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ITAR Reform Requires Both Legal And Culture Changes For AUKUS Cooperation, Chief Defense Scientist of Australia Says

ITAR Reform Requires Both Legal And Culture Changes For AUKUS Cooperation, Chief Defense Scientist of Australia Says
Tanya Monro, Australia’s Chief Defence Scientist within the Australian Department of Defense. She also heads the Defense Science and Technology Group (DSTG) and Capability Manager for Innovation, Science and Technology within the Australian DoD. (Photo: Australian Department of Defense)

The Chief Defense Scientist of Australia’s Department of Defense this week said while legislative changes to U.S. restrictions on sharing certain technologies would be “the biggest shift” for the AUKUS agreement, the culture of the countries' bureaucracies need to change as well to have an effect. “There's no question that if the congressional changes and the respective changes in each of our AUKUS nations needed to get that in place go through, that will be the biggest shift we've experienced…

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