What Happened
Justice Department Accuses South African Firm of Illicit Export
The US Justice Department has seized two China-bound mission crew trainers, alleging that they were designed to train the Chinese military in anti-submarine warfare using technology improperly derived from the US. The trainers, which were exported by the South African firm Test Flying Academy of South Africa, were said to be based on a basic flight simulator program designed by a US company. The DOJ claims that the software used in the trainers was enhanced using technical data from Western anti-submarine warfare aircraft, including the P-8 Poseidon. The seizure was conducted under the Export Control Reform Act and Arms Export Control Act, according to Breaking Defense.