9A012
- Electronic devices and components not controlled by 3A001 — ECCN 3A99115 CFR 774, Supplement No. 1, ECCN 3A991
- EAR99 designation for items subject to the EAR — 15 CFR 734.3(c)15 CFR 734.3(c)
Does your product land on this entry?
The Interview asks 5 to 9 questions, only the ones this entry turns on, and names the Determination free. The Dossier is the dated, cited record of how it was reached.
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