SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This 36(b) 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 the attached Transmittal 26-0W.

Transmittal No. 26-0W

Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology or Capability (SEC. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)

(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Lebanon

(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 25-79

Date: December 16, 2025

Implementing Agency: Army

Funding Source: Foreign Military Financing

(iii) Description: On December 16, 2025, Congress was notified by congressional certification transmittal number 25-79 of the possible sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of one hundred forty (140) M1151A1 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs). Also included were RF-7850M-HH multiband handheld radio; Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver; Quicklook electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM) waveform; spare and repair parts; publications and technical documentation; training; U.S. Government and contractor engineering; technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total value was $34.5 million. Major defense equipment (MDE) constituted $31 million of this total.

This transmittal notifies the addition of the following MDE items: up to three hundred thirty (330) M1151A1 HMMWVs. The following non-MDE items will also be included: RF-7850M-HH multiband handheld radio, GPS receiver, Quicklook ECCM waveform; spare and repair parts; publications and technical documentation; personnel training and training equipment; technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of program and logistics support. The estimated total value of the new items is $34.5 million. The estimated MDE value will increase by $120 million to a revised $151 million. The estimated non-MDE value will increase by $20 million to a revised $23.5 million. The estimated total case value will increase by $140 million to a revised $174.5 million. MDE constitutes $151 million of this total.

(iv) Significance: This notification accounts for requested additional MDE and non-MDE items not included in the original notification. The inclusion of this MDE represents an increase in capability over what was previously notified. The proposed sale will provide a highly mobile and light combat vehicle capability enabling Lebanese Armed Forces to rapidly engage and defeat perimeter security threats and readily employ counter- and anti-terrorism measures. This acquisition will afford additional military-to-military tactics and operational training among the U.S. Army's and Lebanon's leadership and soldiers.

(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by improving the security of a partner country that continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East.

(vi) Sensitivity of Technology: None

(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: July 21, 2026

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