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containers, operator manuals and
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of technical documentation, U.S.
Government and contractor engineering,
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the
technical and logistics support services.
Arms Export Control Act, as Amended
The total estimated program cost is $125
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Taipei
million.
Economic and Cultural Representative
This proposed sale is consistent with
Office (TECRO) in the United States
United States law and policy, as
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
expressed in Public Law 96–8.
This proposed sale serves U.S.
Major Defense Equipment*
$100 million
Other ....................................
25 million national, economic and security
interests by supporting the recipient’s
Total ..............................
125 million continuing efforts to modernize its
armed forces and enhance its defensive
(iii) Description and Quantity or
capabilities. The proposed sale will help
Quantities of Articles or Services under
improve the security of the recipient
Consideration for Purchase:
and assist in maintaining political
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
stability, military balance and economic
Sixteen (16) Standard Missile-2 (SM–2)
progress in the region.
Block IIIA All-Up Rounds (AUR)
The proposed sale will improve the
Forty-seven (47) MK 93 MOD 1 SM–2
recipient’s capability in current and
Block IIIA Guidance Sections (GSs)
future defensive efforts. The recipient
Five (5) MK 45 MOD 14 SM–2 Block
will use the enhanced capability as a
IIIA Target Detecting Device (TDDs)
deterrent to regional threats and to
Shrouds
strengthen homeland defense. The SM–
Non-MDE includes:
2 Block IIIA missiles and components
Seventeen (17) MK 11 MOD6 SM–2
proposed in this purchase will be used
Block IIIA Autopilot Battery Units
(APBUs) maneuverability upgrades on to supplement existing inventories of
SM–2 Block IIIAs to be used for selfthe GSs, sixty-nine (69) section
defense against air and cruise missile
containers and sixteen (16) AUR
threats onboard their destroyer-class
containers, operator manuals and
surface ships. The recipient will have
technical documentation, U.S.
no difficulty absorbing this equipment
Government and contractor
into its armed forces.
engineering, technical and logistics
The proposed sale of this equipment
support services.
and support will not alter the military
(iv) Military Department: Navy (LHT)
balance in the region.
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS
The prime contractor will be
Cases TW–P–LGQ
Raytheon Missiles Systems Company of
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee., etc.,
Tucson, Arizona. There are no known
Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be Paid:
offset agreements proposed in
None
connection with this potential sale.
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology
It is estimated that during
Contained in the Defense Article or
implementation of this proposed sale, a
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
number of U.S. Government and
See attached annex
contractor representatives will be
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
assigned to the recipient or travel there
Congress: 29 JUN 2017
intermittently during the program.
*as defined in Section 47(6) of the
There will be no adverse impact on
Arms Export Control Act.
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Transmittal No. 16–67
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Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office (TECRO) in the
United States—SM–2 Block IIIA
Standard Missiles and Components
Transmittal No. 16–67
TECRO has requested a possible sale
of sixteen (16) Standard Missile-2 (SM–
2) Block IIIA All Up Rounds (AUR),
forty-seven (47) MK 93 MOD 1 SM–2
Block IIIA Guidance Sections (GSs), and
five (5) MK 45 MOD 14 SM–2 Block IIIA
Target Detecting Devices (TDDs)
Shrouds. This request also includes
Seventeen (17) MK 11 MOD6 SM–2
Block IIIA Autopilot Battery Units
(APBUs) maneuverability upgrades on
the GSs, sixty-nine (69) section
containers and sixteen (16) AUR
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Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the
Arms Export Control Act
Item No. vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
1. A completely assembled
STANDARD Missile-2 (SM–2) Block
IIIA with or without a conventional
warhead, whether a tactical or inert
(training) configuration, is classified
CONFIDENTIAL. Missile component
hardware includes: Guidance Section
(classified CONFIDENTIAL), Target
Detection Device (classified
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CONFIDENTIAL), Warhead
(UNCLASSIFIED), Rocket Motor
(UNCLASSIFIED), Steering Control
Section (UNCLASSIFIED), Safe and
Arming Device (UNCLASSIFIED), and
Autopilot Battery Unit (classified
CONFIDENTIAL).
2. SM–2 operator and maintenance
documentation is considered
CONFIDENTIAL. Shipboard operation/
firing guidance is considered
CONFIDENTIAL. Pre-firing missile
assembly/pedigree information is
UNCLASSIFIED.
3. If a technologically advanced
adversary were to obtain knowledge of
the specific hardware and software
elements, the information could be used
to develop countermeasures that might
reduce weapon system effectiveness or
be used in the development of a system
with similar or advanced capabilities.
4. A determination has been made
that recipient can provide substantially
the same degree of protection for the
sensitive 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.
5. All defense articles and services
listed in this transmittal have been
authorized for release and export to the
Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office (TECRO) in the
United States.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 16–68]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of a
section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217 or
Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107; DSCA/
DSA–RAN.
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
16–68 with attached Policy Justification.
SUMMARY:
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armed forces and enhance its defensive
capabilities. The proposed sale will help
improve the security of the recipient
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of and assist in maintaining political
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the
stability, military balance and economic
Arms Export Control Act, as amended
progress in the region.
The proposed sale will improve the
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Taipei
recipient’s capability in current and
Economic and Cultural Representative
future defensive efforts. The recipient
Office (TECRO) in the United States
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
will use the enhance capability as a
Major Defense Equipment *
$100 million deterrent to regional threats and to
Other ....................................
75 million strengthen homeland defense. The
recipient will have no difficulty
TOTAL ..............................
175 million absorbing this equipment into its armed
forces.
(iii) Description and Quantity or
The proposed sale of this equipment
Quantities of Articles or Services under
and support will not alter the basic
Consideration for Purchase:
military balance in the region.
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
The will be various contactors
One hundred sixty-eight (168) MK–54
involved in this case.
Lightweight Torpedo (LWT)
There are no known offset agreements
Conversion Kits
proposed in connection with this
Non-MDE includes:
potential sale.
Shipping containers, operator manuals
It is estimated that during
and technical documentation, U.S.
implementation of this proposed sale, a
Government and contractor
number of U.S. Government and
engineering, technical and logistics
contractor representatives will be
support services.
assigned to the recipient or travel there
(iv) Military Department: Navy
intermittently during the program .
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS
There will be no adverse impact on
Cases TW–P–AJX and TW–P–AKB
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, proposed sale.
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None
Annex Item No vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology
Contained in the Defense Article or
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
1. The MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo
See Attached annex
(LWT) has been in service in the U.S.
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Navy (USN) since 2004. The version
Congress: 29 JUN 2017
offered in this sale is the MK54 Mod 0
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the
of the system. The purchaser currently
Arms Export Control Act.
does not have this weapon system in its
inventory. The proposed sale consists
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
168 MK–54 Mod 0 LWT conversion kits,
Taipei Economic and Cultural
containers, spare and repair parts,
Representative Office (TECRO) in the
weapon system support and integration,
United States— MK–54 Lightweight
personnel training, training equipment,
Torpedo (LWT) Conversion Kits
test equipment, U.S. Government and
TECRO has requested a possible sale
contractor engineering, technical and
of MK–54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT)
logistical support services and other
Conversion Kits. This request provides
related elements of logistical support.
a. Although the MK 54 Mod 0 LWT
the recipient with MK–54 LWTs in
support of their LWT program. This sale is considered state-of-the-arttechnology, there is no Critical Program
will include LWT containers, torpedo
Information associated with the MK 54
support, torpedo spare parts,
Mod 0 LWT hardware, technical
publications, training, weapon system
documentation or software. The highest
support, engineering and technical
classification of the hardware to be
assistance for the upgrade and
exported is SECRET. The highest
conversion of one hundred sixty eight
classification of the technical manual
(168) MK–46 Mod 5 Torpedoes to the
that will be exported is
MK–54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT)
CONFIDENTIAL. The technical manual
configuration. The total estimated
is required for operation of the MK 54
program cost is $175 million.
This proposed sale is consistent with
Mod 0 LWT. The highest classification
United States law and policy, as
of the software to be exported is
expressed in Public Law 96–8.
SECRET.
This proposed sale serves U.S.
2. Loss of hardware, software,
national, economic and security
publications or other items associated
interests by supporting the recipients
with the proposed sale to a
continuing efforts to modernize its
technologically advanced or competent
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adversary, poses the risk of the
destruction of the countermeasures or
replication and/or improvements to the
adversary’s Undersea Weapon Systems,
weakening U.S. defense capabilities.
3. If a technologically advanced
adversary were to obtain knowledge of
the specific hardware and software
elements, the information could be used
to develop countermeasures which
might reduce weapon system
effectiveness or be used in development
of a system with similar or advanced
capabilities.
4. A determination has been made
that the recipient country can provide
substantially the same degree of
protection for the sensitive technology
being released as the U.S. Government.
This sale is necessary in furtherance of
the U.S. foreign policy and national
security objectives in the Policy
justification.
5. All defense articles and services
listed in this transmittal have been
authorized for release and export to the
government of Taipei Economic and
Cultural Representative Office (TECRO)
in the United States.
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Office of the Secretary
Defense Business Board; Notice of
Federal Advisory Committee Meeting
Deputy Chief Management
Officer, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
The Department of Defense
(DoD) is publishing this notice to
announce that the following Federal
Advisory Committee meeting of the
Defense Business Board will take place.
DATES: Open to the public Wednesday,
August 2, 2017 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The address for the open
meeting is Room 3E863 in the Pentagon,
Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roma Laster, (703) 695–7563 (Voice),
(703) 614–4365 (Facsimile),
roma.k.laster.civ@mail.mil (Email).
Mailing address is Defense Business
Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Room
5B1088A, Washington, DC 20301–1155,
Web site: https://dbb.defense.gov/. The
most up-to-date changes to the meeting
agenda can be found on the Web site.
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meeting is being held under the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
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Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 16-68]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text
of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Valadez, (703) 697-9217 or
Pamela Young, (703) 697-9107; DSCA/DSA-RAN.
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 16-68 with
attached Policy Justification.
[[Page 33077]]
Dated: July 13, 2017.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 16-68
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section
36(b)(l) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *............................... $100 million
Other................................................... 75 million
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TOTAL................................................. 175 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
One hundred sixty-eight (168) MK-54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT)
Conversion Kits
Non-MDE includes:
Shipping containers, operator manuals and technical documentation, U.S.
Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support
services.
(iv) Military Department: Navy
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS Cases TW-P-AJX and TW-P-AKB
(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: 29 JUN 2017
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the
United States-- MK-54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) Conversion Kits
TECRO has requested a possible sale of MK-54 Lightweight Torpedo
(LWT) Conversion Kits. This request provides the recipient with MK-54
LWTs in support of their LWT program. This sale will include LWT
containers, torpedo support, torpedo spare parts, publications,
training, weapon system support, engineering and technical assistance
for the upgrade and conversion of one hundred sixty eight (168) MK-46
Mod 5 Torpedoes to the MK-54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) configuration.
The total estimated program cost is $175 million.
This proposed sale is consistent with United States law and policy,
as expressed in Public Law 96-8.
This proposed sale serves U.S. national, economic and security
interests by supporting the recipients continuing efforts to modernize
its armed forces and enhance its defensive capabilities. The proposed
sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in
maintaining political stability, military balance and economic progress
in the region.
The proposed sale will improve the recipient's capability in
current and future defensive efforts. The recipient will use the
enhance capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen
homeland defense. The recipient will have no difficulty absorbing this
equipment into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
The will be various contactors involved in this case.
There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with
this potential sale.
It is estimated that during implementation of this proposed sale, a
number of U.S. Government and contractor representatives will be
assigned to the recipient or travel there intermittently during the
program .
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Annex Item No vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
1. The MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) has been in service in the
U.S. Navy (USN) since 2004. The version offered in this sale is the
MK54 Mod 0 of the system. The purchaser currently does not have this
weapon system in its inventory. The proposed sale consists 168 MK-54
Mod 0 LWT conversion kits, containers, spare and repair parts, weapon
system support and integration, personnel training, training equipment,
test equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical
and logistical support services and other related elements of
logistical support.
a. Although the MK 54 Mod 0 LWT is considered state-of-the-art-
technology, there is no Critical Program Information associated with
the MK 54 Mod 0 LWT hardware, technical documentation or software. The
highest classification of the hardware to be exported is SECRET. The
highest classification of the technical manual that will be exported is
CONFIDENTIAL. The technical manual is required for operation of the MK
54 Mod 0 LWT. The highest classification of the software to be exported
is SECRET.
2. Loss of hardware, software, publications or other items
associated with the proposed sale to a technologically advanced or
competent adversary, poses the risk of the destruction of the
countermeasures or replication and/or improvements to the adversary's
Undersea Weapon Systems, weakening U.S. defense capabilities.
3. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge
of the specific hardware and software elements, the information could
be used to develop countermeasures which might reduce weapon system
effectiveness or be used in development of a system with similar or
advanced capabilities.
4. A determination has been made that the recipient country can
provide substantially the same degree of protection for the sensitive
technology being released as the U.S. Government. This sale is
necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national
security objectives in the Policy justification.
5. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal
have been authorized for release and export to the government of Taipei
Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United
States.
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