81 FR 22061 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 72 (April 14, 2016)
Office of the Secretary
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 72 (April 14, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-08585 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 22061-22063] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-08585] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Transmittal No. 16-23] 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated July 21, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather N. Harwell, DSCA/LMO, (703) (703) 697-9217. The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Transmittal 16-23 with attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology. Dated: April 8, 2016. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [[Page 22062]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN14AP16.000 Transmittal No. 16-23 Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Australia (ii) Total Estimated Value: Major Defense Equipment *............... $172 million Other................................... $214 million ------------------------------- Total................................. $386 million (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or Services under Consideration for Purchase: Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Up to 2,950 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) Up to 50 Guided Test Vehicles (GTV) with GBU-39 (T-1)/B (Inert Fuze) Non-MDE: This request also includes the following Non-MDE: containers, weapons system support equipment, support and test equipment, site survey, transportation, repair and return warranties, spare and repair parts, publications and technical data, maintenance, personnel training, and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor representative engineering, logistics, and technical support services, and other related elements of logistics support. (iv) Military Department: Air Force (YAF) (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None (vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None (vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: See Annex attached. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: 04 April 2016 * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act. [[Page 22063]] Policy Justification Australia--GBU-39 (Small Diameter Bomb Increment I) The Government of Australia has requested a possible sale of: Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Up to 2,950 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) Up to 50 Guided Test Vehicles (GTV) with GBU-39 (T-1)/B (Inert Fuze) This request also includes the following Non-MDE: containers, weapons system support equipment, support and test equipment, site survey, transportation, repair and return warranties, spare and repair parts, publications and technical data, maintenance, personnel training, and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor representative engineering, logistics, and technical support services, and other related elements of logistics support. The total estimated value of MDE is $172 million. The total overall estimated value is $386 million. Australia is one of our most important allies in the Western Pacific. The strategic location of this political and economic power contributes significantly to ensuring peace and economic stability in the region. This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a major contributor to political stability, security, and economic development in the Pacific region and globally. The sale of SDB I supports and complements the on-going sale of the F-35 to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). This capability will strengthen combined operations and increase interoperability between the U.S. Air Force and the RAAF. Australia will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces. The proposed sale of this equipment will not alter the basic military balance in the region. The principal contractor for production is Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri. The principal contractor for integration is unknown and will be determined during contract negotiations. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. or contractor representatives to Australia. There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. Transmittal No. 16-23 Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act Annex Item No. vii (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 1. Sensitive and/or classified (up to SECRET) elements of the proposed acquisition include hardware, accessories, components, and associated software: GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I). Additional sensitive areas include operating manuals and maintenance technical orders containing performance information, operating and test procedures, and other information related to the support operations and repair. The hardware, software, and data identified are classified to protect vulnerabilities, design and performance parameters, and other similar critical information. 2. The GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB I) is a 250- pound class weapon designed as a small, all-weather, autonomous, conventional, air-to-ground, precision glide weapon able to strike fixed and stationary re-locatable targets from standoff range. The SDB I weapon system consists of the weapons, the BRU-61/A (4-place pneumatic carriage system), shipping and handling containers for a single weapon and the BRU-61/A either empty or loaded, and a weapon planning module. It has integrated diamond-back type wings that deploy after releases, which increases the glide time and therefore maximum range. The SDB I Anti-Jam Global Positioning System aided Inertial Navigation System (AJGPS/INS) provides guidance to the coordinates of a stationary target. The payload/warhead is a very effective multipurpose penetrating and blast fragmentation warhead coupled with a cockpit selectable electronic fuze. Its size and accuracy allow for an effective munition with less collateral damage. A proximity sensor provides height of burst capability. 3. A determination has been made that the recipient country can provide substantially the same degree of protection for the sensitive technology associated with this system as the U.S. Government. This sale is necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy Justification. 4. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal have been authorized for release and export to the Government of Australia. [FR Doc. 2016-08585 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P
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Currently, CNCS is soliciting • Evaluate the accuracy of the Reviewers and External Panel
comments concerning its proposed agency’s estimate of the burden of the Coordinators for CNCS’s grant reviews.
renewal of the External Reviewer proposed collection of information, Total Respondents: 2,000.
Application which is used by CNCS to including the validity of the Frequency: One time to complete.
recruit individuals to review grant methodology and assumptions used; Average Time per Response: Averages
applications. The information will be • Enhance the quality, utility, and 30 minutes.
provided by individuals wishing to clarity of the information to be Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,000
serve as external review participants for collected; and hours.
CNCS’s grant review processes. The • Minimize the burden of the Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
completion of this information collection of information on those who None.
collection is required to be considered are expected to respond, including the Total Burden Cost (operating/
as a potential reviewer for CNCS. use of appropriate automated, maintenance): None.
Copies of the information collection electronic, mechanical, or other Comments submitted in response to
request can be obtained by contacting technological collection techniques or this notice will be summarized and/or
the office listed in the ADDRESSES other forms of information technology included in the request for Office of
section of this Notice. (e.g., permitting electronic submissions Management and Budget approval of the
DATES: Written comments must be of responses). information collection request; they will
submitted to the individual and office also become a matter of public record.
Background
listed in the ADDRESSES section by June Dated: April 8, 2016.
13, 2016. The External Reviewer Application is Vielka Garibaldi,
used by individuals who wish to serve
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Director, Office of Grants Policy and
as External Reviewers or External Panel Operations.
identified by the title of the information
Coordinators for CNCS when external
collection activity, by any of the [FR Doc. 2016–08663 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am]
reviewers are needed to review grant
following methods: BILLING CODE 6050–28–P
applications. The information collected
(1) By mail sent to: Corporation for
will be used by CNCS to select review
National and Community Service, Office
participants for each grant competition.
of Grants Policy and Operations, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The information is collected
Attention: Vielka Garibaldi, Director,
electronically using ‘‘Grants and
Room 3228, 250 E Street SW., Office of the Secretary
Member Management’’ (GMM), CNCS’s
Washington, DC 20525.
web-based system. [Transmittal No. 16–23]
(2) By hand delivery or by courier to
the CNCS mailroom on the 4th floor at Current Action
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
the mail address given in paragraph (1) CNCS seeks to renew the current
above, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. information collection. The application AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, and instructions have been updated in Agency, Department of Defense.
except Federal holidays. order to capture the required ACTION: Notice.
(3) Electronically through information in a more streamlined
www.regulations.gov. fashion within the GMM system. The SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
Individuals who use a information collection will otherwise be publishing the unclassified text of a
telecommunications device for the deaf used in the same manner as the existing section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
(TTY–TDD) may call 1–800–833–3722 application. CNCS also seeks to This is published to fulfill the
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern continue using the current application requirements of section 155 of Public
Time, Monday through Friday. until the revised application is Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: approved by OMB. The current FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vielka Garibaldi, 202–606–6886, or by application is due to expire on Heather N. Harwell, DSCA/LMO, (703)
email at PeerReviewers@cns.gov. September 30, 2016. (703) 697–9217.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CNCS is Type of Review: Renewal. The following is a copy of a letter to
particularly interested in comments Agency: Corporation for National and the Speaker of the House of
that: Community Service. Representatives, Transmittal 16–23 with
• Evaluate whether the proposed Title: CNCS External Reviewer attached Policy Justification and
collection of information is necessary Application. Sensitivity of Technology.
for the proper performance of the OMB Number: 3045–0090. Dated: April 8, 2016.
functions of CNCS, including whether Agency Number: None. Aaron Siegel,
the information will have practical Affected Public: Individuals Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
utility; interested in serving as External Officer, Department of Defense.
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Policy Justification Transmittal No. 16–23 authorized for release and export to the
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Government of Australia.
Australia—GBU–39 (Small Diameter
Bomb Increment I) Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the [FR Doc. 2016–08585 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am]
Arms Export Control Act BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
The Government of Australia has
requested a possible sale of: Annex
Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Item No. vii DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Up to 2,950 GBU–39/B Small
Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) (vii) Sensitivity of Technology: Office of the Secretary
Up to 50 Guided Test Vehicles (GTV) 1. Sensitive and/or classified (up to [Docket ID: DOD–2016–OS–0038]
with GBU–39 (T–1)/B (Inert Fuze) SECRET) elements of the proposed
This request also includes the acquisition include hardware, Proposed Collection; Comment
following Non-MDE: containers, accessories, components, and associated Request
weapons system support equipment, software: GBU–39/B Small Diameter
Bomb Increment I (SDB I). Additional AGENCY: Defense Finance and
support and test equipment, site survey, Accounting Service (DFAS), DoD.
transportation, repair and return sensitive areas include operating
manuals and maintenance technical ACTION: Notice.
warranties, spare and repair parts,
publications and technical data, orders containing performance
information, operating and test SUMMARY: In compliance with the
maintenance, personnel training, and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
training equipment, U.S. Government procedures, and other information
related to the support operations and DFAS announces a proposed public
and contractor representative information collection and seeks public
engineering, logistics, and technical repair. The hardware, software, and data
identified are classified to protect comment on the provisions thereof.
support services, and other related Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
elements of logistics support. vulnerabilities, design and performance
parameters, and other similar critical the proposed collection of information
The total estimated value of MDE is is necessary for the proper performance
$172 million. The total overall information.
of the functions of the agency, including
estimated value is $386 million. 2. The GBU–39/B Small Diameter whether the information shall have
Australia is one of our most important Bomb Increment I (SDB I) is a 250- practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
allies in the Western Pacific. The pound class weapon designed as a agency’s estimate of the burden of the
strategic location of this political and small, all-weather, autonomous, proposed information collection; (c)
economic power contributes conventional, air-to-ground, precision ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
significantly to ensuring peace and glide weapon able to strike fixed and clarity of the information to be
economic stability in the region. This stationary re-locatable targets from collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
proposed sale will contribute to the standoff range. The SDB I weapon burden of the information collection on
foreign policy and national security of system consists of the weapons, the respondents, including through the use
the United States by helping to improve BRU–61/A (4-place pneumatic carriage of automated collection techniques or
the security of a major contributor to system), shipping and handling other forms of information technology.
political stability, security, and containers for a single weapon and the DATES: Consideration will be given to all
economic development in the Pacific BRU–61/A either empty or loaded, and comments received by June 13, 2016.
region and globally. a weapon planning module. It has
integrated diamond-back type wings ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
The sale of SDB I supports and identified by docket number and title,
complements the on-going sale of the F– that deploy after releases, which
increases the glide time and therefore by any of the following methods:
35 to the Royal Australian Air Force • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
(RAAF). This capability will strengthen maximum range. The SDB I Anti-Jam
Global Positioning System aided Inertial www.regulations.gov. Follow the
combined operations and increase instructions for submitting comments.
interoperability between the U.S. Air Navigation System (AJGPS/INS)
provides guidance to the coordinates of • Mail: ODCMO, Directorate for
Force and the RAAF. Australia will Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark
have no difficulty absorbing this a stationary target. The payload/
warhead is a very effective Center Drive, Attn: Mailbox 24,
equipment into its armed forces. Alexandria, VA 22350–1700.
The proposed sale of this equipment multipurpose penetrating and blast
fragmentation warhead coupled with a Instructions: All submissions received
will not alter the basic military balance must include the agency name, docket
in the region. cockpit selectable electronic fuze. Its
size and accuracy allow for an effective number and title for this Federal
The principal contractor for Register document. The general policy
production is Boeing in St. Louis, munition with less collateral damage. A
proximity sensor provides height of for comments and other submissions
Missouri. The principal contractor for from members of the public is to make
integration is unknown and will be burst capability.
these submissions available for public
determined during contract 3. A determination has been made viewing on the Internet at http://
negotiations. There are no known offset that the recipient country can provide www.regulations.gov as they are
agreements proposed in connection substantially the same degree of received without change, including any
with this potential sale. protection for the sensitive technology
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personal identifiers or contact
Implementation of this proposed sale associated with this system as the U.S. information.
will not require the assignment of any Government. This sale is necessary in Any associated form(s) for this
additional U.S. or contractor furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy collection may be located within this
representatives to Australia. and national security objectives same electronic docket and downloaded
There will be no adverse impact on outlined in the Policy Justification. for review/testing. Follow the
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 4. All defense articles and services instructions at http://
proposed sale. listed in this transmittal have been www.regulations.gov for submitting
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