What is a QRS11 Chip? The QRS is part of a "Family" of Gyro-chips. They range from the early QRS11 and include QRS116, QRS14, QRS28. As you will see, this QRS chip has been installed in basically anything that moves which requires any type of gyro-stabilisation or orientation. As you can see from the image above the QRS11 chip and its MILITARY capabilities are guarded and Boeing was found selling it within their planes to China.
First, a little background is in order. As you may recall, the integration of the QRS-11 chip into Boeing aircraft sold to China led to a $15 million fine being imposed on Boeing when it failed to get DDTC export licenses for these aircraft. Recognizing the absurdity of requiring a license because of a $2,000 part in a commercial aircraft costing $100 million or more, DDTC added a Note to category VIII of the ITAR to exempt the QRS-11 chip and other quartz rate sensor chips when (a) it was integrated into the standby navigational system of a commercial aircraft and (b) the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) determined that the chip was subject to its own licensing jurisdiction.