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(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: 15 November 2011
Policy Justification
Australia—C–17 GLOBEMASTER III
Aircraft
The Government of Australia has
requested a possible sale of one C–17
GLOBEMASTER III aircraft, up to four
Pratt & Whitney F117–PW–100 engines,
one AN/AAQ–24V(13) Large Aircraft
Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM)
System, spare and repair parts, supply
and test equipment, personnel training
and training equipment, publications
and technical documentation, United
States Government and contractor
engineering, logistics, and technical
support services, and other related
elements of logistics support. The
estimated cost is $300 million.
Australia is one of our most important
allies in the Western Pacific. The
strategic location of this political and
economic power contributes
significantly to ensuring peace and
economic stability in the region.
Australia’s efforts in Operation IRAQI
and ENDURING FREEDOM, and
peacekeeping, and humanitarian
operations have made a significant
impact on regional, political, and
economic stability and have served U.S.
national security interests. This
proposed sale is consistent with those
objectives and facilitates burden sharing
with our allies.
Australia currently has a heavy airlift
capability comprised of five C–17As.
This additional C–17 will further
improve Australia’s capability to rapidly
deploy in support of global coalition
operations and will also greatly enhance
its ability to lead regional humanitarian/
peacekeeping operations such as its
current response to the Queensland
flooding, cyclone aftermath and the
New Zealand earthquake.
Australia has the ability to absorb and
employ the additional C–17. The C–17
fleet is based at Royal Australian Air
Force (RAAF) Base Amberley. RAAF
Base Amberley is the primary base for
airlift and tanker aircraft and is
currently undergoing the infrastructure
upgrades required to support the C–17
and other large aircraft Australia already
received or is under contract to
purchase.
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The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
The prime contractor will be the
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing
Company, in Long Beach, California.
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
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to Australia.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 11–49
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 Boeing C–17 GLOBEMASTER
III military airlift aircraft is the newest,
most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the
U. S. Air Force fleet. The C–17 is
capable of rapid, strategic delivery of up
to 170,900 pounds of personnel and
equipment to main operating bases or to
forward operating bases. The aircraft is
also capable of short field landings with
a full cargo load. Finally, the aircraft can
perform tactical airlift and airdrop
missions and can also transport litters
and ambulatory patients during
aeromedical evacuations when required.
A fully integrated electronic cockpit and
advanced cargo systems allow a crew of
three: the pilot, copilot and loadmaster,
to operate the aircraft on any type of
mission.
2. The AN/AAQ–24V(13) Large
Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure
(LAIRCM) is an active countermeasure
system designed to defeat guidance
systems of man-portable, shoulder-fired,
and vehicle-launched infrared guided
missiles by directing a high-intensity,
modulated laser beam into the missile
seeker. This aircraft’s self-protection
suite will provide fast and accurate
threat detection, processing, tracking,
and countermeasures to defeat current
and future generation infrared missile
threats. LAIRCM is designed for
installation on a wide range of fixedwing aircraft.
3. The AN/ALE–47 Counter-Measures
Dispensing System (CMDS) is an
integrated, threat-adaptive, softwareprogrammable dispensing system
capable of dispensing chaff, flares and
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active radio frequency expendables. The
threats countered by the CMDS include
radar-directed anti-aircraft artillery
(AAA), radar command-guided missiles,
radar homing guided missiles, and
infrared (IR) guided missiles. The
system is internally mounted and may
be operated as a stand-alone system or
may be integrated with other on-board
electronic warfare and avionics systems.
The AN/ALE–47 uses threat data
received over the aircraft interfaces to
assess the threat situation and to
determine a response. Expendable
routines tailored to the immediate
aircraft and threat environment may be
dispensed using one of four operational
modes. The hardware, technical data,
and documentation to be provided are
Unclassified.
4. If a technologically advanced
adversary were to obtain knowledge of
the specific hardware and software
elements, the information could be used
to develop countermeasures or
equivalent systems which might reduce
weapon system effectiveness or be used
in the development of a system with
similar or advanced capabilities.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal Nos. 11–48]
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.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601–
3740.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittals 11–48
with attached transmittal, policy
justification, and Sensitivity of
Technology.
SUMMARY:
Dated: November 21, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 11–48
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: Indonesia
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment*
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650 million.
Total ................................. 750 million.
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms
Export Control Act.
(iii) Description and Quantity or
Quantities of Articles or Services Under
Consideration for Purchase: for the
regeneration and upgrade of 24 F–16C/
D Block 25 aircraft and 28 F100–PW–
200 or F100–PW–220E engines being
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granted as Excess Defense Articles. The
upgrade includes the following major
systems and components: LAU–129A/A
Launchers, ALR–69 Radar Warning
Receivers, ARC–164/186 Radios,
Expanded Enhanced Fire Control
(EEFC) or Commercial Fire Control, or
Modular Mission Computers, ALQ–213
Electronic Warfare Management
Systems, ALE–47 Countermeasures
Dispenser Systems, Cartridge Actuated
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Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices
(CAD/PAD), Situational Awareness Data
Link, Enhance Position Location
Reporting Systems (EPLRS), LN–260
(SPS version, non-PPS), and AN/AAQ–
33 SNIPER or AN/AAQ–28 LITENING
Targeting Systems. Also included are
tools, support and test equipment, spare
and repair parts, publications and
technical documentation, personnel
training and training equipment, U.S.
Government and contractor engineering,
technical and logistics support services,
and other related elements of logistical
and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force
(SAL)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(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 Annex Attached
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Congress: 16 November 2011.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Indonesia—Regeneration and Upgrade
of F–16C/D Block 25 Aircraft
The Government of Indonesia has
requested a sale for the regeneration and
upgrade of 24 F–16C/D Block 25 aircraft
and 28 F100–PW–200 or F100–PW–
220E engines being granted as Excess
Defense Articles. The upgrade includes
the following major systems and
components: LAU–129A/A Launchers,
ALR–69 Radar Warning Receivers,
ARC–164/186 Radios, Expanded
Enhanced Fire Control (EEFC) or
Commercial Fire Control, or Modular
Mission Computers, ALQ–213
Electronic Warfare Management
Systems, ALE–47 Countermeasures
Dispenser Systems, Cartridge Actuated
Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices
(CAD/PAD), Situational Awareness Data
Link, Enhance Position Location
Reporting Systems (EPLRS), LN–260
(SPS version, non-PPS), and AN/AAQ–
33 SNIPER or AN/AAQ–28 LITENING
Targeting Systems. Also included are
tools, support and test equipment, spare
and repair parts, publications and
technical documentation, personnel
training and training equipment, U.S.
Government and contractor engineering,
technical and logistics support services,
and other related elements of logistical
and program support. The estimated
cost is $750 million.
The proposed sale will contribute to
the foreign policy and national security
of the United States by improving the
security of a strategic partner that has
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been, and continues to be, an important
force for economic progress in Southeast
Asia.
Indonesia desires the F–16 aircraft to
modernize the Indonesian Air Force
(IAF) fleet with aircraft more capable of
conducting operations in the outermost
border regions of Indonesia. The IAF’s
current fleet of F–16 Block 15 aircraft is
not capable of fulfilling that role, and
the aging F–5 aircraft are expensive to
maintain and operate due to
diminishing resources existing to
support the aircraft. The avionics
upgrade will provide the IAF an
additional capability benefitting
security by modernizing the force
structure, and enhancing
interoperability by greater use of U.S.produced equipment. Indonesia, which
already has F–16 Block 15 and F–5
aircraft in its inventory, will have no
difficulty absorbing these upgraded
systems.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
Indonesia requested the regeneration
be sole sourced to the 309th
Maintenance Wing, Hill Air Force Base,
in Ogden, Utah, and Pratt Whitney, in
East Hartford, Connecticut for the
engine overhaul. 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
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to Indonesia.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 11–48
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 ALQ–213 Electronic Warfare
Management System provides a
common control for the ALR–69 and
Electronic Attack pods. The highest
level of classification for hardware is
Unclassified and the U.S. software load
is Confidential.
2. The AN/ALE–47 Countermeasures
Dispenser Set is a software
reprogrammable dispenser of chaff and
flares. It provides for either automatic or
aircrew commanded response dispense
capabilities. Specific dispense routines
are sensitive. The export version use a
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country unique ‘‘look-up decision tree’’
for determining dispense routines. The
hardware is Unclassified and the
software when loaded in the ALE–47 is
Confidential.
3. The AN/AAQ–33 SNIPER targeting
system is Unclassified but contains
technology representing the latest stateof-the-art in several areas. Information
on performance and inherent
vulnerabilities is classified Secret.
Software (object code) is classified
Confidential.
4. The AN/AAQ–28 LITENING
targeting system is Unclassified but
contains technology representing the
latest state-of-the-art in several areas.
Information on performance and
inherent vulnerabilities is classified
Secret. Software (object code) is
classified Confidential.
5. 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 could be used in the
development of a system with similar or
advanced capabilities.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal Nos. 11–47]
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.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601–
3740.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittals 11–47
with attached transmittal and policy
justification.
SUMMARY:
Dated: November 21, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal Nos. 11-48]
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. This is published to
fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated
July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703)
601-3740.
The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittals 11-48 with attached transmittal, policy
justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: November 21, 2011.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 11-48
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: Indonesia
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment*................ $100 million.
Other................................... 650 million.
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Total................................. 750 million.
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services Under Consideration for Purchase: for the regeneration and
upgrade of 24 F-16C/D Block 25 aircraft and 28 F100-PW-200 or F100-PW-
220E engines being granted as Excess Defense Articles. The upgrade
includes the following major systems and components: LAU-129A/A
Launchers, ALR-69 Radar Warning Receivers, ARC-164/186 Radios, Expanded
Enhanced Fire Control (EEFC) or Commercial Fire Control, or Modular
Mission Computers, ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management Systems, ALE-
47 Countermeasures Dispenser Systems, Cartridge Actuated
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Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD), Situational Awareness
Data Link, Enhance Position Location Reporting Systems (EPLRS), LN-260
(SPS version, non-PPS), and AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER or AN/AAQ-28 LITENING
Targeting Systems. Also included are tools, support and test equipment,
spare and repair parts, publications and technical documentation,
personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and
contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services, and
other related elements of logistical and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force (SAL)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(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 Annex Attached
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: 16 November 2011.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Indonesia--Regeneration and Upgrade of F-16C/D Block 25 Aircraft
The Government of Indonesia has requested a sale for the
regeneration and upgrade of 24 F-16C/D Block 25 aircraft and 28 F100-
PW-200 or F100-PW-220E engines being granted as Excess Defense
Articles. The upgrade includes the following major systems and
components: LAU-129A/A Launchers, ALR-69 Radar Warning Receivers, ARC-
164/186 Radios, Expanded Enhanced Fire Control (EEFC) or Commercial
Fire Control, or Modular Mission Computers, ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare
Management Systems, ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser Systems, Cartridge
Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD), Situational
Awareness Data Link, Enhance Position Location Reporting Systems
(EPLRS), LN-260 (SPS version, non-PPS), and AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER or AN/AAQ-
28 LITENING Targeting Systems. Also included are tools, support and
test equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical
documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S.
Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support
services, and other related elements of logistical and program support.
The estimated cost is $750 million.
The proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and
national security of the United States by improving the security of a
strategic partner that has been, and continues to be, an important
force for economic progress in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia desires the F-16 aircraft to modernize the Indonesian Air
Force (IAF) fleet with aircraft more capable of conducting operations
in the outermost border regions of Indonesia. The IAF's current fleet
of F-16 Block 15 aircraft is not capable of fulfilling that role, and
the aging F-5 aircraft are expensive to maintain and operate due to
diminishing resources existing to support the aircraft. The avionics
upgrade will provide the IAF an additional capability benefitting
security by modernizing the force structure, and enhancing
interoperability by greater use of U.S.-produced equipment. Indonesia,
which already has F-16 Block 15 and F-5 aircraft in its inventory, will
have no difficulty absorbing these upgraded systems.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
Indonesia requested the regeneration be sole sourced to the 309th
Maintenance Wing, Hill Air Force Base, in Ogden, Utah, and Pratt
Whitney, in East Hartford, Connecticut for the engine overhaul. 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 additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to Indonesia.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 11-48
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 ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management System provides a
common control for the ALR-69 and Electronic Attack pods. The highest
level of classification for hardware is Unclassified and the U.S.
software load is Confidential.
2. The AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser Set is a software
reprogrammable dispenser of chaff and flares. It provides for either
automatic or aircrew commanded response dispense capabilities. Specific
dispense routines are sensitive. The export version use a country
unique ``look-up decision tree'' for determining dispense routines. The
hardware is Unclassified and the software when loaded in the ALE-47 is
Confidential.
3. The AN/AAQ-33 SNIPER targeting system is Unclassified but
contains technology representing the latest state-of-the-art in several
areas. Information on performance and inherent vulnerabilities is
classified Secret. Software (object code) is classified Confidential.
4. The AN/AAQ-28 LITENING targeting system is Unclassified but
contains technology representing the latest state-of-the-art in several
areas. Information on performance and inherent vulnerabilities is
classified Secret. Software (object code) is classified Confidential.
5. 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 could be used in the development of a system with
similar or advanced capabilities.
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