US State Department publishes 49 previously submitted commercial arms export license notifications to Congress

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2026 — The US Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published a Federal Register notice disclosing 49 notifications of proposed commercial export licenses that were submitted to Congress on various dates from July 2, 2025, through Sept. 26, 2025. The notice states the disclosures were made pursuant to Section 36(f) of the Arms Export Control Act, which requires timely publication of congressional notifications made under Sections 36(c) and 36(d).

The notifications span a broad set of proposed exports of defense articles, technical data and defense services, as well as firearms, parts and components controlled under Category I of the US Munitions List. The proposed transactions involve multiple destinations, including Israel, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and several NATO and partner countries.

Among the largest notifications were proposed license amendments or licenses valued at $100 million or more for missile firing units and interceptor subsystems for Israel, radar-related production and integration involving Canada, Germany, Norway, Italy and the UK, fighter aircraft components for Australia, Norway and Italy, and defense services tied to air defense, guided rocket systems and communications equipment. The notice also included several firearms-related notifications above the statutory threshold, including proposed exports of automatic rifles, machine guns, silencers and related components to countries such as Israel, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Hungary, Jamaica and Canada.

The State Department said the US government was prepared to license the transactions after considering political, military, economic, human rights, nonproliferation and arms control factors, depending on the case. It added that fuller details remain in the formal certifications submitted by applicants, but those are not published in full because they contain proprietary business information that could harm the US firms involved.