83 FR 36908 - Arms Sales Notification
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 147 (July 31, 2018)
Office of the Secretary
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 147 (July 31, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-16323 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 36908-36911] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-16323] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Transmittal No. 18-18] Arms Sales Notification AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Arms sales notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@mail.mil">dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@mail.mil or (703) 697-9709. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104- 164 dated July 21, 1996. The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Transmittal 18-18 with attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology. Dated: July 26, 2018. Shelly E. Finke, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. BILLING CODE 5001-06-P [[Page 36909]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN31JY18.026 BILLING CODE 5001-06-C [[Page 36910]] Transmittal No. 18-18 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 India (ii) Total Estimated Value: Major Defense Equipment *............................... $340 million Other................................................... $590 million --------------- TOTAL................................................. $930 million (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or Services under Consideration for Purchase: The Government of India has requested the sale of the following items in support of a proposed direct commercial sale of six (6) AH-64E Apache helicopters: Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Fourteen (14) T700-GE-701D Four (4) AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars Four (4) Radar Electronic Units (REU) Block III Four (4) AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers (M- RFI's) One hundred eighty (180) AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow Missiles Ninety (90) AGM-114R-3 Hellfire II Missiles Two hundred (200) Stinger Block I-92H Missiles Seven (7) Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sights (MTADS)/ Pilot Night Vision Sensors (PNVS) Fourteen (14) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) Non-MDE: Also included are 2.75'' HE M151 rockets, training and dummy missiles, 30 mm cannons and ammunition, transponders, simulators, communication equipment, spare and repair parts, tools and test equipment, support equipment, repair and return support, personnel training and training equipment, publications and technical documentation, U.S. Government and contractor engineering and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistic and program support. (iv) Military Department: Army (IN-B-UAN) (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: IN-B-UAH (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: June 12, 2018 * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act. POLICY JUSTIFICATION India--Support for Direct Commercial Sale of AH-64E Apache Helicopters The Government of India has requested to buy the following items in support of a proposed direct commercial sale of six (6) AH-64E Apache helicopters: fourteen (14) T700-GE-701D engines; four (4) AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars; four (4) Radar Electronic Units (REU) Block III; four (4) AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers (M- RFI's); one hundred eighty (180) AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles; ninety (90) AGM-114R-3 Hellfire II missiles; two hundred (200) Stinger Block I-92H missiles; seven (7) Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors (MTADS-PNVS); and fourteen (14) Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI). Also included are rockets, training and dummy missiles, 30 mm cannons and ammunition, transponders, simulators, communication equipment, spare and repair parts, tools and test equipment, support equipment, repair and return support, personnel training and training equipment, publications and technical documentation, U.S. Government and contractor engineering and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistic and program support. The total estimated program cost is $930 million. This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to strengthen the U.S.-Indian strategic relationship and to improve the security of an important partner which continues to be an important force for political stability, peace, and economic progress in South Asia. The proposed sale is in conjunction with and in support of a proposed direct commercial sale of six (6) AH-64E Apache helicopters, and will strengthen India's ability to defend its homeland and deter regional threats. This support for the AH-64E will provide an increase in India's defensive capability to counter ground-armored threats and modernize its armed forces. India will have no difficulty absorbing the helicopters and support equipment into its armed forces. The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region. The prime contractors will be Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, FL; General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH; Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors, Owego, NY; Longbow Limited Liability Corporation, Orlando, FL; and Raytheon Company, Tucson, AZ. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. Implementation of this proposed sale will require U.S. Government or contractor representatives to travel to India for a period of one week at a time to conduct a detailed discussion of the various aspects of the hybrid program with Government of India representatives. Additional travel will be required for equipment de-processing/ fielding, system checkout and new equipment training and Contractor Furnished Service Representatives (CFSR) for a period of thirty months. There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. Transmittal No. 18-18 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. The AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radar (FCR) is an active, low- probability of intercept, millimeter-wave radar, combined with a passive Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometer (MRFI) mounted on top of the helicopter mast. The FCR Ground Targeting Mode detects, locates, classifies and prioritizes stationary or moving armored vehicles, tanks and mobile air defense systems as well as hovering helicopters, helicopters, and fixed wing aircraft in normal flight. The MRFI detects threat radar emissions and determines the type of radar and mode of operation. The FCR data and MRFI data are fused for maximum synergism. If desired, the radar data can be used to refer targets to the regular electro-optical Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (TADS), Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (MTADS), permitting additional visual/infrared imagery and control of weapons, including the semi active laser version of the Hellfire. Critical system information is stored in the FCR in the form of mission executable code, target detection, classification algorithms and coded threat parametrics. This information is provided in a form that cannot be extracted by the foreign user due to anti-tamper provisions built into the system. The content of these items is classified SECRET. 2. The Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/ Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/M-PNVS) provides second generation day, night, limited adverse weather target [[Page 36911]] information, as well as night navigation capabilities. The MPNVS provides second generation thermal imaging that permits nap-of-the- earth flight to, from, and within the battle area, while M-TADS provides the co-pilot gunner with improved search, detection, recognition, and designation by means of Direct View Optics (DVO), I\2\ television, second generation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sighting systems that may be used singularly or in combinations. Hardware and releasable technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED. 3. The AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometer (M-RFI) is an updated version of the passive radar detection and direction finding system. It utilizes a detachable User Data Module (UDM) on the M-RFI processor, which contains the Radar Frequency (RF) threat library. The UDM, which is a hardware assemblage item, is classified CONFIDENTIAL when programmed with threat parametrics, threat priorities and/or techniques derived from U.S. intelligence information. Hardware becomes CLASSIFIED when populated with threat parametric data. Releasable technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED. 4. The Hellfire AGM-114 missile is an air-to-surface missile with a multi-mission, multi target, precision strike capability. The Hellfire can be launched from multiple air platforms and is the primary precision weapon for the United States. a. The Hellfire Longbow Missile (AGM-114L3) provides an adverse weather, fire-and-forget missile version of the Hellfire Missile System, incorporating a millimeter wave radar seeker on a Hellfire II aft section bus. The Hellfire Longbow Missile is designed to engage and defeat individual hardpoint targets and minimize exposure time to enemy fire, which greatly increases the AH-64E Longbow survivability factor. The AGM-114L3 non-NATO export version will be provided. The weapon system hardware, as an ``All Up Round'', is UNCLASSIFIED. The AGM-114L3 missile software is SECRET. The highest level of classified information that could be disclosed by a proposed sale or by testing of the end item is SECRET and the highest level that must be disclosed for production, maintenance, or training is CONFIDENTIAL. Vulnerability data, countermeasures, vulnerability/susceptibility analyses, and threat definitions are classified SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL. b. The highest level for release of the AGM-114R Hellfire II missile is SECRET, based upon the software. The highest level of classified information that could be disclosed by a proposed sale or by testing 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. 5. The STINGER Block I 92H International Missile System, hardware, software and documentation contain SENSITIVE technology and are classified CONFIDENTIAL. The guidance section of the missile and captive flight trainer contain highly SENSITIVE technology and are classified CONFIDENTIAL. No man-portable grip stocks will be sold under this LOA. Missile system hardware and fire unit components contain SENSITIVE critical technologies. STINGER critical technology is primarily in the area of design and production know-how and not end-items. This SENSITIVE/critical technology is inherent in the hybrid microcircuit assemblies; microprocessors; magnetic and amorphous metals; purification; firmware; printed circuit boards; laser range finder; dual detector assembly; detector filters; missile software; optical coatings; ultraviolet sensors; semi-conductor detectors infrared band sensors; compounding and handling of electronic, electro-optic, and optical materials; equipment operating instructions; energetic materials formulation technology; energetic materials fabrication and loading technology; and warhead components seeker assembly. Information on vulnerability to electronic countermeasures and countermeasures, system performance capabilities and effectiveness, and test data are classified up to SECRET. 6. The Stinger Captive Flight Trainer (CFT) is a Stinger missile guidance assembly in a launch tube. The CFT provides operator training in target acquisition, tracking, engagement, loading/unloading and sustainment training at the unit. The hardware is classified CONFIDENTIAL. Releasable technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED. 7. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge of specific hardware, the information could be used to develop countermeasures which might reduce weapons system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or advanced capabilities. 8. A determination has been made that India can provide substantially the same degree of protection for sensitive technology being released as the U.S. Government. This proposed sustainment program is necessary to the furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in the policy justification. 9. All defense articles and services listed on this transmittal are authorized for release and export to the Government of the India. 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Transmittal No. 18–14 (ii) Total Estimated Value:
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: The
Government of the Netherlands
Major Defense Equipment * ........................................................................................................................... $ 0.5 million
Other ................................................................................................................................................................ $109.5 million
TOTAL ......................................................................................................................................................... $110.0 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or of a Continental United States (CONUS) flight operations, and maintenance
Quantities of Articles or Services under based Royal Netherlands Air Force F–16 support and facilities with defense
Consideration for Formal Training Unit, to include up to articles anticipated to come from U.S.
Purchase: The Government of the twenty-seven (27) GBU–12 Inert stocks, as needed. There are no known
Netherlands has requested to buy Paveway IIs. Also included are PGU–27 offset agreements proposed in
defense articles and services in support Inert training rounds, Impulse connection with this potential sale.
of continuation of a Continental United Cartridges, MJU–7/B Flares, RR–188 Implementation of this proposed sale
States (CONUS) based Royal Chaff, BDU–33/B and BDU–50/B will not require the assignment of any
Netherlands Air Force F–16 Formal training munitions, fuel and air additional U.S. Government personnel
Training Unit. refueling support, airlift services, base or contractor representatives to the
Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Up operating support, facilities, Netherlands.
to twenty-seven (27) GBU–12 Inert publications and technical There will be no adverse impact on
Paveway IIs documentation, pilot training, personnel U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
Non-MDE: Also included are PGU–27 training and training equipment, proposed sale.
Inert training rounds, Impulse weapon system and software support, [FR Doc. 2018–16317 Filed 7–30–18; 8:45 am]
Cartridges, MJU–7/B Flares, RR–188 U.S. Government and contractor
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Chaff, BDU–33/B and BDU–50/B technical, engineering, and logistics
training munitions, fuel and air personnel services, and other related
refueling support, airlift services, base elements of logistics and program DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
operating support, facilities, support. The estimated program value is
publications and technical $110 million. Office of the Secretary
documentation, pilot training, personnel This proposed sale will support the
training and training equipment, foreign policy and national security [Transmittal No. 18–18]
weapon system and software support, objectives of the United States by
U.S. Government and contractor improving the security of a NATO Ally Arms Sales Notification
technical, engineering, and logistics which is an important force for political
personnel services, and other related stability and economic progress in AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
elements of logistics and program Europe. Agency, Department of Defense.
support. This potential sale will continue to ACTION: Arms sales notice.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force improve the Royal Netherlands Air
(NE–D–NZW) Force’s (RNLAF) ability to develop SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: NE–D– mission-ready and experienced pilots to publishing the unclassified text of an
NXZ—$ 149.3 million; 19 Sep 13 support its F–16 aircraft inventory. The arms sales notification.
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, well-established pilot proficiency FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None training program at Tucson Air National DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology Guard Base will train pilots in F–16 mail.mil or (703) 697–9709.
Contained in the Defense Article or operations, tactics, techniques, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: procedures. This training will enhance
36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
None the RNLAF’s ability to continue
published to fulfill the requirements of
(viii) Date Report Delivered to contributions to Overseas Contingency
section 155 of Public Law 104–164
Congress: April 24, 2018 Operations and to NATO air policing
dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
operations, as well as, to possible future
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
coalitions operations. The Netherlands
Arms Export Control Act. House of Representatives, Transmittal
will have no difficulty absorbing this
18–18 with attached Policy Justification
POLICY JUSTIFICATION training.
and Sensitivity of Technology.
The proposed sale of this equipment
The Netherlands—F–16 Formal Dated: July 26, 2018.
and support will not alter the basic
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Training Unit at Tucson Air National Shelly E. Finke,
military balance in the region.
Guard Base (ANGB), Arizona
There is no prime contractor involved Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
The Government of the Netherlands in this proposed sale. The Tucson Air Officer, Department of Defense.
has requested to buy defense articles National Guard will provide instruction, BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
and services in support of continuation
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information, as well as night navigation susceptibility analyses, and threat loading/unloading and sustainment
capabilities. The MPNVS provides definitions are classified SECRET or training at the unit. The hardware is
second generation thermal imaging that CONFIDENTIAL. classified CONFIDENTIAL. Releasable
permits nap-of-the-earth flight to, from, b. The highest level for release of the technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED.
and within the battle area, while M– AGM–114R Hellfire II missile is 7. If a technologically advanced
TADS provides the co-pilot gunner with SECRET, based upon the software. The adversary were to obtain knowledge of
improved search, detection, recognition, highest level of classified information specific hardware, the information
and designation by means of Direct that could be disclosed by a proposed could be used to develop
View Optics (DVO), I2 television, sale or by testing the end item is countermeasures which might reduce
second generation Forward Looking SECRET; the highest level that must be weapons system effectiveness or be used
Infrared (FLIR) sighting systems that disclosed for production, maintenance, in the development of a system with
may be used singularly or in or training is CONFIDENTIAL. Reverse similar or advanced capabilities.
combinations. Hardware and releasable engineering could reveal 8. A determination has been made
technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED. CONFIDENTIAL information. that India can provide substantially the
3. The AN/APR–48B Modernized Vulnerability data, Countermeasures, same degree of protection for sensitive
Radar Frequency Interferometer (M–RFI) vulnerability/susceptibility analyses, technology being released as the U.S.
is an updated version of the passive and threat definitions are classified up Government. This proposed
radar detection and direction finding to SECRET. sustainment program is necessary to the
system. It utilizes a detachable User 5. The STINGER Block I 92H
furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy
Data Module (UDM) on the M–RFI International Missile System, hardware,
and national security objectives
processor, which contains the Radar software and documentation contain
outlined in the policy justification.
Frequency (RF) threat library. The UDM, SENSITIVE technology and are
which is a hardware assemblage item, is classified CONFIDENTIAL. The 9. All defense articles and services
classified CONFIDENTIAL when guidance section of the missile and listed on this transmittal are authorized
programmed with threat parametrics, captive flight trainer contain highly for release and export to the
threat priorities and/or techniques SENSITIVE technology and are Government of the India.
derived from U.S. intelligence classified CONFIDENTIAL. No man- [FR Doc. 2018–16323 Filed 7–30–18; 8:45 am]
information. Hardware becomes portable grip stocks will be sold under BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
CLASSIFIED when populated with this LOA.
threat parametric data. Releasable Missile system hardware and fire unit
technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED. components contain SENSITIVE critical DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
4. The Hellfire AGM–114 missile is an technologies. STINGER critical
air-to-surface missile with a multi- technology is primarily in the area of Office of the Secretary
mission, multi target, precision strike design and production know-how and
capability. The Hellfire can be launched not end-items. This SENSITIVE/critical [Transmittal No. 17–37]
from multiple air platforms and is the technology is inherent in the hybrid
primary precision weapon for the microcircuit assemblies; Arms Sales Notification
United States. microprocessors; magnetic and
a. The Hellfire Longbow Missile amorphous metals; purification; AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
(AGM–114L3) provides an adverse firmware; printed circuit boards; laser Agency, Department of Defense.
weather, fire-and-forget missile version range finder; dual detector assembly; ACTION: Arms sales notice.
of the Hellfire Missile System, detector filters; missile software; optical
incorporating a millimeter wave radar coatings; ultraviolet sensors; semi- SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
seeker on a Hellfire II aft section bus. conductor detectors infrared band publishing the unclassified text of an
The Hellfire Longbow Missile is sensors; compounding and handling of arms sales notification.
designed to engage and defeat electronic, electro-optic, and optical FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
individual hardpoint targets and materials; equipment operating DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@
minimize exposure time to enemy fire, instructions; energetic materials mail.mil or (703) 697–9709.
which greatly increases the AH–64E formulation technology; energetic SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Longbow survivability factor. The materials fabrication and loading 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
AGM–114L3 non-NATO export version technology; and warhead components published to fulfill the requirements of
will be provided. The weapon system seeker assembly. Information on section 155 of Public Law 104–164
hardware, as an ‘‘All Up Round’’, is vulnerability to electronic dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
UNCLASSIFIED. The AGM–114L3 countermeasures and countermeasures, copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
missile software is SECRET. The highest system performance capabilities and House of Representatives, Transmittal
level of classified information that could effectiveness, and test data are classified 17–37 with attached Policy Justification.
be disclosed by a proposed sale or by up to SECRET.
testing of the end item is SECRET and 6. The Stinger Captive Flight Trainer Dated: July 25, 2018.
the highest level that must be disclosed (CFT) is a Stinger missile guidance Shelly E. Finke,
for production, maintenance, or training assembly in a launch tube. The CFT Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
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is CONFIDENTIAL. Vulnerability data, provides operator training in target Officer, Department of Defense.
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