State Department Announces Orbit/FR, Inc. Arms Sales Disbarment

By Thomas Duffy / March 10, 2000 at 5:00 AM
A Pennsylvania company that pled guilty to arms sales violations involving China last year has been disbarred from doing business overseas, the State Department officially announced today. The disbarment was part of the plea agreement Orbit/FR, Inc. entered into with the government last November. On Nov. 10, 1999, Orbit pled guilty to two counts of violating the Arms Export Control Act: the company illegally exported components for an antennae and radome measurement system to the People's Republic of China, and...

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