CSIRO contractor on US Govt Entity List; List's objective is to curtail diversion of technology to WMD programs

CSIRO has placed the contract for the design and build of 36 ASKAP antennas with the 54th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (known as CETC54). CETC54 is a state-owned institution, established in 1952. It has undertaken thousands of government and commercial projects in satellite communication, tracking, telemetry and control, and has designed and built the 50-m Miyun radio telescope for receiving data from China's Chang'E1 satellite. The institute is headquartered in Shijiazhuang, in Hebei province, about 200 km south of Beijing.

ASKAP requires low-cost, low-power and low-manpower build antennas on a scale not previously realised. ASKAP will be a survey telescope and its antennas must therefore provide a wide field-of-view - 30 square degrees - achieved by using a focal plane array that creates 30 separate, simultaneous beams. The image illustrates the design of the ASKAP antennas as they will appear at the MRO site.

(Source: http://www.atnf.csiro.au/projects/askap/antennas.html)



The 54th Research Institute of China, a.k.a. Communication, Telemetry and Telecontrol Research Institute (CTI) is on the US Government's Entity List.(http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/pdf/744spir.pdf)


About the Entity List
The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) contain a list of names of certain foreign persons – including businesses, research institutions, government and private organizations, individuals, and other types of legal persons – that are subject to specific license requirements for the export, reexport and/or transfer (in-country) of specified items. These persons comprise the Entity List, which is found in Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 of the EAR. On an individual basis, the persons on the Entity List are subject to licensing requirements and policies supplemental to those found elsewhere in the EAR.

Background and Purpose of the Entity List

BIS first published the Entity List in February 1997 as part of its efforts to inform the public of entities who have engaged in activities that could result in an increased risk of the diversion of exported, reexported and transferred (in-country) items to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs. Since its initial publication, grounds for inclusion on the Entity List have expanded to activities sanctioned by the State Department and activities contrary to U.S. national security and/or foreign policy interests.

http://www.bis.doc.gov/entities/default.htm

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