Guideline on the Provision of Component Technologies for Defense-Related Applications

Where the Company provides component technologies for defense-related applications, then even where the Company is not in a position to control the final system or the operation as a whole, the Company exercises responsible management over the reasonably foreseeable use, integration, and misuse of the technology it provides, from the standpoints of design, documentation, contracts, and the scope of support.

For each defense-related project, the Company determines the approved scope of use of the Company’s technology in consultation with the customer.

The approved scope of use includes the category of application, the degree of autonomy, the output format, the systems it is connected to, the data used, retraining, logs, security, and excluded uses.

The Company requires the customer to use the technology in accordance with the approved scope of use.

The Company requires the customer not to carry out, without the Company’s prior confirmation, any use, integration, change in the degree of autonomy, retraining, provision to third parties, transfer overseas, or connection to a function having destructive capability that goes beyond the approved scope of use.

The Company does not warrant or represent the safety, the performance, or the compliance with laws, regulations and ethics of any out-of-scope use by a customer. Furthermore, the Company bears no liability for any and all damages arising from a customer’s out-of-scope use.

The Company provides additional support relating to out-of-scope use only where the necessary internal review has been completed.

The Company does not permit the provision of technology, technical support, or the use of the Company’s technology by a customer or a third party for any of the following purposes.

1. Fully autonomous lethal decision-making that is beyond the reach of human involvement
2. A fully automated closed loop running from target selection through to the execution of an attack
3. Applications that make compliance with international humanitarian law or domestic law significantly difficult
4. Applications that contribute to indiscriminate harm to civilians, non-combatants, or civilian objects
5. Applications that contribute to political repression, the surveillance of thought or belief, or discriminatory tracking of individuals
6. Provision to non-State armed actors, criminal organizations, or actors presenting a high risk of human rights violations

As a general rule, with respect to the defense-related technology it provides to customers, the Company endeavors — in its design, in its documentation, or by express provision in the contract — to meet the following standards.

1. Its output is decision support as a basic principle, and it is not connected directly to a control system that causes lethal or serious physical harm
2. The output or the interface of the Company’s technology is able to express confidence, uncertainty, inability to determine, and unanticipated input
3. It provides information from which a human can understand the grounds and the limits
4. It states expressly the conditions under which modification, retraining, or a change of integration on the customer’s side invalidates the Company’s performance warranties and safety claims

The Company is not responsible for the design, integration, or operation of the final system, for engagement decisions, or for legal and policy judgments.

The Company is, however, responsible for the specifications, the limitations, the performance evaluation, the security, and the documentation of the technology it provides, and for design considerations to reduce reasonably foreseeable misuse.