---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 120.31"
title: "22"
number: "120.31"
heading: "Defense article."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/120.31"
---

# §120.31. Defense article.

- (a) Defense article means any item or technical data designated in [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter and includes:
  - (1) Technical data recorded or stored in any physical form, models, mockups or other items that reveal technical data directly relating to items designated in [§ 121.1](/cfr/22/121.1.md) of this subchapter; and
  - (2) Forgings, castings, and other unfinished products, such as extrusions and machined bodies, that have reached a stage in manufacturing where they are clearly identifiable by mechanical properties, material composition, geometry, or function as defense articles.
- (b) **It does not include basic marketing information on function or purpose or general system descriptions.**
- (c) The policy described in [§ 120.3](/cfr/22/120.3.md) is applicable to designations of additional items.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2752, 2753, 2776, 2778, 2779, 2779a, 2785, 2794, 2797; E.O. 13637, 78 FR 16129, 3 CFR, 2013 Comp., p. 223.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 16411, Mar. 23, 2022, unless otherwise noted.