81 FR 42686 - 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 126 (June 30, 2016)
Office of the Secretary
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 126 (June 30, 2016)
| Page Range | 42686-42688 | |
| FR Document | 2016-15516 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 126 (Thursday, June 30, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 42686-42688] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-15516] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Transmittal No. 16-08] 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: Chandelle K. Parker, DSCA/LMO, (703) 697-9027. The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Transmittal 16-08 with attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology. Dated: June 27, 2016. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [[Page 42687]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN30JN16.021 Transmittal No. 16-08 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: United Arab Emirates (ii) Total Estimated Value: Major Defense Equipment *............... $468 million Other................................... 8 million ------------------------------- Total................................. 476 million. (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or Services under Consideration for Purchase: Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Four-thousand (4,000) AGM-114R/K Hellfire Missiles. Also included are the following non-MDE items: Training and technical assistance. The estimated cost is $476 million. (iv) Military Department: Army (AE-B-ZUF, Amendment 2). (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: AE-B-JAH-02 Jan 92-$606 million, AE-B-UDE-06 Jan 00-$195 million, AE-B-ZUF-31 Dec 08-$174 million, AE-B- ZUL-21 Oct 09-$252 million. (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 Attached Annex. (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: 11 May 2016. * as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act. [[Page 42688]] POLICY JUSTIFICATION United Arab Emirates--AGM-114 R/K Hellfire Category III Missiles The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested a possible sale of four-thousand (4,000) AGM-114 R/K Hellfire Missiles over the next three (3) years in increments of one-thousand (1,000) to one-thousand five- hundred (1,500) missiles. Also included in this possible sale are training and technical assistance. The total estimated value of MDE is $468 million. The overall total estimated value is $476 million. This proposed sale will enhance the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a partner country, which has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East. The proposed sale will improve the UAE's capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security for its critical infrastructure. The UAE will use the enhanced capability to strengthen its homeland defense. UAE will have no difficulty absorbing these Hellfire missiles into its armed forces. The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. The prime contractor will be Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control in Dallas, Texas. 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 U.S. Government or contractor representatives to the United Arab Emirates. There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. Transmittal No. 16-08 Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as Amended Annex--Item No. vii (vii) Sensitivity of Technology 1. The AGM-114 R/K Hellfire Category III Missile is an air-to- ground missile used against heavy and light armored targets, thin- skinned vehicles, urban structures, bunkers, caves, and personnel. The missile is Inertial Measurement Unit-based, with a variable delay fuze, improved safety and reliability. The highest level for release of the AGM-114 R/K Hellfire Missile Semi-Active Laser is SECRET, based upon the software. The highest level of classified information that could be disclosed by a proposed sale or by testing of the end item is SECRET; the highest level that must be disclosed for production, maintenance or training is CONFIDENTIAL. Reverse engineering could reveal CONFIDENTIAL information. Vulnerability data, countermeasures, vulnerability/ susceptibility analyses and threat definitions are classified up to SECRET. 2. A determination has been made that the Government of the United Arab Emirates can provide substantially the same degree of protection for the technology being released 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. 3. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal have been authorized for release and export to the United Arab Emirates. [FR Doc. 2016-15516 Filed 6-29-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P
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(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS support, and Liaison Office support for travel to Kuwait for a period of three (3)
Cases: GGZ–$134,425,825–16 JUN 14 five (5) Kuwait Liaison Offices. There is years to provide support.
GGW–$177,181,190–25 DEC 13 no MDE associated with this possible There will be no adverse impact on
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, sale. The total overall estimated value is U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None $420 million. proposed sale.
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology The proposed sale of support services [FR Doc. 2016–15514 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am]
Contained in the Defense Article or will enable the Kuwait Air Force to BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: ensure the reliability and performance
None of its F/A–18 C/D aircraft. Kuwait will
(viii) Date Report Delivered to have no difficulty absorbing this DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Congress: 24 May 2016 support into its armed forces.
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the This proposed sale will contribute to Office of the Secretary
Arms Export Control Act. the foreign policy and national security [Transmittal No. 16–08]
POLICY JUSTIFICATION of the United States by helping to
improve the security of a friendly 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
The Government of Kuwait—F/A–18 C/ country that has been, and continues to
D Services and Support be, an important force for political AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
stability and economic progress in the Agency, Department of Defense.
The Government of Kuwait has
requested a possible sale of the Middle East. Kuwait plays a large role ACTION: Notice.
following Non-Major Defense in U.S. efforts to advance stability in the
Middle East, providing basing, access, SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
Equipment (MDE): Continuation of publishing the unclassified text of a
contractor engineering technical and transit for U.S. forces in the region.
The proposed sale of support and section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
services, contractor maintenance This is published to fulfill the
services, Hush House support services, services will not alter the basic military
balance in the region. requirements of section 155 of Public
and Liaison Office Support for the Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
Government of Kuwait F/A–18 C/D The principal contractors will be Kay
and Associates Incorporated in Buffalo FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
program. This will include F/A–18
avionics software upgrades, engine Grove, Illinois; The Boeing Company in Chandelle K. Parker, DSCA/LMO, (703)
component improvements, ground St. Louis, Missouri; Industrial Acoustics 697–9027.
support equipment, engine and aircraft Corporation in Winchester, England; The following is a copy of a letter to
spares and repair parts, publications General Electric in Lynn, Massachusetts; the Speaker of the House of
and technical documentation, and Sigmatech in Huntsville, Alabama. Representatives, Transmittal 16–08 with
Engineering Change Proposals (ECP), There are no known offset agreements attached Policy Justification and
U.S. Government and contractor proposed in connection with this Sensitivity of Technology.
programmatic, financial, and logistics potential sale. Dated: June 27, 2016.
support. Also included are: Implementation of this proposed sale Aaron Siegel,
Maintenance and engineering support, will require two-hundred and seventy- Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
F404 engine and engine test cell five (275) contractor representatives to Officer, Department of Defense.
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POLICY JUSTIFICATION U.S. Government or contractor Government. This sale is necessary in
representatives to the United Arab furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy
United Arab Emirates—AGM–114 R/K
Emirates. and national security objectives
Hellfire Category III Missiles
There will be no adverse impact on outlined in the Policy Justification.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 3. All defense articles and services
requested a possible sale of four- proposed sale. listed in this transmittal have been
thousand (4,000) AGM–114 R/K Hellfire authorized for release and export to the
Missiles over the next three (3) years in Transmittal No. 16–08
United Arab Emirates.
increments of one-thousand (1,000) to Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of [FR Doc. 2016–15516 Filed 6–29–16; 8:45 am]
one-thousand five-hundred (1,500) Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
missiles. Also included in this possible Arms Export Control Act, as Amended
sale are training and technical
assistance. The total estimated value of Annex—Item No. vii
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MDE is $468 million. The overall total (vii) Sensitivity of Technology
estimated value is $476 million. 1. The AGM–114 R/K Hellfire Office of the Secretary
This proposed sale will enhance the Category III Missile is an air-to-ground
foreign policy and national security of missile used against heavy and light [Transmittal No. 16–20]
the United States by helping to improve armored targets, thin-skinned vehicles,
the security of a partner country, which urban structures, bunkers, caves, and 36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
has been, and continues to be, an personnel. The missile is Inertial AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
important force for political stability Measurement Unit-based, with a Agency, Department of Defense.
and economic progress in the Middle variable delay fuze, improved safety and
reliability. The highest level for release ACTION: Notice.
East.
The proposed sale will improve the of the AGM–114 R/K Hellfire Missile SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
UAE’s capability to meet current and Semi-Active Laser is SECRET, based publishing the unclassified text of a
future threats and provide greater upon the software. The highest level of section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
security for its critical infrastructure. classified information that could be This is published to fulfill the
The UAE will use the enhanced disclosed by a proposed sale or by requirements of section 155 of Public
capability to strengthen its homeland testing of the end item is SECRET; the Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
defense. UAE will have no difficulty highest level that must be disclosed for
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
absorbing these Hellfire missiles into its production, maintenance or training is
CONFIDENTIAL. Reverse engineering Chandelle K. Parker, DSCA/LMO, (703)
armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment could reveal CONFIDENTIAL 697–9027.
and support will not alter the basic information. Vulnerability data, The following is a copy of a letter to
military balance in the region. countermeasures, vulnerability/ the Speaker of the House of
The prime contractor will be susceptibility analyses and threat Representatives, Transmittal 16–20 with
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire definitions are classified up to SECRET. attached Policy Justification and
Control in Dallas, Texas. There are no 2. A determination has been made Sensitivity of Technology.
known offset agreements proposed in that the Government of the United Arab Dated: June 27, 2016.
connection with this potential sale. Emirates can provide substantially the Aaron Siegel,
Implementation of this proposed sale same degree of protection for the Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
will not require the assignment of any technology being released as the U.S. Officer, Department of Defense.
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