The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) this week imposed a $400,000 civil penalty against Barrington, N.J.-based Bright Lights USA for exports of unauthorized defense components and technical data in violation of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
The company, which has been in business with the Defense Department since 1992 and is headed by Daniel A. Farber, manufactures and distributes spare parts, such as rubber stoppers and seal assemblies, to the Army, Marine Corp, Navy, and Air Force, as well as turbine parts for industry and military.
Bright Lights notified DDTC of two ITAR violations in voluntary self-disclosures filed with the agency in April 2013 and June 2016.
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