The United States Department of State's Office of Munitions Control recommended the rejection of the application on national security grounds; specifically because the core technology was an aspect of a strategic national defense system (B-1 bomber), it was built with Department of Defense funding, and that exporting the technology to France would limit the number of American workers on the project.
A Oficina de Control de Municións do Departamento de Estado dos Estados Unidos recomendou o rexeitamento da solicitude por motivos de seguridade nacional; especificamente debido a que a tecnoloxía central era un aspecto do sistema de defensa estratéxica nacional (bombardeiro B-1), fora construído con financiación do Departamento de Defensa, e exportar a tecnoloxía a Francia podería limitar o número de traballadores estadounidenses no proxecto.