The US Department of Commerce has confirmed that local-based aviation company, The Flying Test Academy of South Africa (TFASA) had been added to the trade restrictions list in the belief that it offered training services to Chinese pilot cadets, contrary to its national security or foreign policy interests.
The End-User Review Committee (ERC) yesterday also added other companies, namely Global Training Solutions and Smartech Future, both under the destination of China; Grace Air under the destination of South Africa; and Livingston Aerospace; under the destination of the UK to the restrictions list.
These entities are listed because of their links to the Test Flying Academy of South Africa (TFASA) and the training of Chinas military forces using Western and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sources, US Department of Commerce official Matthew Axelrod said in a statement.
Companies on the Entity List overseen by the US Commerce Department require licenses to ship US goods and technology to them are likely to be denied. Preventing American know-how from training PRC military pilots and US technology from aiding Russia enhances US national security, Axelrod said.
For these six entities, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a license requirement for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and will review license applications under a presumption of denial.
