36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification, 7516-7518 [2016-02862]

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 29 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7516-7518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02862]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 16-06]


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: Sarah A. Ragan or Heather N. Harwell, 
DSCA/LMO, (703) 604-1546/(703) 607-5339.
    The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, Transmittal 16-06 with attached Policy Justification 
and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: February 8, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 16-06
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: Taipei Economic and Cultural 
Representative Office in the United States
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............................    $203,814,738
Other...................................................    $ 13,033,848
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  Total.................................................    $216,848,586
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
    Major Defense Equipment (MDE) includes:

Two-hundred and fifty (250) Block I -92F MANPAD Stinger Missiles
Four (4) Block I -92F MANPAD Stinger Fly-to-Buy Missiles
One (1) Captive Flight Trainer (CFT)
Forty-two (42) Field Handling Trainers (FHTs)
Seventy (70) Gripstock Control Groups
Seventy (70) Medium Thermal Weapon Sights (MTWS)
Forty-two (42) Tracking Head Trainers (THTs)
Four (4) Sierra Coolant Recharging Units (CRUs)
One (1) Missile Go/No Go Test Set
Four (4) each MQM-170 Outlaw Target Drones
Sixty-two (62) Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), IFF Development
One (1) Stinger Troop Proficiency Trainer (STPT)


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    Non-MDE items included are Integrated Electronic Technical Manuals 
(IETMs), Government-Furnished Equipment, spare and repair parts, 
Telemeters, Range and Test Support, contractor technical support, 
contractor training, contractor engineering services, and contractor 
logistics services. Also included are consolidation, Total Package 
Fielding, Material Fielding Team, Field Service Representative (FSR), 
U.S. Government Technical Support, and other associated equipment and 
services.
    (iv) Military Department: Army (XX-B-ZBU)
    (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 Attached Annex
    (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: 16 December 2015
    * 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--Block I--92F MANPAD Stinger Missiles and Related 
Equipment and Support
    The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the 
United States has requested a possible sale of two-hundred and fifty 
(250) Block I-92F MANPAD Stinger Missiles, four (4) Block I-92F MANPAD 
Stinger Fly-to-Buy Missiles, one (1) Captive Flight Trainer (CFT), 
forty two (42) Field Handling Trainers (FHTs), seventy (70) Gripstock 
Control Groups, seventy (70) Medium Thermal Weapon Sights (MTWS), 
forty-two (42) Tracking Head Trainers (THTs), four (4) Sierra Coolant 
Recharging Units (CRUs), one (1) Missile Go/No Go Test Set, four (4) 
MQM-170 Outlaw Target Drones, sixty-two (62) Identification Friend or 
Foe (IFF), IFF Development, one (1) Stinger Troop Proficiency Trainer 
(STPT). Also included are Integrated Electronic Technical Manuals 
(IETMs),Government Furnished Equipment, spare and repair parts, 
Telemeters, Range and Test Support, contractor technical support, 
contractor training, contractor engineering services, contractor 
logistics services, consolidation, Total Package Fielding, Material 
Fielding Team, Field Service Representative (FSR), U.S. Government 
Technical Support, and other associated equipment and services. The 
estimated value is $216,848,586.
    This 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 recipient's continuing efforts to modernize 
its armed forces and enhance its defensive capability. 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 
enhanced capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to 
strengthen homeland defense.
    The recipient intends to use these defense articles and services to 
modernize its armed forces and to expand its existing air defense 
architecture to counter threats posed by air attack. 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 principal contractor involved in this program is Raytheon 
Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona. The recipient normally requests 
industrial cooperation at forty percent, but at this time there are no 
known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential 
sale.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will require visits to the 
recipient by twelve (12) U.S. Government or contractor representatives 
for a period of six (6) weeks (Non-concurrent).
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 16-06
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
    (viii) Sensitivity of Technology:
    1. The highest classification of the Stinger 92F Reprogrammable 
Micro-Processor (RMP) Block I Missile and Stinger Man-Portable Air 
Defense System (MANPADS) hardware is CONFIDENTIAL, and the highest 
classification of data and information is SECRET.
    a. The Stinger RMP Block I Missile, hardware, embedded software 
object code and operating documentation contain sensitive technology 
and are classified CONFIDENTIAL. The guidance section of the missile 
and tracking head trainer contain highly sensitive technology and are 
classified CONFIDENTIAL. Missile System hardware components contain 
sensitive critical technologies. Stinger Block I 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; micro-processors; magnetic and amorphous 
metals; purification; firmware; printed circuit boards; laser roll rate 
sensor; dual detector assembly; detector filters; optical coatings; 
ultraviolet sensors; compounding and handling of electronic, electro-
optic, and optical materials; test equipment operating instructions; 
energetic materials fabrication and loading technology; warhead 
components and seeker assembly. Information on countermeasures 
vulnerability to electronic countermeasures, system performance 
capabilities and effectiveness, simulation and test data and software 
source code are classified up to SECRET.
    b. Loss of this hardware and/or data could permit development of 
information leading to the exploitation of countermeasures. Therefore, 
if a technologically capable adversary were to obtain missile hardware 
or associated development or production information, the missile system 
could be compromised through reverse engineering techniques which could 
defeat the weapon system's effectiveness.
    2. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal 
have been authorized for release and export to the recipient.

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