Arms Sales Notification, 39176-39178 [2020-14060]

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 126 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39176-39178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14060]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 19-74]


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 19-74 with 
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: June 24, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 19-74
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 Egypt.
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............................    $2.0 billion
Other...................................................    $ .3 billion
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    Total...............................................    $2.3 billion
 

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

Eighty-eight (88) T700-GE-701D Engines (86 remanufactured, 2 spares)
Forty-seven (47) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and 
Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors 
(MTADS/PNVS) (43 remanufactured, 2 new, 2 spares)
Forty-five (45) AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (43 new, 2 
spares) Ninety-two (92) Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial 
Navigation (EGI) (86 new, 6 spares)

    Non-MDE: Also included are AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets, AN/APX-
119 transponders, Identify Friend or Foe (IFF), AN/APN-209 radar 
altimeters, AN/ARN-149 Automatic Direction Finders, UHF/VHF radio, 
tactical AN/ARC-201E radio, APR-39 Radar Warning Sets, Improved Data 
Modems IDM-401, Enhanced Image Intensifiers EI2, Hellfire launchers 
M299, 2.75 inch 19 tube rocket launchers, M230 automatic guns, M230 
spare gun barrels, MT06 initiators, cartridge actuated JAU-59, training 
devices, helmets, simulators, generators, transportation, wheeled 
vehicles and organization equipment, spare and repair parts, support 
equipment, tools and test equipment, technical data and publications, 
personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and 
contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and 
other related elements of logistics support.
    (iv) Military Department: Army (EG-B-VGC).
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: EG-B-UTN, EG-B-UZR, EG-B-VGO, EG-
B-VGJ, EG[dash]B[dash]VBT
    (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.

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    (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: May 7, 2020
    * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Egypt--AH-64E Refurbished Apache Attack Helicopters and Related 
Equipment and Support

    The Government of Egypt has requested to buy equipment to refurbish 
forty-three (43) AH-64E Apache attack helicopters. This includes: 
eighty-eight (88) T700-GE-701D engines (86 remanufactured, 2 spares); 
forty-seven (47) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and 
Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors 
(MTADS/PNVS) (43 remanufactured, 2 new, 2 spares); forty-five (45) AAR-
57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (43 new, 2 spares); and 
ninety-two (92) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation 
Systems (EGI) (86 new, 6 spares). Also included are AN/AVR-2B Laser 
Detecting Sets, AN/APX-119 transponders, Identify Friend or Foe (IFF), 
AN/APN-209 radar altimeters, AN/ARN-149 Automatic Direction Finders, 
UHF/VHF radio, tactical AN/ARC-201E radio, APR-39 Radar Warning Sets, 
Improved Data Modems IDM-401, Enhanced Image Intensifiers EI2, Hellfire 
launchers M299, 2.75 inch 19 tube rocket launchers, M230 automatic 
guns, M230 spare gun barrels, MT06 initiators, cartridge actuated JAU-
59, training devices, helmets, simulators, generators, transportation, 
wheeled vehicles and organization equipment, spare and repair parts, 
support equipment, tools and test equipment, technical data and 
publications, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. 
government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support 
services, and other related elements of logistics support. The 
estimated total cost is $2.3 billion.
    This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national 
security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a 
friendly country that continues to be an important strategic partner in 
the Middle East.
    Egypt intends to use these refurbished AH-64 helicopters to 
modernize its armed forces to address the shared U.S.-Egyptian interest 
in countering terrorist activities emanating from the Sinai Peninsula, 
which threaten Egyptian and Israeli security and undermine regional 
stability. This sale will contribute to Egypt's military goal to update 
its capability while further enhancing greater interoperability between 
Egypt, the U.S., and other allies. Egypt will have no difficulty 
sustaining these refurbished aircraft.
    The proposed sale will not alter the basic military balance in the 
region.
    The principal contractors involved in this program are the Boeing 
Company, Meza, AZ, and Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, FL. There 
are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this 
potential sale.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the 
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor 
representatives to Egypt.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 19-74
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 highest classification of the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter 
AH-64 Apache helicopter is CONFIDENTIAL and the highest classification 
of data and information is SECRET. The AH-64 Apache helicopter weapon 
system contains communications and target identification equipment, 
navigation equipment, aircraft survivability equipment, displays, and 
sensors. The airframe itself does not contain sensitive technology; 
however, the pertinent equipment listed below will be either installed 
on the aircraft or included in the sale:
    a. The AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation 
Sight/AN/AAQ-11 Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS) provides day, 
night, and limited adverse weather target information, as well as night 
navigation capabilities. The PNVS provides thermal imaging that permits 
nap-of-the-earth flight to, from, and within the battle area, while 
TADS provides the co-pilot gunner with search, detection, recognition, 
and designation by means of Direct View Optics (DVO), EI(2) television, 
and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sighting systems that may be used 
singularly or in combinations.
    b. The AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) detects energy 
emitted by threat missiles in-flight, evaluates potential false alarm 
emitters in the environment, declares validity of threat and selects 
appropriate countermeasures. The CMWS consists of an Electronic Control 
Unit (ECU), Electro-Optic Missile Sensors (EOMSs), and Sequencer and 
Improved Countermeasures Dispenser (ICMD).
    c. The AN/ APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Set is a system that 
provides warnings of radar-directed air defense threats and allows 
appropriate countermeasures. This is the 1553 databus-compatible 
configuration.
    d. The AN/AVR-2B Laser Warning Set is a passive laser warning 
system that receives, processes, and displays threat information 
resulting from aircraft illumination by lasers on the multi-functional 
display.
    e. The Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation 
System plus Multi Mode Receiver (EGI+MMR). The aircraft has two EGIs 
which use internal accelerometers, rate gyro measurements, and external 
sensor measurements to estimate the aircraft state, provides aircraft 
flight and position data to aircraft systems. The EGI is a velocity-
aided, strap down, ring laser gyro based inertial unit. The EGI unit 
also houses a GPS receiver.
    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 or 
advanced capabilities.
    3. A determination has been made that Egypt can provide 
substantially the same degree of protection of this technology as the 
U.S. Government. This proposed 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.
    4. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal has 
been authorized for release and export to Egypt.

[FR Doc. 2020-14060 Filed 6-29-20; 8:45 am]
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