Arms Sales Notification, 68421-68425 [2019-27042]

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• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68421-68425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27042]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 19-50]


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 19-50 with 
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: December 10, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 19-50
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 (TECRO)
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............  $5.1 billion
Other...................................  $2.9 billion
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  TOTAL.................................  $8.0 billion
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase:

    Major Defense Equipment (MDE):

Sixty-six (66) F-16C/D Block 70 Aircraft
Seventy-five (75) F110 General Electric Engines (includes 9 spares)
Seventy-five (75) Link-16 Systems (includes 9 spares)
Seventy-five (75) Improved Programmable Display Generators (iPDG) 
(includes 9 spares)
Seventy-five (75) APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) 
Radars (includes 9 spares)
Seventy-five (75) Modular Mission Computers 7000AH (includes 9 spares)
Seventy-five (75) LN-260 Embedded GPS/INS (includes 9 spares)
Seventy-five (75) M61 Vulcan 20mm Guns (includes 9 spares)
One-hundred thirty-eight (138) LAU-129 Multipurpose Launchers
Six (6) FMU-139D/B Fuze for Guided Bombs
Six (6) FMU-139D/B Inert Fuze for Guided Bombs
Six (6) FMU-152 Fuze for Guided Bombs
Six (6) MK-82 Filled Inert Bombs for Guided Bombs
Three (3) KMU-572 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Tail Kits, GBU-
38/54
    Non-MDE: Also included are seventy-five (75) AN/ALE-47 
Countermeasure Dispensers (includes 9 spares); one-hundred twenty (120) 
ALE-50 towed decoy or equivalent; seventy-five (75) APX-126 Advanced 
Identification Friend or Foe (includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) AN/
ALQ-211 A(V)4 Airborne Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite 
(AIDEWS) or equivalent (includes 9 spares); EW Line Replaceable Unit 
(LRU) and Standard Electronic Module (SEM) spares; one hundred fifty 
(150) ARC-238 radios (includes 18 spares); Secure Communications and 
Cryptographic Appliques including seventy-three (73) KIV-78 
cryptographic COMSEC devices, and ten (10) AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders 
(SKLs) for COMSEC; three (3) Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS); 
twenty-seven (27) Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) II with 
Night Vision Device (NVD) compatibility or Scorpion Hybrid Optical-
based Inertial Tracker (HObIT) helmet mounted cueing system with NVD 
compatibility; seventy (70) NVDs; six (6) NVD spare image intensifier 
tubes; Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/
PAD); cartridges; chaff; flares; three (3) each DSU-38A/B Precision 
Laser Guidance Sensor (PLGS) for GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack 
Munition (LJDAM) integration; PGU- 28A/B 20mm ammunition; telemetry 
units for integration and test; bomb components; twenty (20) ground 
debriefing stations; Electronic Combat International Security 
Assistance Program (ECISAP) support including EW database and Mission 
Data File (MDF) development (classified/unclassified); communications 
equipment; classified/unclassified spares, repair, support equipment, 
test equipment, software delivery/support, personnel training, training 
equipment, flight/tactics manuals, publications and technical 
documentation; bomb racks; Organizational, Intermediate and Depot level 
tooling; Pilot Life Support Equipment (PLSE); Alternate Mission 
Equipment (AME); ground training devices (including flight and 
maintenance simulators); containers; development, integration, test and 
engineering, technical and logistical support of munitions; aircraft 
ferry; studies and surveys; construction services; U.S. Government and 
contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services; and 
other related elements of logistics, program and sustainment support.

    (iv) Military Department: Air Force (TW-D-QCA)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: TW-D-SKA, TW-D-QBZ
    (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: August 20, 2019

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

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States 
(TECRO)--F-16C/D Block 70 Aircraft

    TECRO has requested to purchase sixty-six (66) F-16C/D Block 70 
aircraft; seventy-five (75) F110 General Electric Engines (includes 9 
spares); seventy-five (75) Link-16 Systems (includes 9 spares); 
seventy-five (75) Improved Programmable Display Generators (iPDG) 
(includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) APG-83 Active Electronically 
Scanned Array (AESA) Radars (includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) 
Modular Mission Computers 7000AH (includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) 
LN-260 Embedded GPS/INS (includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) M61 
Vulcan 20mm Guns (includes 9 spares); one-hundred thirty-eight (138) 
LAU-129 Multipurpose Launchers; six (6) FMU-139D/B Fuze for Guided 
Bombs; six (6) FMU-139D/B Inert Fuze for Guided Bombs; six (6) FMU 152 
Fuze for Guided Bombs: six (6) MK-82 Filled Inert Bombs for Guided 
Bombs; and three (3) KMU-572 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Tail 
Kits, GBU-38/54. Also included are seventy-five (75) AN/ALE-47 
Countermeasure Dispensers (includes 9 spares); one-hundred twenty (120) 
ALE-50 towed decoy or equivalent; seventy-five (75) APX-126 Advanced 
Identification Friend or Foe (includes 9 spares); seventy five (75) AN/
ALQ-211 A(V)4 Airborne Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite 
(AIDEWS) or equivalent (includes 9 spares); EW Line Replaceable Unit 
(LRU) and Standard Electronic Module (SEM) spares; one hundred fifty 
(150) ARC-238 radios (includes 18 spares); Secure Communications and 
Cryptographic Appliques including seventy-three (73) KIV-78 
cryptographic COMSEC devices, and ten (10) AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders 
(SKLs) for COMSEC; three (3) Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS); 
twenty-seven (27) Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) II with 
Night Vision Device (NVD) compatibility or Scorpion Hybrid Optical-
based Inertial Tracker (HOblT) helmet mounted cueing system with NVD 
compatibility; seventy (70) NVDs; six (6) NVD spare image intensifier 
tubes; Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/
PAD); cartridges; chaff; flares; three (3) each DSU-38A/B Precision 
Laser Guidance Sensor (PLGS) for GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack 
Munition (LJDAM) integration; PGU-28A/B 20mm ammunition; telemetry 
units for integration and test; bomb components; twenty (20) ground 
debriefing stations; Electronic Combat International Security 
Assistance Program (ECISAP) support including EW database and Mission 
Data File (MDF) development (classified/unclassified); communications 
equipment; classified/unclassified spares, repair, support equipment, 
test equipment, software

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delivery/support, personnel training, training equipment, flight/
tactics manuals, publications and technical documentation; bomb racks; 
Organizational, Intermediate and Depot level tooling; Pilot Life 
Support Equipment (PLSE); Alternate Mission Equipment (AME); ground 
training devices (including flight and maintenance simulators); 
containers; development, integration, test and engineering, technical 
and logistical support of munitions; aircraft ferry; studies and 
surveys; construction services; U.S. Government and contractor 
engineering, technical and logistical support services; and other 
related elements of logistics, program and sustainment support. The 
total estimated program cost is $8.0 billion.
    This proposed sale is consistent with U.S. 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 to maintain a credible 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.
    This proposed sale will contribute to the recipient's capability to 
provide for the defense of its airspace, regional security, and 
interoperability with the United States. The recipient currently 
operates the F-16A/B. The recipient will have no difficulty absorbing 
this aircraft and services into its arms forces.
    The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the 
basic military balance in the region.
    The principle contractor will be Lockheed Martin, headquartered in 
Bethesda, MD. There are no known offset agreements proposed. The 
purchaser typically requests offsets. Any offset agreement would be 
defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the contractor(s).
    Implementation of this proposed sale will require assignment of a 
small number of U.S. Government representatives (less than 20) and a 
modest number of contractor representatives to the recipient to manage 
the fielding and training for the program.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 19-50
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 F-16 Block 70 weapon system is unclassified, except as noted 
below. The aircraft utilizes the F-16 airframe and features advanced 
avionics and systems. It contains the General Electric F110-129 engine, 
AN/APG-83 radar, digital flight control system, embedded internal 
global navigation system, Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) 
II or may include Scorpion Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker 
(HOblT) with or without Night Vision Device (NVD) capability, 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 Block 70 include hardware, accessories, components, and 
associated software: Link 16 and ESHI Terminals, Multipurpose Launcher 
(LAU-129), AN/ALQ-21 I A(V)4 AIDEWS EW system or equivalent, Advanced 
Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF), Cryptographic Appliques (KIV-78), 
Dual-Band AN/ARC-238 UHF/VHF Radios, Joint Mission Planning System, F-
16 Block 70 Simulator, Avionics I-Level Test Station, F110 engine 
infrared signature, and Advanced Interference Blanker Unit. Additional 
sensitive areas include operating, tactics 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. AN/APG-83 is an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar 
upgrade for 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. Link-16 is a 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.
    5. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II (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. 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.
    7. AN/ALQ-211 A(V)4 Airborne Integrated Defensive Electronic 
Warfare Suite (AIDEWS) or equivalent provides passive radar warning, 
wide spectrum Radio Frequency (RF) jamming, and control and management 
of the entire Electronic Warfare (EW) system. The system is anticipated 
to be internal to the aircraft although mounted pod variants are used 
in certain circumstances. The commercially developed system software 
and hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. The system is classified SECRET when 
loaded with a U.S. derived EW database.
    8. 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.
    9. 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

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offered, released, discussed, or demonstrated.
    10. Modular Mission Computer (MMC) 7000AH is the central aircraft 
computer of the F-16. It serves as the hub for all aircraft subsystems 
and avionics data transfer. The MMC 7000AH hardware and software are 
classified SECRET.
    11. Improved Programmable Display Generator (iPDG) and color 
multifunction displays utilize ruggedized commercial liquid crystal 
display technology that is 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 provided orders of 
magnitude increases in throughput, memory, and graphics capabilities. 
The hardware and software are UNCLASSIFIED.
    12. AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVG) are 3rd generation aviation 
NVG offering higher resolution, high gain, and photo response to near 
infrared. Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED, and technical data and 
documentation to be provided are UNCLASSIFIED.
    13. KIV-78 is a crypto applique for IFF. The hardware is 
UNCLASSIFIED unless loaded with Mode 4 classified elements.
    14. 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. 
Other waveforms may be included as needed. Classified elements include 
operating characteristics, parameters, technical data, and keying 
material.
    15. 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 
mechanical and electrical interface between missile and aircraft. There 
are five versions produced strictly for foreign military sales. The 
only difference between these launchers is the material they are coated 
with or the color of the coating. This device is UNCLASSIFIED.
    16. Laser JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munitions) (GBU-54/56) is a 
Joint Service weapon and has the capability to engage targets moving at 
up to 70 mph. The LJDAM weapon consists of a DSU-38/40 sensor, a JDAM 
guidance set installed on either a nonthermal or thermal coated bomb 
body; and fuze. The DSU-38/40 consists of a laser spot tracker (same 
size and shape as a DSU-33 proximity fuze), a cable connecting the DSU-
38/40 to the basic JDAM guidance set, a cable cover, cable cover tie 
down straps, modified tail kit door and wiring harness, and associated 
modified JDAM software that incorporates navigation and guidance flight 
software to support both LJDAM and standard JDAM missions. FMU-152A/B, 
FMU-139 (all variants) and dummy fuzes are the standard fuzes to be 
used with this weapon. The quantities in this notification are for 
testing and integration effort. The weapons components are 
UNCLASSIFIED. Technical data and countermeasures/vulnerabilities are 
SECRET. The overall classification is SECRET.
    17. MK-82 inert General Purpose (GP) bomb is a 500 pound, inert, 
free-fall, unguided, low-drag weapon usually equipped with the 
mechanical M904 (nose) and M905 (tail) fuzes or the radar-proximity 
FMU-113 air-burst fuze. The MK-82 is designed for soft, fragment 
sensitive targets and is not intended for hard targets or penetrations. 
The explosive filling is usually tritonal, though other compositions 
have sometimes been used. The overall classification of the weapon and 
904/905/FMU-l 13 fuzes are UNCLASSIFED.
    18. M61 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 M6l and its components are UNCLASSIFIED.
    If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge of 
the hardware and software elements, the information could be used to 
develop countermeasures or equivalent systems, which might reduce 
system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with 
similar or advanced capabilities.
    20. A determination has been made that the recipient 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.
    21. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal 
have been authorized for release and export to the recipient.

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