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ITAR for legal AI workflows

ITAR in legal AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

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Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / The rule

What ITAR requires

US manufacturers, exporters and brokers of defense articles, technical data and defense services on the US Munitions List, and anyone handling ITAR-controlled technical data.

  1. 01Register with DDTC if manufacturing, exporting or brokering defense articles or services.
  2. 02Obtain DDTC licences or agreements, or use an exemption, before exporting defense articles, technical data or services.
  3. 03Prevent release of technical data to foreign persons, including inside the US, without authorization.
  4. 04Protect technical data in transit and storage abroad, e.g., using qualifying end-to-end encryption.
  5. 05Keep ITAR records for five years and disclose violations voluntarily where found.

02 / In this sector

In a legal AI workflow

AI tools and cloud services that store or process ITAR technical data must restrict access to authorized US persons and approved locations; AI models trained on technical data may need the same controls as the data.

Usually asked by

General counsel and litigation support.

Named alongside

FRE 702 · ABA Model Rules.

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03 / Records

Records to keep

  1. 01DDTC registration and licences or agreements
  2. 02Jurisdiction and USML classification records
  3. 03Access controls limiting technical data to authorized persons
  4. 04Export records and voluntary disclosure files

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

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