83 FR 47901 - Arms Sales Notification
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 184 (September 21, 2018)
Office of the Secretary
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 184 (September 21, 2018)
| Page Range | 47901-47904 | |
| FR Document | 2018-20573 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 47901-47904] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-20573] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Transmittal No. 18-38] 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 18-38 with attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology. Dated: September 18, 2018. Shelly E. Finke, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. BILLING CODE 5001-06-P [[Page 47902]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN21SE18.004 BILLING CODE 5001-06-C Transmittal No. 18-38 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 Japan (ii) Total Estimated Value: Major Defense Equipment *............................... $1.961 billion Other................................................... $1.174 billion --------------- TOTAL................................................. $3.135 billion (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or Services under Consideration for Purchase: Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Nine (9) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft Twenty eight (28) T56-A-427A Engines (18 installed and 10 spares) Twelve (12) Multifunction Information Distribution System/Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS/JTRS) Terminals (9 installed and 3 spares) Ten (10) APY-9 Radars (9 installed and 1 spare) Eleven (11) AN/AYK-27 Integrated Navigation Control and Display Systems (INCDS) (9 installed and 2 spares) Thirty (30) LN-251 Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGls) with Embedded Airborne Selective [[Page 47903]] Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Receiver (18 installed and 12 spares) Non-MDE: Also included are aircraft ancillary equipment, modifications, spare and repair parts, support equipment, publications and technical documentation, software, personnel training and training equipment, ferry services, U.S. Government and contractor logistics, engineering, and technical support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. (iv) Military Department: Navy (JA-P-SCW) (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: JA-P-SCJ, JA-P-SCL, JA-P-SCM and JA-P-SCQ (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: September 7, 2018 * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act. POLICY JUSTIFICATION Japan--E-2D Advanced Hawkeve Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft The Government of Japan has requested to buy nine (9) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, twenty eight (28) T56-A-427A engines (18 installed and 10 spares), twelve (12) Multifunction Information Distribution System/Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS/JTRS) terminals (9 installed and 3 spares), ten (10) APY-9 Radars (9 installed and 1 spare), eleven (11) AN/AYK-27 Integrated Navigation Control and Display Systems (INCDS) (9 installed and 2 spares), thirty (30) LN-251 Embedded Global Positioning Systems/ Inertial Navigation Systems (EGIs) with Embedded Airborne Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Receiver (18 installed and 12 spares), and twelve (12) AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures (ESM, 9 installed and 3 spares). Also included are: aircraft ancillary equipment, modifications, spare and repair parts, support equipment, publications and technical documentation, software, personnel training and training equipment, ferry services, U.S. Government and contractor logistics, engineering, and technical support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated program cost is $3.135 billion. This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States. Japan is one of the major political and economic powers in East Asia and the Western Pacific and is a key partner of the United States in ensuring peace and stability in that region. It is vital to U.S. national interests to assist Japan in developing and maintaining a strong and effective self-defense capability. The proposed sale of E-2D AHE aircraft will improve Japan's ability to effectively provide homeland defense utilizing an AEW&C capability. Japan will use the E-2D AHE aircraft to provide AEW&C situational awareness of air and naval activity in the Pacific region and to augment its existing E-2C Hawkeye AEW&C fleet. Japan will have no difficulty absorbing these aircraft into its armed forces. The proposed sale of this equipment and support does not alter the basic military balance in the region. The principal contractor will be Northrop Grumman Corporation Aerospace Systems in Melbourne, Florida. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. Any offset agreement will be defined in negotiations between the Purchaser and the prime contractor. Implementation of this proposed sale will not require any additional U.S. Government or contractor personnel in Japan. However, U.S. Government or contractor personnel in-country visits will be required on a temporary basis in conjunction with program technical and management oversight and support requirements. There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. Transmittal No. 18-38 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 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) provides detection and surveillance of regional surface and aircraft platforms through the use of the APY-9 radar, APX-122A Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), and ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems. The E-2D AHE provides area surveillance and detection, air intercept control, air traffic control, search and rescue assistance, communication relay and automatic tactical data exchange. The E-2D AHE is classified SECRET. 2. The APY-9 radar is a mechanically rotated, electronically scanned array, which utilizes Space Time Adaptive Processing technology to provide 360-degree detection and surveillance in high clutter environments. It is able to provide simultaneous detection and surveillance of surface and air units. The APY-9 radar is classified SECRET. 3. The MIDS JTRS (5) terminal provides enhanced Link 16 functionality, namely Concurrent Multi-netting with four channels (CMN- 4) and Concurrent Contention Receive (CCR). CMN-4 is a Link 16 enhancement that increases the terminal capability from receiving only one Tactical Digital Information Link-J (TADIL-J) message packing structure per time slot to receive as many as four simultaneous message packing structures per time slot, each transmitted on a unique Link 16 net. The capability for current Link 16 terminals to receive only one TADIL-J message packing structure per time slot imposes complex network design constraints and prohibits network designers from making full use of the Link 16 spectrum capacity. CMN-4 relaxes these restrictions allowing for greater network planning flexibility and achieves a fourfold increase in receive message throughput for Link 16 terminals with this capability. CMN-4 is backwards compatible with JTIDS and MIDS-LVT, although legacy terminals would not be able to experience the increased throughput. CCR described the Link 16 terminal's ability to receive multiple messages in the same net within the same time slot. The MIDS-JTRS device itself is CCI and is not classified. The COMSEC keying material which is loaded into the device for IFF Mode 4/5 operations is classified SECRET. 4. The APX-122A IFF Interrogator and APX-123A IFF Transponder are identification systems designed for command and control. They provide the ability to distinguish friendly aircraft, vehicles, or forces, and to determine their bearing and range from the Interrogator. These devices have embedded COMSEC which contains SENSITIVE encryption algorithms and keying material. The APX-122A IFF Interrogator and APX- 123A IFF Transponder devices themselves are CCI and are not classified. The COMSEC keying material which is loaded into the devices for IFF Mode 4/5 operations is classified SECRET. 5. The ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system is used to detect, intercept, identify, locate, record, and/or analyze sources of radiated electromagnetic energy to support classification of unknown surface and [[Page 47904]] airborne units. The ALQ-217 is classified SECRET. 6. The AN/AYK-27 Integrated Navigation Control and Display System serves as the network manager and the human machine interface for the E-2D navigation system. The AN/AYK-27 is an UNCLASSIFIED system. 7. The LN-251 Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGIs) with embedded airborne Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Receiver (ASR) system provides position, navigation and timing information to the E-2D via the Global Positioning Satellite system and an inertial measuring unit. The LN-251 is UNCLASSIFIED. 8. If a technologically advanced adversary obtained knowledge of the specific hardware or software in the proposed sale, the information could be used to develop counter-measures which might reduce weapons system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or advanced capabilities. 9. A Special Security Agreement (SSA) will be in place in order to provide additional security requirements for implementation by the Government of Japan to protect the advanced capabilities this aircraft provides. This sale is necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy Justification. 10. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal have been authorized for release and export to Japan. [FR Doc. 2018-20573 Filed 9-20-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-06-P
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(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None. The proposed sale of these systems countermeasures or equivalent systems
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, and equipment will not alter the basic which might reduce system
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None. military balance in the region. effectiveness or be used in the
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology The principal contractor will be development of a system with similar or
Contained in the Defense Article or Raytheon Cooperation in Tucson, advanced capabilities.
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: Arizona; Raytheon Company, Camden, 4. A determination has been made
See Attached Annex. Arkansas; and BAE of Minneapolis, that Denmark can provide substantially
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Minnesota and Aberdeen, South Dakota. the same degree of protection for the
Congress: July 31, 2018. There are no known offset agreements sensitive technology being released as
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the proposed in connection with this the U.S. Government. This sale is
Arms Export Control Act. potential sale. necessary in furtherance of the U.S.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION Implementation of this proposed sale foreign policy and national security
will not require the assignment of any objectives outlined in the Policy
Denmark—SM–2 Block IIIA Standard additional U.S. Government or
Missiles Justification.
contractor representatives to Denmark.
There will be no adverse impact on 5. All defense articles and services
The Government of Denmark has
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this listed in this transmittal have been
requested to buy up to forty-six (46)
proposed sale. authorized for release and export to
Standard Missile, SM–2 Block IIIA
Denmark.
Vertical Launching Tactical All-Up Transmittal No. 18–30
Rounds, RIM 066M–03–BK IIIA (VLS); [FR Doc. 2018–20568 Filed 9–20–18; 8:45 am]
up to two (2) Standard Missile, SM–2 Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
Block IIIA Telemetry, Omni-Directional, Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the
All-Up Rounds, RIM–066M–03–BK IIIA Arms Export Control Act
(VLS); and up to two (2) Standard DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Annex
Missile, SM–2 Block IIIA Telemetry,
Item No. vii Office of the Secretary
Omni-Directional Antenna, Warhead
Dud Capable, RIM 066M–03–BK IIIA (vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
(VLS). Also included are MK 13 MOD 1. A completely assembled Standard [Transmittal No. 18–38]
0 Vertical Launching System Canisters, Missile-2 (SM–2) Block IIIA with or
operator manuals and technical without a conventional warhead, Arms Sales Notification
documentation, U.S. Government and whether a tactical, telemetry, or inert
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
contractor engineering, technical, and (training) configuration, is classified
Agency, Department of Defense.
logistics support services, and other CONFIDENTIAL. Missile component
related elements of logistics and hardware includes: Guidance Section ACTION: Arms sales notice.
program support. The total estimated (classified CONFIDENTIAL), Target
program cost is $152 million. Detection Device (classified SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
This proposed sale will support the CONFIDENTIAL), Warhead publishing the unclassified text of an
foreign policy and national security of (UNCLASSIFIED), Dual Thrust Rocket arms sales notification.
the United States by helping to improve Motor (UNCLASSIFIED), Steering FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the security of a NATO ally that is an Control Section (UNCLASSIFIED), Safe DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@
important force for political stability and Arming Device (UNCLASSIFIED), mail.mil or (703) 697–9709.
and economic progress in the European Autopilot Battery Unit (classified SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
region. CONFIDENTIAL), and if telemetry 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
This proposed sale would support missiles, AN/DKT–71 Telemeters published to fulfill the requirements of
Denmark’s anti-air warfare capabilities (UNCLASSIFIED). section 155 of Public Law 104–164
for the Royal Danish Navy’s IVER 2. SM–2 operator and maintenance dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
HUITFELDT Frigate Class ships. The documentation is usually classified copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
SM–2 Block IIIA missiles, combined CONFIDENTIAL. Shipboard operation/ House of Representatives, Transmittal
with the Anti-Air Warfare System firing guidance is generally classified 18–38 with attached Policy Justification
(AAWS) combat system, will provide CONFIDENTIAL. Pre-firing missile and Sensitivity of Technology.
significantly enhanced area defense assembly/pedigree information is
capabilities over critical Northern UNCLASSIFIED. Dated: September 18, 2018.
Europe air-and-sea-lines of 3. If a technologically advanced Shelly E. Finke,
communication. Denmark will have no adversary were to obtain knowledge of Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
difficulty absorbing this equipment and the hardware and software elements, the Officer, Department of Defense.
support into its armed forces. information could be used to develop BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
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airborne units. The ALQ–217 is 9. A Special Security Agreement ACTION: Arms sales notice.
classified SECRET. (SSA) will be in place in order to
6. The AN/AYK–27 Integrated provide additional security SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
Navigation Control and Display System requirements for implementation by the publishing the unclassified text of an
serves as the network manager and the Government of Japan to protect the arms sales notification.
human machine interface for the E–2D advanced capabilities this aircraft
navigation system. The AN/AYK–27 is provides. This sale is necessary in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
an UNCLASSIFIED system. furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@
7. The LN–251 Embedded Global and national security objectives mail.mil or (703) 697–9709.
Positioning Systems/Inertial Navigation outlined in the Policy Justification.
Systems (EGIs) with embedded airborne SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
10. All defense articles and services
Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
listed in this transmittal have been
Module (SAASM) Receiver (ASR) published to fulfill the requirements of
authorized for release and export to
system provides position, navigation section 155 of Public Law 104–164
Japan.
and timing information to the E–2D via dated July 21, 1996. The following is a
[FR Doc. 2018–20573 Filed 9–20–18; 8:45 am]
the Global Positioning Satellite system copy of a letter to the Speaker of the
BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
and an inertial measuring unit. The LN– House of Representatives, Transmittal
251 is UNCLASSIFIED. 18–32 with attached Policy Justification
8. If a technologically advanced DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE and Sensitivity of Technology.
adversary obtained knowledge of the Dated: September 18, 2018.
specific hardware or software in the Office of the Secretary Shelly E. Finke,
proposed sale, the information could be
used to develop counter-measures [Transmittal No. 18–32] Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
which might reduce weapons system Officer, Department of Defense.
Arms Sales Notification
effectiveness or be used in the BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
development of a system with similar or AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation
advanced capabilities. Agency, Department of Defense.
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