Category XVIII
Directed Energy Weapons
Paragraphs marked SME are Significant Military Equipment.
| Paragraph | Text |
|---|---|
| (a) | Directed energy weapons as follows: SME |
| (1) | Systems or equipment that, other than as a result of incidental, accidental, or collateral effect: |
| (i) | Degrade, destroy or cause mission-abort of a target; |
| (ii) | Disturb, disable, or damage electronic circuitry, sensors or explosive devices remotely; |
| (iv) | Cause lethal effects; or |
| (v) | Cause ocular disruption or blindness; and |
| (2) | Use any non-acoustic technique such as lasers (including continuous wave or pulsed lasers), particle beams, particle accelerators that project a charged or neutral particle beam, high power radio-frequency (RF), or high pulsed power or high average power radio frequency beam transmitters. |
| (b) | Systems or equipment specially designed to detect, identify, or provide defense against articles specified in paragraph (a) of this category. SME |
| (c) | -(d) [Reserved] |
| (e) | Components, parts, accessories, attachments, systems or associated equipment specially designed for any of the articles in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this category. |
| (f) | Developmental directed energy weapons funded by the Department of Defense via contract or other funding authorization, and specially designed parts and components therefor; |
| (g) | Technical data (see § 120.33 of this subchapter) and defense services (see § 120.32 of this subchapter) directly related to the defense articles enumerated in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this category; |
| (h) | -(w) [Reserved] |
| (x) | Commodities, software, and technology subject to the EAR used in or with defense articles controlled in this category. |
Source: eCFR, version
2026-08-01, retrieved
2026-08-20T04:08:36+00:00.