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Thirty-Six (36) Assault Amphibious
Vehicles (AAVs)
Weapons
• Thirty (30) .50 Caliber M2 machine
guns
• Six (6) 7.62mm M240 machine guns
Non-MDE included with this request
are: Enhanced Armored Applique Kits
(EAAK); spares; training; support and
test equipment; publications; contractor
engineering technical services;
engineering technical services;
logistical, training, engineering and
program support; and other technical
assistance.
(iv) Military Department: NAVY (SEQ)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS
Case SDR-$173 million-04 SEP 02
(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
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United
States (TECRO)—Assault Amphibious
Vehicles (AAVs)
asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES2
The Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United
States has requested a possible sale of
the following:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE)
includes:
Thirty-Six (36) Assault Amphibious
Vehicles (AAVs)
Weapons
• Thirty (30) .50 Caliber M2 machine
guns
• Six (6) 7.62mm M240 machine guns
Non-MDE included with this request
are: Enhanced Armored Applique Kits
(EAAK); spares; weapons; training;
support and test equipment;
publications; contractor engineering
technical services; engineering technical
services; logistical, training, engineering
and program support; and other
technical assistance. The estimated
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MDE cost is $300 million. The total
estimated cost is $375 million.
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 these vehicles to augment
existing vehicles and will have no
difficulty absorbing these new vehicles
into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not significantly alter
the basic military balance in the region.
The prime contractor supporting the
refurbishment has not been selected.
The purchaser 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
should not require the permanent
assignment of additional U.S.
Government or contractor
representatives to the recipient.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 15–72
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 Amphibious Assault Vehicles
(AAV) Al Reliability Availability
Maintainability (RAM) Rebuild to
Standard (RS) Family of Vehicles (FOV)
end items, trainers, and components are
UNCLASSIFIED. The technical and
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operational elements of these systems,
and any related data, are classified up
to SECRET to protect vulnerabilities,
design and performance parameters, and
similar critical information.
2. 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 advanced capabilities.
3. All defense articles and services
listed in this transmittal have been
authorized for release and export to the
recipient.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 15–45]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Department of Defense, Defense
Security Cooperation Agency.
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:
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 15–45 with
attached Policy Justification and
Sensitivity of Technology.
SUMMARY:
Dated: February 9, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 15–45
asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES2
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*
Other ....................................
$10 million
$65 million
Total .....................................
$75 million
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(iii) Description and Quantity or
Quantities of Articles or Services under
Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE)
includes:
Four (4) Multifunctional Information
Distribution Systems (MIDS) On Ship
Low Volume Terminals (LVTs)
Four (4) Command and Control
Processor (C2P) units
Non-MDE items included are the
installation and integration of Taiwan
Advanced Tactical Data Link System
(TATDLS) beyond line-of-sight datalink
capability on six (6) Perry Class Frigates
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(PFG–2) and four (4) Lafayette Class
(PFG–3) ships, up to ten (10) High
Frequency Radios, and ten (10) Data
Terminal Sets (DTSs). Also included are
spare and repair parts; support
equipment; communications equipment;
maintenance support; personnel
training and training equipment;
publications and technical
documentation; U.S. Government and
contractor engineering and technical
support services; and other related
elements of logistics and program
support.
(iv) Military Department: Navy (GOX)
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(v) Prior Related Cases, if any:
FMS Case GNU–$290M–13JUL10
FMS Case GMK–$277M–10JAN03
(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.
asabaliauskas on DSK9F6TC42PROD with NOTICES2
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United
States-Taiwan Advanced Tactical Data
Link System (TATDLS) and Link-11
Integration
The Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United
States has requested a possible sale of
four (4) Multifunctional Information
Distribution Systems (MIDS) On Ship
Low Volume Terminals (LVTs), and four
(4) Command and Control Processor
(C2P) units. Also included will be the
installation and integration of Taiwan
Advanced Tactical Data Link System
(TATDLS) beyond line-of-sight datalink
capability on six (6) Perry Class (PFG–
2) and four (4) Lafayette Class (PFG–3)
ships, up to ten (10) High Frequency
Radios, ten (10) Data Terminal Sets
(DTSs), spare and repair parts, support
equipment, communications equipment,
maintenance support, personnel
training and training equipment,
publications and technical
documentation, U.S. Government and
contractor engineering and technical
support services, and other related
elements of logistics and program
support. The estimated value is $75
million.
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. Under this case
the recipient will update the existing
Perry Class (PFG–2) (six ships) and
Lafayette Class (PFG–3) (four ships)
ships to match the configuration of
ships updated under the Po Sheng and
Syun An programs. Configuring the
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remaining ships to include TATDLS
beyond line-of-sight datalink capability
will allow data sharing capability with
other platforms and improve the
recipient’s operational readiness for the
systems provided under the previous
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases. The
recipient will have no difficulty
absorbing this equipment into its armed
forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not significantly alter
the basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractor is unknown
at this time and will be determined
during contract negotiations. The
purchaser normally requests industrial
cooperation at forty percent, but at this
time 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.
Transmittal No. 15–45
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of
Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(l) of the
Arms Export Control Act
Annex
Item No. vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
1. The equipment to be delivered
under this case has been provided
previously under Po Sheng TW–P–GMK
and Syun An TW–P–GNU and is
currently used by the customer. The
efforts under this case will lead to the
remaining Perry Class (PFG–2) (six
ships) and Lafayette Class (PFG–3) (four
ships) ships having the same
configuration as ships previously
integrated under Po Sheng, TW–P–GMK
and Syun An, TW–P–GNU cases. The
ships will have Taiwan Advanced
Tactical Data Link System (TATDLS)
beyond line-of-sight datalink capability,
which provides data sharing capability
with other platforms. The equipment
being provided under this case is
considered legacy technology within the
U.S. Navy.
2. The Multifunctional Information
Distribution System (MIDS) On Ship
Low Volume Terminal (LVT) hardware,
publications, performance
specifications, operational capability,
parameters, vulnerabilities to
countermeasures, and software
documentation are classified
CONFIDENTIAL. The classified
information to be provided is necessary
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for the operation, maintenance, and
repair (through intermediate level) of
the data link terminal, installed systems,
and related software. The recipient has
previously received terminals under
TW–P–GNU. Commercial Signal
Message Processors (CSMPs) will be
integrated into terminals provided. The
operating system has CONFIDENTIAL
software and operating elements;
operating manuals are UNCLASSIFIED.
3. The Command and Control
Processor (C2P) provided will be Model
4 or equivalent, which is considered
legacy technology within the U.S. Navy.
The operating system has
CONFIDENTIAL software and operating
elements; operating manuals are
CONFIDENTIAL.
4. The technical and operational
elements of these systems, and any
related data, are classified to protect
vulnerabilities, design and performance
parameters, and similar critical
information. Uncontrolled release of
sensitive technological information on
these systems could reveal capabilities
and possible vulnerabilities, which
could be detrimental to the U.S. Navy.
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 that might
reduce weapon system effectiveness or
be used in the development of a system
with similar advanced capabilities.
6. All defense articles and services
listed in this transmittal have been
authorized for release and export to the
recipient.
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State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Open Live Board
Meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
Board meeting of the State Energy
Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Public Law
92–463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that
public notice of these meetings be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: March 9th, 2016, 9:00 a.m. to
5:30 p.m.; March 10th, 2016, 9:00 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Renaissance Arlington
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 15-45]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
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 15-45 with attached Policy Justification
and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: February 9, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 15-45
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*................................ $10 million
Other................................................... $65 million
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Total................................................... $75 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE) includes:
Four (4) Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems (MIDS) On
Ship Low Volume Terminals (LVTs)
Four (4) Command and Control Processor (C2P) units
Non-MDE items included are the installation and integration of
Taiwan Advanced Tactical Data Link System (TATDLS) beyond line-of-sight
datalink capability on six (6) Perry Class Frigates (PFG-2) and four
(4) Lafayette Class (PFG-3) ships, up to ten (10) High Frequency
Radios, and ten (10) Data Terminal Sets (DTSs). Also included are spare
and repair parts; support equipment; communications equipment;
maintenance support; personnel training and training equipment;
publications and technical documentation; U.S. Government and
contractor engineering and technical support services; and other
related elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Navy (GOX)
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(v) Prior Related Cases, if any:
FMS Case GNU-$290M-13JUL10
FMS Case GMK-$277M-10JAN03
(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 in the United
States-Taiwan Advanced Tactical Data Link System (TATDLS) and Link-11
Integration
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the
United States has requested a possible sale of four (4) Multifunctional
Information Distribution Systems (MIDS) On Ship Low Volume Terminals
(LVTs), and four (4) Command and Control Processor (C2P) units. Also
included will be the installation and integration of Taiwan Advanced
Tactical Data Link System (TATDLS) beyond line-of-sight datalink
capability on six (6) Perry Class (PFG-2) and four (4) Lafayette Class
(PFG-3) ships, up to ten (10) High Frequency Radios, ten (10) Data
Terminal Sets (DTSs), spare and repair parts, support equipment,
communications equipment, maintenance support, personnel training and
training equipment, publications and technical documentation, U.S.
Government and contractor engineering and technical support services,
and other related elements of logistics and program support. The
estimated value is $75 million.
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. Under this case the recipient
will update the existing Perry Class (PFG-2) (six ships) and Lafayette
Class (PFG-3) (four ships) ships to match the configuration of ships
updated under the Po Sheng and Syun An programs. Configuring the
remaining ships to include TATDLS beyond line-of-sight datalink
capability will allow data sharing capability with other platforms and
improve the recipient's operational readiness for the systems provided
under the previous Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases. The recipient
will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not
significantly alter the basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractor is unknown at this time and will be
determined during contract negotiations. The purchaser normally
requests industrial cooperation at forty percent, but at this time
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.
Transmittal No. 15-45
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section
36(b)(l) of the Arms Export Control Act
Annex
Item No. vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
1. The equipment to be delivered under this case has been provided
previously under Po Sheng TW-P-GMK and Syun An TW-P-GNU and is
currently used by the customer. The efforts under this case will lead
to the remaining Perry Class (PFG-2) (six ships) and Lafayette Class
(PFG-3) (four ships) ships having the same configuration as ships
previously integrated under Po Sheng, TW-P-GMK and Syun An, TW-P-GNU
cases. The ships will have Taiwan Advanced Tactical Data Link System
(TATDLS) beyond line-of-sight datalink capability, which provides data
sharing capability with other platforms. The equipment being provided
under this case is considered legacy technology within the U.S. Navy.
2. The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) On
Ship Low Volume Terminal (LVT) hardware, publications, performance
specifications, operational capability, parameters, vulnerabilities to
countermeasures, and software documentation are classified
CONFIDENTIAL. The classified information to be provided is necessary
for the operation, maintenance, and repair (through intermediate level)
of the data link terminal, installed systems, and related software. The
recipient has previously received terminals under TW-P-GNU. Commercial
Signal Message Processors (CSMPs) will be integrated into terminals
provided. The operating system has CONFIDENTIAL software and operating
elements; operating manuals are UNCLASSIFIED.
3. The Command and Control Processor (C2P) provided will be Model 4
or equivalent, which is considered legacy technology within the U.S.
Navy. The operating system has CONFIDENTIAL software and operating
elements; operating manuals are CONFIDENTIAL.
4. The technical and operational elements of these systems, and any
related data, are classified to protect vulnerabilities, design and
performance parameters, and similar critical information. Uncontrolled
release of sensitive technological information on these systems could
reveal capabilities and possible vulnerabilities, which could be
detrimental to the U.S. Navy.
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 that might reduce weapon system
effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar
advanced capabilities.
6. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal
have been authorized for release and export to the recipient.
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