Arms Sales Notification, 27615-27618 [2019-12443]

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
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[Pages 27615-27618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12443]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 19-09]


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: Karma Job at [email protected] 
or (703) 697-8976.

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 19-09 with 
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: June 7, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 19-09
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: Kingdom of Morocco
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

 
 
 
Major Defense Equipment *...............................  $2.987 billion
Other...................................................  $ .800 billion
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                                                          $3.787 billion
 


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    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
    Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Twenty-five (25) F-16C/D Block 72 Aircraft
Twenty-nine (29) Engines (Pratt & Whitney F100-229 (includes 4 spares)
Twenty-six (26) APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) 
Radars (includes 1 spare)
Twenty-six (26) Modular Mission Computers (includes 1 spare)
Twenty-six (26) Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution 
Systems - JTRS (MIDS-JTRS) with TACAN and ESHI Terminals (includes 1 
spare)
Twenty-six (26) LN260 Embedded Global Navigation Systems (EGI) 
(includes 1 spare)
Forty (40) Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) (includes 5 
spares)
Twenty-six (26) Improved Programmable Display Generators (iPDG) 
(includes 1 spare)
Thirty (30) M61 Al Vulcan 20mm Guns (includes 5 spares)
Fifty (50) LAU-129 Multi-Purpose Launchers
Forty (40) AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles 
(AMRAAM)
Forty (40) AIM-120C-7 Guidance Sections
Three (3) GBU-38/54 JDAM Tail Kits
Fifty (50) MXU-650 Air Foil Group, GBU-49
Fifty (50) MAU-210 Enhanced Computer Control Group (CCG), GBU-49,-50
Thirty-six (36) FMU-139 D/B Fuzes
Six (6) FMU-139 D/B (D-l) Inert Fuzes
Two (2) GBU-39 (T-l) GTVs
Sixty (60) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB I)
Ten (10) MAU-169L/B Computer Control Group, GBU-10,-12,-16
Ten (10) MXU-650C/B Air Foil Group, GBU-12
Twelve (12) MK82 Bombs, Filled Inert
Four (4) BLU-109 Practice Bombs
Ten (10) MAU-169 CCG (D-2)
Twenty-six (26) AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Pods
    Non-MDE: Also included are twenty-six (26) AN/ALQ-213 EW Management 
Systems; twenty-six (26) Advanced Identification Friend/Foe; Secure 
Communications, Cryptographic Precision Navigation Equipment; one (1) 
Joint Mission Planning System; twenty-six (26) AN/ALQ-211 AIDEWS; six 
(6) DB-110 Advanced Reconnaissance Systems; communications equipment; 
spares and repair parts; support equipment; personnel training and 
training equipment; publications and technical documentation; support 
and test equipment, simulators; integration and test; U.S. Government 
and contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services; 
and other related elements of logistics and program support.
    (iv) Military Department: Air Force (MO-D-SAH)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: MO-D-SAY
    (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: March 22, 2019

    *As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Morocco - F-16 Block 72 New Purchase

    The Government of Morocco has requested to buy twenty-five (25) F-
16C/D Block 72 aircraft; twenty-nine (29) engines (Pratt & Whitney 
F100-229) (includes 4 spares); twenty-six (26) APG-83 Active 
Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars (includes 1 spare); twenty-
six (26) Modular Mission Computers (includes 1 spare); twenty-six (26) 
Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems -- JTRS (MIDS-
JTRS) with TACAN and ESHI Terminals (includes 1 spare); twenty-six (26) 
LN260 Embedded Global Navigation Systems (EGI) (includes 1 spare); 
forty (40) Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) (includes 5 
spares); twenty-six (26) Improved Programmable Display Generators 
(iPDG) (includes 1 spare); thirty (30) M61 Al Vulcan 20mm Guns 
(includes 5 spares); fifty (50) LAU-129 Multi-Purpose Launchers; forty 
(40) AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); 
forty (40) AIM-120C-7 Guidance Sections; three (3) GBU-38/54 JDAM Tail 
Kits; fifty (50) MXU-650 Air Foil Group, GBU-49; fifty (50) MAU-210 
Enhanced Computer Control Group (CCG), GBU-49,-50; thirty-six (36) FMU-
139 D/B Fuzes; six (6) FMU-139 D/B (D-l) Inert Fuzes; two (2) GBU-39 
(T-l) GTVs; sixty (60) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB I); ten (10) 
MAU-169L/B Computer Control Group, GBU-10,-12,-16; ten (10) MXU-650C/B 
Air Foil Group, GBU-12; twelve (12) MK82 Bombs, Filled Inert; four (4) 
BLU-109 Practice Bombs; ten (10) MAU-169 CCG (D-2); and twenty-six (26) 
AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Pods. Also included are twenty-six (26) AN/ALQ-213 EW 
Management Systems; twenty-six (26) Advanced Identification Friend/Foe; 
Secure Communications, Cryptographic Precision Navigation Equipment; 
one (1) Joint Mission Planning System; twenty-six (26) AN/ALQ-211 
AIDEWS; six (6) DB-110 Advanced Reconnaissance Systems; communications 
equipment; spares and repair parts; support equipment; personnel 
training and training equipment; publications and technical 
documentation; support and test equipment, simulators; integration and 
test; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and 
logistical support services; and other related elements of logistics 
and program support. The estimated cost is $3.787 billion.
    This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and 
national security of the United States by helping to improve the 
security of a major Non-NATO ally that continues to be an important 
force for political stability and economic progress in North Africa.
    The proposed sale will contribute to Morocco's self-defense 
capabilities. The purchase will improve interoperability with the 
United States and other regional allies and enhance Morocco's ability 
to undertake coalition operations, as it has done in the past in flying 
sorties against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Morocco already operates an 
F[dash]16 fleet and will have no difficulty absorbing this aircraft and 
services into its armed forces.
    The proposed sale of this equipment will not alter the basic 
military balance in the region.
    The prime contractor will be Lockheed Corporation, Bethesda, 
Maryland. 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 require the assignment of 
10 additional U.S. Government and approximately 75 contract 
representatives to Morocco.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 19-09
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. This sale will involve the release of sensitive technology to 
Morocco. The F-16C/D Block 72 weapon system is unclassified, except as 
noted below. The aircraft utilizes the F-16 airframe and features 
advanced avionics and systems. It will contain the Pratt & Whitney 
F100-PW-229 EEP engine, AN/APG-83 radar, digital flight control system, 
embedded internal global navigation

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system, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS), internal and 
external electronic warfare equipment, Advanced IFF, LINK-16 datalink, 
operational flight trainer, and software computer programs.
    2. Sensitive and/or classified (up to SECRET) elements of the 
proposed F-16 V include hardware, accessories, components, and 
associated software: Link 16 (MIDS-JTRS) with TACAN and ESHI Terminals, 
Multipurpose Launcher (LAU-129), AN/ALQ-213 EW Management Systems, 
Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF), Cryptographic Appliques 
(KIV-78), Dual-Band AN/ARC-238 UHF/VHF Radios, KY-58M COMSEC Secure 
Voice Processors, Joint Mission Planning System, F-16V Simulator, AN/
ALQ-211 AIDEWS Pods, Avionics I-Level Test Station, DB-110 Advanced 
Reconnaissance Systems, F-110 engine infrared signature, Sniper (AN/
AAQ-33-33) targeting pods, and Advanced Interference Blanker Unit. 
Additional sensitive areas include operating manuals and maintenance 
technical orders containing performance information, operating and test 
procedures, and other information related to support operations and 
repair. The hardware, software, and data identified are classified to 
protect vulnerabilities, design and performance parameters and other 
similar critical information.
    3. The AN/APG-83 is an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) 
radar upgrade or the F-16. It includes higher processor power, higher 
transmission power, more sensitive receiver electronics, and Synthetic 
Aperture Radar (SAR), which creates higher-resolution ground maps from 
a greater distance than existing mechanically scanned array radars 
(e.g., APG-68). The upgrade features an increase in detection range of 
air targets, increases in processing speed and memory, as well as 
significant improvements in all modes. The highest classification of 
the radar is SECRET.
    4. The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) is an 
advanced Link-16 command, control, communications, and intelligence 
(C3I) system incorporating high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital 
communication links for exchange of near real-time tactical 
information, including both data and voice, among air, ground, and sea 
elements. The MIDS terminal hardware, publications, performance 
specifications, operational capability, parameters, vulnerabilities to 
countermeasures, and software documentation are classified 
CONFIDENTIAL. The classified information to be provided consists of 
that which is necessary for the operation, maintenance, and repair 
(through intermediate level) of the data link terminal, installed 
systems, and related software.
    5. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS II) is a modified HGU-
55/P helmet that incorporates a visor-projected Heads-Up Display (HUD) 
to cue weapons and aircraft sensors to air and ground targets. This 
system projects visual targeting and aircraft performance information 
on the back of the helmet's visor, enabling the pilot to monitor this 
information without interrupting his field of view through the cockpit 
canopy. This provides improvement for close combat targeting and 
engagement. Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED; technical data and documents are 
classified up to SECRET.
    6. KY-58M is a lightweight terminal for secure voice and data 
communications. The KY-58M provides wideband/ narrowband half duplex 
communication. The KY-58M provides flexible interface capability. 
Operating in tactical ground, marine and airborne applications, the KY-
58M enables secure communication with a broad range of radio and 
satellite equipment.
    7. Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) is a multi-platform PC 
based mission planning system. JMPS hardware is UNCLASSIFIED but the 
software is classified up to SECRET.
    8. AN/ALQ-211 Airborne Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare 
Suite (AIDEWS) provides passive radar warning, wide spectrum RF 
jamming, and control and management of the entire EW system. It is an 
externally mounted Electronic Warfare (EW) pod. The commercially 
developed system software and hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. The system is 
classified SECRET when loaded with a US derived EW database.
    9. The DB-110 is a tactical airborne reconnaissance system. This 
capability permits reconnaissance missions to be conducted from very 
short range to long range by day or night. It is an under-the-weather, 
podded system that produces high resolution, dual-band electro-optical 
and infrared imagery. The DB-110 system is UNCLASSIFIED.
    10. Embedded GPS-INS (EGI) LN-260 is a sensor that combines GPS and 
inertial sensor inputs to provide accurate location information for 
navigation and targeting. The EGI LN-260 is UNCLASSIFIED. The GPS 
cryptovariable keys needed for highest GPS accuracy are classified up 
to SECRET.
    11. The AN/APX-126 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) 
Combined Interrogator Transponder (CIT) is a system capable of 
transmitting and interrogating Mode V. It is UNCLASSIFIED unless/until 
Mode IV and/or Mode V operational evaluator parameters are loaded into 
the equipment. Elements of the IFF system classified up to SECRET 
include software object code, operating characteristics, parameters, 
and technical data. Mode IV and Mode V anti-jam performance 
specifications/data, software source code, algorithms, and tempest 
plans or reports will not be offered, released, discussed, or 
demonstrated.
    12. The Modular Mission Computer (MMC) is the central aircraft 
computer of the F-16. It serves as the hub for all aircraft subsystems 
and avionics data transfer. The hardware and software are classified 
SECRET.
    13. The Improved Programmable Display Generator (iPDG) and color 
multifunction displays utilize ruggedized commercial liquid crystal 
display technology designed to withstand the harsh environment found in 
modern fighter cockpits. The display generator is the fifth generation 
graphics processor for the F-16. Through the use of state-of-the-art 
microprocessors and graphics engines, it provides orders of magnitude 
increases in throughput, memory, and graphics capabilities. The 
hardware and software are UNCLASSIFIED.
    14. The KIV-78 is a crypto applique for Mode 5 IFF. The hardware is 
UNCLASSIFIED unless loaded with Mode 4 and/or Mode 5 classified 
elements.
    15. The SNIPER (AN/AAQ-33) targeting system is UNCLASSIFIED and 
contains technology representing the latest state-of-the-art in 
electro-optical 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.
    16. The AN/ARC-238 radio with HAVE QUICK II is a voice 
communications radio system and considered UNCLASSIFIED without HAVE 
QUICK II. HAVE QUICK II employs cryptographic technology that is 
classified SECRET. Classified elements include operating 
characteristics, parameters, technical data, and keying material.
    17. The LAU-129 Guided Missile Launcher is capable of launching a 
single AIM-9 (Sidewinder) family of missile or AIM-120 Advanced Medium 
Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The LAU-129 launcher provides 
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between missile and aircraft. There are five versions produced strictly 
for foreign military sales. The only difference between these versions 
is the material they are coated with or the color of the coating. This 
device is UNCLASSIFIED.
    18. The AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile 
(AMRAAM) is a supersonic, air launched, aerial intercept, guided 
missile featuring digital technology and microminiature solid-state 
electronics. AMRAAM capabilities include lookdown/shootdown, multiple 
launches against multiple targets, resistance to electronic 
countermeasures, and interception of high- and low-flying maneuvering 
targets. The AMRAAM AUR is classified CONFIDENTIAL, major components 
and subsystems range from UNCLASSIFIED to CONFIDENTIAL, and technical 
data and other documentation are classified up to SECRET.
    19. Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) (General Overview) is a 
Joint Service weapon which uses an onboard GPS-aided Inertial 
Navigation System (INS) Guidance Set with a MK 82, MK 83, MK 84, BLU-
109, BLU-110, BLU-111, BLU-117, BLU-126 (Navy) or BLU-129 warhead. The 
Guidance Set, when combined with a warhead and appropriate fuze, and 
tailkit forms a JDAM Guided Bomb Unit (GBU). The JDAM Guidance Set 
gives these bombs adverse weather capability with improved accuracy. 
The tail kit contains an Inertial Navigation System (INS) guidance/
Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance to provide highly accurate 
weapon delivery in any ``flyable`` weather. The INS, using updates from 
the GPS, helps guide the bomb to the target via the use of movable tail 
fins. The JDAM weapon can be delivered from modest standoff ranges at 
high or low altitudes against a variety of land and surface targets 
during the day or night. After release, JDAM autonomously guides to a 
target, using the resident GPS-aided INS guidance system. JDAM is 
capable of receiving target coordinates via preplanned mission data 
from the delivery aircraft, by onboard aircraft sensors (i.e. FLIR, 
Radar, etc.) during captive carry, or from a third party source via 
manual or automated aircrew cockpit entry. The JDAM as an All Up Round 
is SECRET; technical data for JDAM is classified up to SECRET.
    20. GBU-31/38 (JDAM) are 2,000 pound and 500 pound JDAMs 
respectively. The JDAM All Up Round (AUR) and all of its components are 
SECRET; technical data for JDAM is classified up to SECRET. The GBU-31/
38 contain a GPS Receiver Card with Selective Availability Anti-
Spoofing Module (SAASM).
    21. GBU-54/56 (LIDAM) are 500 pound and 2,000 pound JDAM 
respectivelys, which incorporates all the capabilities of the JDAM and 
adds a precision laser guidance set. The Laser-JDAM (LIDAM) gives the 
weapon system an optional semi-active laser guidance in addition to the 
correct GPS/INS guidance which allows for striking moving targets. The 
LJDAM AUR and all of its components are SECRET; technical data for JDAM 
is classified up to SECRET. The GBU-54/56 contain a GPS Receiver Card 
with Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM).
    22. GBU-49 and GBU-50 Enhanced Paveway II (EP II) are 5001bs/
20001bs dual mode laser and GPS guided munitions respectively. 
Information revealing target designation tactics and associated 
aircraft maneuvers, the probability of destroying specific/peculiar 
targets, vulnerabilities regarding countermeasures and the 
electromagnetic environment is classified SECRET. Information revealing 
the probability of destroying common/unspecified targets, the number of 
simultaneous lasers the laser seeker head can discriminate, and data on 
the radar/infrared frequency is classified CONFIDENTIAL.
    23. GBU-39 (2501b) Small Diameter Bomb (SDB-I) The Guided Bomb 
Unit-39 (GBU-39/B) small diameter bomb (SDB) is a 250-lb class 
precision guided munition that is intended to provide aircraft with an 
ability to carry a high number of bombs. The weapon offers day or 
night, adverse weather, precision engagement capability against pre-
planned fixed or stationary soft, non-hardened, and hardened targets, 
and provides greater than 50 NM standoff range. Aircraft are able to 
carry four SDBs in place of one 2,000-lb bomb. The SDB is equipped with 
a GPS-aided inertial navigation system to attack fixed, /stationary 
targets such as fuel depots and bunkers. The SDB and all of its 
components are SECRET; technical data is classified up to SECRET.
    24. GBU-10/12/16/58 Paveway II (PWII), a Laser Guided Bomb (LGB), 
is a maneuverable, free-fall weapon that guides to a spot of laser 
energy reflected off of the target. The LGB is delivered like a normal 
general purpose (GP) warhead and the semi-active guidance corrects for 
many of the normal errors inherent in any delivery system. Laser 
designation for the LGB can be provided by a variety of laser target 
markers or designators. A LGB consists of a Computer Control Group 
(CCG) that is not warhead specific, and a warhead specific Air Foil 
Group (AFG) that attaches to the nose and tail of a GP bomb body. The 
PWII can use either the FMU-152 or FMU-139D/B fuzes. The overall weapon 
is CONFIDENTIAL. The GBU-10 is a 2,0001b (MK-84 or BLU-117 B/B) GP bomb 
body fitted with the MXU-651 AFG, and MAU-209C/B or MAU-169 L/B CCG to 
guide to its laser designated target. The GBU-12 is a 5001b (MK-82 or 
BLU-111 B/B) GP bomb body fitted with the MXU-650 AFG, and MAU-209C/B 
or MAU-168L/B CCGs to guide to its laser designated target. The GBU-16 
is a 1,0001b (BLU-110 B/B or MK-83) GP bomb body fitted with the MXU-
650 airfoil and MAU-209C/B or MAU-168L/B CCGs to guide to its laser 
designated target. The GBU-58 is a 2501b (BLU-110 B/B or MK-83) GP bomb 
body fitted with the MXU-650 airfoil and MAU-209C/B or MAU-168L/B CCGs 
to guide to its laser designated target.
    25. M61 20mm Vulcan Cannon: The 20mm Vulcan cannon is a six 
barreled automatic cannon chambered in 20x120mm 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.
    26. 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.
    27. A determination has been made that Morocco 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.
    28. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal 
are authorized for release and export to the Government of Morocco.

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