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WASHINGTON,
April 19,
2004/Satnews/ EADS
North America announced that Dennis Burnett has joined as Vice
President of Export Controls and Licensing. In this newly
established position, Mr. Burnett will have responsibility for
the full scope of legal matters related to export controls.
Mr. Burnett will report to the Chief Operating Officer of EADS
North America and will be located in the Washington D.C.
offices.
EADS North America is the U.S.
holding company for EADS, second largest aerospace and defense
company in the world. Since 1984, Burnett has served as an
outside legal consultant to EADS and to its predecessor
companies. In addition to providing commercial, corporate and
general regulatory advice as a partner with Pierson & Burnett
L.L.P, Mr. Burnett also served as a principal consultant and
advisor on U.S. export policy and licensing issues related to
the reorganization of EADS Space, the merger of EADS guided
missile business units, and the SOSTAR, TerraSAR-X, LFK,
Eurocopter, Eurofighter, A400M and Airtanker programs. He also
has worked closely with Airbus to resolve export-licensing
issues related to U.S. military parts and components in Airbus
civil aircraft.
In addition to EADS, Burnett
has also served as a legal advisor to Sea Launch, Lockheed
Martin Intersputnik, EarthWatch, General Dynamics and the
China Orient Satellite Corporation. He also was an advisor to
and part of the negotiating team of the Russian Space Agency
for NASA's first procurement of Russian hardware for the
International Space Station.
He served as General Counsel
and Secretary of Omininet, which developed the Omnitracs
frequency-hopping spread spectrum messaging and position
location service that was deployed by Eutelsat in Europe. He
was principal legal advisor for the development of a
European-wide 38 GHz wireless leased lines business for
Advance Radio Telecom, and General Counsel and Secretary of
Global Radio, S.A. a digital audio radio satellite service
start-up in Luxembourg. Most recently, he was President of
Pentriad, Inc. a broadband HEO satellite system applicant
before the FCC.
Dennis Burnett is a graduate of
Georgetown University Law Center and the University of
Nebraska where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Law
degrees in 1970 and 1973 respectively. Mr. Burnett is the
author of numerous articles related to U.S. export controls
and international legal licensing issues. Mr. Burnett is a
member of the International Institute of Air and Space Law,
the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the
Washington Space Business Roundtable, and the American
Astronautical Society and the Society for International
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