Arms Sales Notification, 17376-17379 [2018-08217]

Download as PDF 17376 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2018 / Notices daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES 14. AIM–120C7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is guided missile featuring digital technology and micro-miniature solidstate electronics. AMRAAM capabilities include look-down/shoot-down, multiple launches against multiple targets, resistance to electronic countermeasures, and interception of high- and low-flying and maneuvering targets. The AMRAAM All Up Round is classified CONFIDENTIAL; major components and subsystems range from UNCLASSIFIED to CONFIDENTIAL. Technical data and other documentation are classified up to SECRET. The AIM–120C7 is launched from the aircraft using a LAU–129 guided missile launcher. The LAU–129 provides mechanical and electrical interface between missile and aircraft. The LAU– 129 system is UNCLASSIFIED. 15. AIM–9X 11 SIDEWINDER missile is an air-to-air guided missile that employs a passive infrared (1R) target acquisition system that features digital technology and microminiature solid state electronics. The AIM–9X II All Up Round is CONFIDENTIAL, major components and subsystems range from UNCLASSIFIED to CONFIDENTIAL, and technical data and other documentation are classified up to SECRET. The AIM–9X tactical and Captive Air Training Missile guidance units and Tactical Units are subsets of the overall missile. 16. M61 20mm Vulcan Cannon: The 20 mm Vulcan cannon is a six barreled automatic cannon chambered in 20x 120mm with a cyclic rate of fire from 2,500–6,000 shots per minute. This weapon is a hydraulically powered air cooled gatling gun used to damage/ destroy aerial targets, suppress/ incapacitate personnel targets and damage or destroy moving and stationary light materiel targets. The M61 and its components are UNCLASSIFIED. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Apr 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 17. The SNIPER (AN/AAQ–33) targeting system is UNCLASSIFIED and contains technology representing the latest state-of-the-art in in electrooptical clarity and haze, and low light targeting capability. Information on performance and inherent vulnerabilities is classified SECRET. Software (object code) is classified CONFIDENTIAL. Overall system classification is SECRET. 18. This sale will also involve the release of sensitive and/or classified cryptographic equipment for secure communications radios, precision navigation with anti-jam capability, and cryptographic appliques and keying equipment. The hardware is UNCLASSIFIED, except where systems are loaded with cryptographic software, which may be classified up to SECRET. 19. Software, hardware, and other data or information, which is classified or sensitive, is reviewed prior to release to protect system vulnerabilities, design data, and performance parameters. Some end-item hardware, software, and other data identified above are classified at the CONFIDENTIAL and SECRET level. Potential compromise of these systems is controlled through management of the basic software programs of highly sensitive systems and software-controlled weapon systems on a case-by-case basis. 20. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge of the specific hardware or software source code in this proposed sale, the information could be used to develop countermeasures which might reduce weapon system effectiveness or be used in the development of systems with similar or advance capabilities. The benefits to be derived from this sale in the furtherance of the US foreign policy and national security objectives, as outlined in the Policy Justification, outweigh the potential damage that could result if the sensitive technology were revealed to unauthorized persons. PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 21. This sale is necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy Justification. Moreover, the benefits to be derived from this sale, as outlined in the Policy Justification, outweigh the potential damage that could result if the sensitive technology were revealed to unauthorized persons. 22. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal are authorized for release and export to the Government of Slovakia. [FR Doc. 2018–08210 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE [Transmittal No. 17–65] Arms Sales Notification Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Arms sales notice. AGENCY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107, pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil or Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217, kathy.a.valadez.civ@mail.mil; 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 17–65 with attached Policy Justification. SUMMARY: Dated: April 16, 2018. Shelly E. Finke, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. BILLING CODE 5001–06–P E:\FR\FM\19APN1.SGM 19APN1 BILLING CODE 5001–06–C Other .................................... daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES 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: Government of Spain (ii) Total Estimated Value: Major Defense Equipment * VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Apr 18, 2018 $ 900 million Jkt 244001 $ 400 million TOTAL .............................. Transmittal No. 17–65 $ 1.300 billion (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or Services under Consideration for Purchase: The Government of Spain has requested the possible sale of seventeen (17) CH–47F cargo helicopters with customer-unique modifications. Major Defense Equipment (MDE): PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17377 Seventeen (17) CH–47F Cargo Helicopters with customer-unique modifications Twenty-one (21) Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) AN/AAR– 57A(V)8 Forty-two (42) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) Non-MDE: Also included are mission equipment, hardware and services E:\FR\FM\19APN1.SGM 19APN1 EN19AP18.001</GPH> Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2018 / Notices 17378 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2018 / Notices required to implement customer-unique modifications, communication, Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE), and navigation equipment including AN/ ARC–231 Multi-mode radios, AN/ARC– 201D SINCGARS radios, AN/ARC–220 High Frequency (HF) Radio, Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF), AN/ AAR–57A(V)8, and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/APR– 39A(V)1, special tools and test equipment, ground support equipment, airframe and engine spare parts, technical data, publications, MWO/ ECPs, technical assistance, transportation of aircraft and training, and other related elements of logistics and program support. (iv) Military Department: Army (SP– B–WBE) (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: April 4, 2018 * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act. POLICY JUSTIFICATION daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Spain—CH–47F Aircraft The Government of Spain has requested to buy seventeen (17) CH–47F cargo helicopters with customer-unique modifications, twenty-one (21) Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) AN/ AAR–57A(V)8, and forty-two (42) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI). Also included are mission equipment, hardware and services required to implement customer-unique modifications, communication, Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE), and navigation equipment including AN/ ARC–231 Multi-mode radios, AN/ARC– 201D SINCGARS radios, AN/ARC–220 High Frequency (HF) Radio, Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF), AN/ AAR–57A(V)8, and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/APR– 39A(V)1, special tools and test equipment, ground support equipment, airframe and engine spare parts, technical data, publications, MWO/ ECPs, technical assistance, transportation of aircraft and training, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated total case value is $1.3 billion. This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a NATO ally VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Apr 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 that has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in Europe. The proposed sale of the CH–47F aircraft will improve Spain’s heavy lift capability. Spain will use this enhanced capability to strengthen its homeland defense and deter regional threats. Spain will have no difficulty absorbing these aircraft 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 will be Boeing Helicopter Company, Philadelphia, PA. The purchaser typically requests offsets. Any offset agreement will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the contractor. Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor representatives to Spain. There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale. Transmittal No. 17–65 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 CH–47F aircraft has been identified as Major Defense Equipment (MDE). The CH–47F is a medium lift, newly manufactured Aircraft. The CH– 47F has the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) cockpit, which provides aircraft system, flight, mission, and communication management systems. The CAAS consist of two dual-redundant MIL–STD–1553B data busses and an Ethernet LAN capable of supporting both IEEE 802.3 and ARINC 664. The CAAS includes five multifunction displays (MFDs), two general purpose processor units (GPPUs), two control display units (CDUs) and two data concentrator units (DCUs). The Navigation System will have two Embedded GPS/INS (EGIs), two Digital Advanced Flight Control System (DAFCS), one ARN–147 (VOR/ ILS marker Beacon System), one ARN– 153 Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN), two air data computers, and one AN/APN–209 Radar Altimeter system. The communications suite is as follows: two each AN/ARC–231 Multimode radios providing VHF FM, VHF– AM, UHF, HQ II and Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Satellite Communications (SATCOM), one each AN/ARC–201D SINCGARS radios with associated IFMs, and one each AN/ PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ARC–220 High Frequency (HF) Radio. The Identifier, Friend or Foe (IFF) will be the APX–123A, which provides the additional functionality of MODE 5. Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) will consist of the Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), AN/AAR– 57A(V)8, and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/APR–39A(V)1. Support and fielding for the CH–47Fs and installed CAAS would require one copy of technical documentation, along with a Contractor Field Representative. Technical data and documentation for CH–47F systems are classified up to SECRET. The sensitive technologies include: a. The AN/APX–123A Transponder is classified SECRET if Mode-4 or -5 Communications Security (COMSEC) keying material (KEYMAT) is loaded into the device. b. The TSEC KY–100 is a radio encryptor that has sensitive technology and is classified SECRET if COMSEC KEYMAT is loaded into the device. c. The AN/AAR–57A(V)8 CMWS is the detection component of the suite of countermeasures designed to increase survivability of current generation combat aircraft and specialized special operations aircraft against the threat posed by infrared guided missiles. d. The Radar Signal Detecting Set AN/ APR–39A(V)1 provides the pilot with visual and audible warning when a hostile fire-control threat is encountered. e. The KIV–77, is a Common Crypto Applique for Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) that provides Mode 4/5 capability. The KIV–77 Applique physical dimensions are 3.5 in. x 4.25 in. x 1 in., 16-oz. The KIV–77 can be removed from the host and stored as an Unclassified Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI). f. The AN/PYQ–10 (C) Simple Key Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized, portable, hand-held fill device used for securely receiving, storing, and transferring electronic key material and data between compatible end cryptographic units (ECU) and communications equipment. It supports both the DS–101 and DS–102 interfaces, as well as the Crypto Ignition Key and is compatible with existing ECUs. 2. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge of specific hardware, the information could be used to develop countermeasures which might reduce weapons system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or advanced capabilities. 3. A determination has been made that Spain can provide substantially the same degree of protection for sensitive E:\FR\FM\19APN1.SGM 19APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 76 / Thursday, April 19, 2018 / Notices technology being released as the U.S. Government. This proposed sustainment program is necessary to the furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy Justification. 4. All defense articles and services listed on this transmittal are authorized for release and export to the Government of Spain. [FR Doc. 2018–08217 Filed 4–18–18; 8:45 am] daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES BILLING CODE 5001–06–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Apr 18, 2018 Jkt 244001 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Transmittal No. 17–24] Arms Sales Notification Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Arms sales notice. AGENCY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107, pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil or SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17379 Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217, kathy.a.valadez.civ@mail.mil; 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 17–24 with attached Policy Justification. Dated: April 16, 2018. Shelly E. Finke, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. BILLING CODE 5001–06–P E:\FR\FM\19APN1.SGM 19APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17376-17379]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-08217]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[Transmittal No. 17-65]


Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Arms sales notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text 
of an arms sales notification.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Young, (703) 697-9107, 
[email protected] or Kathy Valadez, (703) 697-9217, 
[email protected]; 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 17-65 with 
attached Policy Justification.

    Dated: April 16, 2018.
Shelly E. Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 17-65
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: Government of Spain
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............................   $ 900 million
Other...................................................   $ 400 million
                                                         ---------------
  TOTAL.................................................         $ 1.300
                                                                 billion
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase: The Government of Spain has 
requested the possible sale of seventeen (17) CH-47F cargo helicopters 
with customer-unique modifications.
    Major Defense Equipment (MDE):

Seventeen (17) CH-47F Cargo Helicopters with customer-unique 
modifications
Twenty-one (21) Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) AN/AAR-57A(V)8
Forty-two (42) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial 
Navigation System (INS) (EGI)

    Non-MDE: Also included are mission equipment, hardware and services

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required to implement customer-unique modifications, communication, 
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE), and navigation equipment 
including AN/ARC-231 Multi-mode radios, AN/ARC-201D SINCGARS radios, 
AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Radio, Identification, Friend or Foe 
(IFF), AN/AAR-57A(V)8, and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/
APR-39A(V)1, special tools and test equipment, ground support 
equipment, airframe and engine spare parts, technical data, 
publications, MWO/ECPs, technical assistance, transportation of 
aircraft and training, and other related elements of logistics and 
program support.
    (iv) Military Department: Army (SP-B-WBE)
    (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: April 4, 2018
    * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Spain--CH-47F Aircraft

    The Government of Spain has requested to buy seventeen (17) CH-47F 
cargo helicopters with customer-unique modifications, twenty-one (21) 
Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) AN/AAR-57A(V)8, and forty-two (42) 
Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation System 
(INS) (EGI). Also included are mission equipment, hardware and services 
required to implement customer-unique modifications, communication, 
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE), and navigation equipment 
including AN/ARC-231 Multi-mode radios, AN/ARC-201D SINCGARS radios, 
AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Radio, Identification, Friend or Foe 
(IFF), AN/AAR-57A(V)8, and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/
APR-39A(V)1, special tools and test equipment, ground support 
equipment, airframe and engine spare parts, technical data, 
publications, MWO/ECPs, technical assistance, transportation of 
aircraft and training, and other related elements of logistics and 
program support. The estimated total case value is $1.3 billion.
    This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national 
security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a 
NATO ally that has been, and continues to be, an important force for 
political stability and economic progress in Europe.
    The proposed sale of the CH-47F aircraft will improve Spain's heavy 
lift capability. Spain will use this enhanced capability to strengthen 
its homeland defense and deter regional threats. Spain will have no 
difficulty absorbing these aircraft 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 will be Boeing Helicopter Company, 
Philadelphia, PA. The purchaser typically requests offsets. Any offset 
agreement will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the 
contractor.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the 
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor 
representatives to Spain.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 17-65
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 CH-47F aircraft has been identified as Major Defense 
Equipment (MDE). The CH-47F is a medium lift, newly manufactured 
Aircraft. The CH-47F has the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) 
cockpit, which provides aircraft system, flight, mission, and 
communication management systems. The CAAS consist of two dual-
redundant MIL-STD-1553B data busses and an Ethernet LAN capable of 
supporting both IEEE 802.3 and ARINC 664. The CAAS includes five 
multifunction displays (MFDs), two general purpose processor units 
(GPPUs), two control display units (CDUs) and two data concentrator 
units (DCUs). The Navigation System will have two Embedded GPS/INS 
(EGIs), two Digital Advanced Flight Control System (DAFCS), one ARN-147 
(VOR/ILS marker Beacon System), one ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation 
System (TACAN), two air data computers, and one AN/APN-209 Radar 
Altimeter system. The communications suite is as follows: two each AN/
ARC-231 Multi-mode radios providing VHF FM, VHF-AM, UHF, HQ II and 
Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Satellite Communications 
(SATCOM), one each AN/ARC-201D SINCGARS radios with associated IFMs, 
and one each AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Radio. The Identifier, 
Friend or Foe (IFF) will be the APX-123A, which provides the additional 
functionality of MODE 5. Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) will 
consist of the Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), AN/AAR-57A(V)8, 
and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/APR-39A(V)1. Support and 
fielding for the CH-47Fs and installed CAAS would require one copy of 
technical documentation, along with a Contractor Field Representative. 
Technical data and documentation for CH-47F systems are classified up 
to SECRET. The sensitive technologies include:
    a. The AN/APX-123A Transponder is classified SECRET if Mode-4 or -5 
Communications Security (COMSEC) keying material (KEYMAT) is loaded 
into the device.
    b. The TSEC KY-100 is a radio encryptor that has sensitive 
technology and is classified SECRET if COMSEC KEYMAT is loaded into the 
device.
    c. The AN/AAR-57A(V)8 CMWS is the detection component of the suite 
of countermeasures designed to increase survivability of current 
generation combat aircraft and specialized special operations aircraft 
against the threat posed by infrared guided missiles.
    d. The Radar Signal Detecting Set AN/APR-39A(V)1 provides the pilot 
with visual and audible warning when a hostile fire-control threat is 
encountered.
    e. The KIV-77, is a Common Crypto Applique for Identification, 
Friend or Foe (IFF) that provides Mode 4/5 capability. The KIV-77 
Applique physical dimensions are 3.5 in. x 4.25 in. x 1 in., 16-oz. The 
KIV-77 can be removed from the host and stored as an Unclassified 
Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI).
    f. The AN/PYQ-10 (C) Simple Key Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized, 
portable, hand-held fill device used for securely receiving, storing, 
and transferring electronic key material and data between compatible 
end cryptographic units (ECU) and communications equipment. It supports 
both the DS-101 and DS-102 interfaces, as well as the Crypto Ignition 
Key and is compatible with existing ECUs.
    2. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge 
of specific hardware, the information could be used to develop 
countermeasures which might reduce weapons system effectiveness or be 
used in the development of a system with similar or advanced 
capabilities.
    3. A determination has been made that Spain can provide 
substantially the same degree of protection for sensitive

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technology being released as the U.S. Government. This proposed 
sustainment program is necessary to the furtherance of the U.S. foreign 
policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy 
Justification.
    4. All defense articles and services listed on this transmittal are 
authorized for release and export to the Government of Spain.

[FR Doc. 2018-08217 Filed 4-18-18; 8:45 am]
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