EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,

UNCLAS MOSCOW 002756 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D421802 REFTEL: REQUEST #6110035; DATED 9/01/2009 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academician V.I.Kuznetsov),Moscow, Russia. The organization is listed on BIS license application D421802 as the ultimate consignee of forty (40) IRHF7130SCS radiation hardened MOSFETs model no: JANSR2N7261. These items are controlled for national security and anti-terrorism reasons under ECCN 9A004. The licensee is International Rectifier Corp., 233 Kansas Street, El Segundo, CA 90245. ¶3. On October 29, 2009, Commercial Attach Ilona Shtrom and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested pre-license check at the offices of NII PM, 58, Schepkina Street, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Yuriy Obodovsky, International Relations Department Head, Alexander Novobytov, Deputy General Director and Sergey Marchenko, Assistant to the General Director. ¶4. NII PM was founded in 1955 as a research institute in the field of gyroscopic device development and inertial systems for space rockets. In 2005, the institute became an affiliate of Federal State Unitary Enterprise QCentre for Ground-Based Space InfrastructureQ (TsENKI). TsENKI was established to improve and develop the ground-based space infrastructure of the Russian Federation. The institute is currently working to further develop and restore GLONASS, RussiaQs alternative to the U.S. Global Positioning System. They plan to utilize the Rad-Hard MOSFETs in the satellites that will be launched for GLONASS use. The representatives with whom the export control team met stated they understood their obligations under the U.S. export control regulations, including the fact that they may not re-export U.S. origin items. ¶5. Recommendations: Post recommends NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academician V.I.Kuznetsov),Moscow, Russia, as a reliable recipient of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/ JMARKS/ISHTROM) BEYRLE