2EXCEL AVIATION LIMITED export licence application (21 March 2022)

Ceri Gibbons made this Freedom of Information request to Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office as part of a batch sent to 2 authorities

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Dear Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office,

It is reported in public domain databases that a Standard Individual Export Licence application made by 2EXCEL AVIATION LIMITED was completed on 21 March 2022.

The goods lines listed were as follows:

unmanned air vehicles
military aero-engines
components for unmanned air vehicles
components for military aero-engines
command/control equipment for unmanned air vehicles
launching/ground support equipment for unmanned air vehicles

The Military List ratings listed were as follows:

ML10c1
ML10c2
ML10c3
ML10d

The total value of the license is listed as £8,985,037

Please provide:

1. Original manufacturers, model names and part numbers of unmanned air vehicles and related components specified in connection to the goods lines listed above.

2. Original manufacturers, model names and part numbers of military aero-engines and related components specified in connection to the goods lines listed above.

3. A breakdown of the total figure of £8,985,037 into categories of goods listed in the licence application above.

4. PDF copies of any licence documents related to this application that also refer to
UAV Engines Ltd,
UAV Tactical Systems Ltd,
Elbit UK Ltd,
Instro Precision Ltd,
Thales,
Israeli Aerospace Ltd,
Elbit Systems Ltd.

Yours faithfully,

Ceri Gibbons

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Dear Ceri Gibbons

Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We received your request on 27th March. It has been assigned a unique
reference number FOI2025/09097. We aim to respond by 28th April.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights Unit

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Response FOI2025 09097.pdf

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Dear Ceri Gibbons,

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request
FOI2025/09097, received 27th March. Please find our response attached.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights Unit

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Dear Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's handling of my FOI request '2EXCEL AVIATION LIMITED export licence application (21 March 2022)'.

1. I challenge the response that FCDO holds no information within scope of this request.

2. FCDO says that it, "provides advice to The Department for Business &Trade (DBT) on all export
licence applications for controlled goods and some non-controlled goods for embargoed
destinations only".

3. It is clear that FCDO advice may fall within scope of this request because part of the request is for PDF copies of any license documents related to this application.

4. For the avoidance of doubt, "any licence documents", should be read widely to include not simply FCDO advice on this licence application, but any related communications or papers held by FCDO discussing this licence application, and any documents held that were provided by the exporter, recipients and/or end-users in Israel, in support of this licence application.

5. The documents need not refer to ALL the listed companies, UAV Engines Ltd, UAV Tactical Systems Ltd, Elbit UK Ltd, Instro Precision Ltd, Thales, Israeli Aerospace Industries(IAI), and Elbit Systems Ltd, but any one or any combination of them.

6. Please review the FCDO response in this case taking the above clarifications into account.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/2...

Yours faithfully,

Ceri Gibbons

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Dear Ceri Gibbons,

Internal Review for FOI2025/09097

Thank you for your request for an internal review of our response to your
FOI Request Ref FOI2025/09097

We received your request on 24th April and it has been assigned a unique
reference number above. We will aim to respond by 23rd May 2025.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights Unit

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

IR2025 11699.pdf

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Dear Ceri Gibbons,

I am writing in response to your internal review request IR2025/11699,
received 24th April. Please find attached our response.

Yours sincerely,

Information Rights Unit

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Ceri Gibbons left an annotation (16 May 2025)

Referred to ICO (16/05/2025)

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