Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)
US State Department office administering ITAR — the licensing regime that governs Israel's access to US defense technology and dual-use systems.
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), inside the US State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, administers the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and is the choke point through which most strategic US–Israel defense technology flows. Every Israeli defense firm that uses US-origin components, software, or technical data — and that is most of them — operates inside the DDTC licensing perimeter. Re-export authorizations, technical assistance agreements, and end-use monitoring all run through DDTC. For Israeli industry, the DDTC posture toward third-country sales (Gulf, India, Southeast Asia) is the single most consequential variable in export planning.