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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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[Transmittal No. 20–35]
Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
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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 karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil
or (703) 697–8976.
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36(b)(1) arms sales notification is
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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
20–35 with attached Policy Justification
and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: November 25, 2020.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 23–35
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 Switzerland
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment* ..
Other ......................................
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$4.08 billion
.50 billion
6.58 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or
Quantities of Articles or Services under
Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Forty (40) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Conventional Take Off and Landing
(CTOL) Aircraft
Forty-six (46) Pratt & Whitney F-135
Engines (40 installed and 6 spares)
Forty (40) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+
(Plus) Tactical Missiles
Fifty (50) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II
Captive Air Training Missiles
(CATMs)
Six (6) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II
Special Air Training Missiles
(NATMS)
Four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II
Tactical Guidance Units
Ten (10) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II
CATM Guidance Units
Eighteen (18) KMU-572 JDAM Guidance
Kits for GBU-54
Twelve (12) Bomb MK-82 500LB,
General Purpose
Twelve (12) Bomb MK-82, Inert
Twelve (12) GBU-53/B Small Diameter
Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR)
Eight (8) GBU-53/B SDB II Guided Test
Vehicle (GTV)
Non-MDE:
Also included are Electronic Warfare
Systems; Command, Control,
Communications, Computer and
Intelligence/Communications,
Navigational, and Identification (C4I/
CNI); Autonomic Logistics Global
Support System (ALGS); Autonomic
Logistics Information System (ALIS);
Full Mission Trainer; Weapons
Employment Capability and other
Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities;
F-35 unique infrared flares;
reprogramming center access; F-35
Performance Based Logistics; software
development/integration; flight test
instrumentation; aircraft ferry and
tanker support; Detector Laser DSU38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/B,
FMU-139D/B Fuze, KMU-572(D-2)/B
Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch Wing Release
Lanyard; GBU-53/B SDB II Weapon
Load Crew Trainers (WLCT); Cartridge,
25 mm PGU-23/U; weapons containers;
aircraft and munitions support and test
equipment; communications equipment;
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spares and repair parts; repair and
return support; personnel training and
training equipment; publications and
technical documents; U.S. Government
and contractor engineering, technical,
and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistical and
program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force
(SZ–D–SAA; SZ–D–YAD), Navy (SZ–P–
LAY)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid,
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None
(viii) Sensitivity of Technology
Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
See Attached Annex
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Congress: September 30, 2020
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the
Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Switzerland—F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Aircraft and Weapons
The Government of Switzerland
requested to buy up to forty (40) F-35
Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take
Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft; fortysix (46) Pratt & Whitney F-135 engines;
forty (40) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+
(Plus) Tactical Missiles; fifty (50)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Captive Air
Training Missiles (CATMs); six (6)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Special Air
Training Missiles (NATMS); four (4)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical
Guidance Units; ten (10) Sidewinder
AIM-9X Block II CATM Guidance Units;
eighteen (18) KMU-572 JDAM Guidance
Kits for GBU-54; twelve (12) Bomb MK82 500LB, General Purpose; twelve (12)
Bomb MK-82, Inert; twelve (12) GBU53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II)
All-Up Round (AUR); and eight (8)
GBU-53/B SDB II Guided Test Vehicle
(GTV). Also included are Electronic
Warfare Systems; Command, Control,
Communications, Computer and
Intelligence/Communications,
Navigational, and Identification (C4I/
CNI); Autonomic Logistics Global
Support System (ALGS); Autonomic
Logistics Information System (ALIS);
Full Mission Trainer; Weapons
Employment Capability and other
Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities;
F-35 unique infrared flares;
reprogramming center access; F-35
Performance Based Logistics; software
development/integration; flight test
instrumentation; aircraft ferry and
tanker support; Detector Laser DSU38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/B,
FMU-139D/B Fuze, KMU-572(D-2)/B
Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch Wing Release
Lanyard; GBU-53/B SDB II Weapon
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Load Crew Trainers (WLCT); Cartridge,
25 mm PGU-23/U; weapons containers;
aircraft and munitions support and test
equipment; communications equipment;
spares and repair parts; repair and
return support; personnel training and
training equipment; publications and
technical documents; U.S. Government
and contractor engineering, technical,
and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistical and
program support. The total estimated
cost is $6.58 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 European
nation that continues to be an important
force for political stability and economic
progress in Europe.
This proposed sale of F-35s and
associated missiles and munitions will
provide the Government of Switzerland
with a credible defense capability to
deter aggression in the region. The
proposed sale will also replace
Switzerland’s retiring F/A-18s and
enhance its air-to-air and air-to-ground
self-defense capability. Switzerland 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 contractors will be
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company,
Fort Worth, TX; Pratt & Whitney
Military Engines, East Hartford, CT; The
Boeing Company, St. Charles, MO and
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson,
AZ. This proposal is being offered in the
context of a competition. 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 multiple trips to
Switzerland involving U.S. Government
and contractor representatives for
technical reviews/support, program
management and training over the life of
the program. U.S. contractor
representatives will be required in
Switzerland to conduct Contractor
Engineering Technical Services (CETS)
and Autonomic Logistics and Global
Support (ALGS).
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
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Annex
Item No. vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
1. The F-35A Conventional Take Off
and Landing (CTOL) aircraft is a singleseat, single engine, all-weather, stealth,
fifth-generation, multirole aircraft. It
contains sensitive technology including
the low observable airframe/outer mold
line, the Pratt and Whitney F135 engine,
AN/APG-81 radar, an integrated core
processor central computer, a mission
systems/electronic warfare suite, a
multiple sensor suite, technical data/
documentation and associated software.
Sensitive elements of the F-35A are also
included in operational flight and
maintenance trainers. Sensitive and
classified elements of the F-35A CTOL
aircraft include hardware, accessories,
components, and associated software for
the following major subsystems:
a. The Pratt and Whitney F135 engine
is a single 40,000-lb thrust class engine
designed for the F-35 and assures highly
reliable, affordable performance. The
engine is designed to be utilized in all
F-35 variants, providing unmatched
commonality and supportability
throughout the worldwide base of F-35
users.
b. The AN/APG-81 Active
Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) is
a high processing power/high
transmission power electronic array
capable of detecting air and ground
targets from a greater distance than
mechanically scanned array radars. It
also contains a synthetic aperture radar
(SAR), which creates high-resolution
ground maps and provides weather data
to the pilot, and provides air and ground
tracks to the mission system, which uses
it as a component to fuse sensor data.
c. The Electro-Optical Targeting
System (EOTS) provides long-range
detection and tracking as well as an
infrared search and track (IRST) and
forward-looking infrared (FLIR)
capability for precision tracking,
weapons delivery and bomb damage
assessment (BDA).
The EOTS replaces multiple separate
internal or podded systems typically
found on legacy aircraft.
d. The Electro-Optical Distributed
Aperture System (EODAS) provides the
pilot with full spherical coverage for airto-air and air-to-ground threat
awareness, day/night vision
enhancements, a fire control capability
and precision tracking of wingmen/
friendly aircraft. The EODAS provides
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data directly to the pilot’s helmet as
well as the mission system.
e. The Electronic Warfare (EW) system
is a reprogrammable, integrated system
that provides radar warning and
electronic support measures (ESM)
along with a fully integrated
countermeasures (CM) system. The EW
system is the primary subsystem used to
enhance situational awareness, targeting
support and self-defense through the
search, intercept, location and
identification of in-band emitters and to
automatically counter IR and RF threats.
f. The Command, Control,
Communications, Computers and
Intelligence/ Communications,
Navigation, and Identification (C4I/CNI)
system provides the pilot with
unmatched connectivity to flight
members, coalition forces and the
battlefield. It is an integrated subsystem
designed to provide a broad spectrum of
secure, anti-jam voice and data
communications, precision radio
navigation and landing capability, selfidentification, beyond visual range
target identification and connectivity to
off-board sources of information. It also
includes an inertial navigation and
global positioning system (GPS) for
precise location information. The
functionality is tightly integrated within
the mission system to enhance
efficiency.
g. The aircraft C4I/CNI system
includes two data links: the MultiFunction Advanced Data Link (MADL)
and Link 16. The MADL is designed
specifically for the F-35 and allows for
stealthy communications between F35s. Link 16 data link equipment allows
the F-35 to communicate with legacy
aircraft using widely-distributed J-series
message protocols.
h. The F-35 Autonomic Logistics
Global Sustainment (ALGS) provides a
fully integrated logistics management
solution. ALGS integrates a number of
functional areas, including supply chain
management, repair, support
equipment, engine support and training.
The ALGS infrastructure employs a
state-of-the-art information system that
provides real-time, decision-worthy
information for sustainment decisions
by flight line personnel. Prognostic
health monitoring technology is
integrated with the air system and is
crucial to predictive maintenance of
vital components.
i. The F-35 Autonomic Logistics
Information System (ALIS) provides an
intelligent information infrastructure
that binds all the key concepts of ALGS
into an effective support system. ALIS
establishes the appropriate interfaces
among the F-35 Air Vehicle, the
warfighter, the training system,
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government information technology (IT)
systems, and supporting commercial
enterprise systems. Additionally, ALIS
provides a comprehensive tool for data
collection and analysis, decision
support and action tracking.
j. The F-35 Training System includes
several training devices to provide
integrated training for pilots and
maintainers. The pilot training devices
include a Full Mission Simulator (FMS)
and Deployable Mission Rehearsal
Trainer (DMRT). The maintenance
training devices include an Aircraft
Systems Maintenance Trainer (ASMT),
Ejection System Maintenance Trainer
(ESMT), Outer Mold Line (OML) Lab,
Flexible Linear Shaped Charge (FLSC)
Trainer, F135 Engine Module Trainer
and Weapons Loading Trainer (WLT).
The F-35 Training System can be
integrated, where both pilots and
maintainers learn in the same Integrated
Training Center (ITC). Alternatively, the
pilots and maintainers can train in
separate facilities (Pilot Training Center
and Maintenance Training Center).
k. Other subsystems, features, and
capabilities include the F-35’s low
observable air frame, Integrated Core
Processor (ICP) Central Computer,
Helmet Mounted Display System
(HMDS), Pilot Life Support System
(PLSS), Off-Board Mission Support
(OMS) System, and publications/
maintenance manuals. The HMDS
provides a fully sunlight readable, biocular display presentation of aircraft
information projected onto the pilot’s
helmet visor. The use of a night vision
camera integrated into the helmet
eliminates the need for separate Night
Vision Goggles. The PLSS provides a
measure of Pilot Chemical, Biological,
and Radiological Protection through use
of an OnBoard Oxygen Generating
System (OBOGS); and an escape system
that provides additional protection to
the pilot. OBOGS takes the Power and
Thermal Management System (PTMS)
air and enriches it by removing gases
(mainly nitrogen) by adsorption, thereby
increasing the concentration of oxygen
in the product gas and supplying
breathable air to the pilot. The OMS
provides a mission planning, mission
briefing, and a maintenance/
intelligence/tactical debriefing platform
for the F-35.
2. The Reprogramming Center is
located in the United States and
provides F-35 customers with a means
to update F-35 EW databases.
3. The AIM-9X Block II and Block II+
(Plus) SIDEWINDER Missile represents
a substantial increase in missile
acquisition and kinematics performance
over the AIM-9M and replaces the AIM9X Block I Missile configuration. The
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missile includes a high off-boresight
seeker, enhanced countermeasure
rejection capability, low drag/high angle
of attack airframe and the ability to
integrate with a helmet mounted cueing
system. The software algorithms are the
most sensitive portion of the AIM-9X
missile. The software continues to be
modified via a pre-planned product
improvement (P3I) program to improve
counter-countermeasure capabilities.
Purchase will include AIM-9X Guidance
Sections.
4. The GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct
Attack Munition (LJDAM) is a 500
pound JDAM which incorporates all the
capabilities of the JDAM guidance tail
kit and adds a precision laser guidance
set. The LJDAM gives the weapon
system an optional semi-active laser
guidance in addition to the Inertial
Navigation System/Global Positioning
System (INS/GPS) guidance. This
provides the optional capability to strike
moving targets. The GBU-54 consists of
a laser guidance set, KMU-572 warhead
specific tail kit, and MK-82 bomb body.
5. The GBU-53/B Small Diameter
Bomb Increment II (SDB II) is a 250-lb
class precision-guided, semiautonomous, conventional, air-toground munition used to defeat moving
targets through adverse weather from
standoff range. The SDB II has
deployable wings and fins and uses
GPS/INS guidance, network-enabled
datalink (Link-16 and UHF), and a
multi-mode seeker (millimeter wave
radar, imaging infrared) to
autonomously search, acquire, track,
and defeat targets. The SDB II employs
a multi-effects warhead (Blast,
Fragmentation, and ShapedCharge) for
maximum lethality against armored and
soft targets. The SDB II weapon system
consists of the AUR weapon; a 4-place
common carriage system; and mission
planning system application.
a. SDB II Guided Test Vehicles (GTV)
is an SDB II configuration used for land
or sea range-based testing of the SDB II
weapon system. The GTV has common
flight characteristics of an SDB II AUR,
but in place of the multi-effects warhead
is a Flight Termination, Tracking, and
Telemetry (FTTT) subassembly that
mirrors the AUR multi-effects warhead’s
size and mass properties, but provides
safe flight termination, free flight
tracking and telemetry of encrypted data
from the GTV to the data receivers. The
SDB II GTV can have either inert or live
fuses. All other flight control, guidance,
data-link, and seeker functions are
representative of the SDB II AUR.
b. SDB II Captive Carry Reliability
Test (CCRT) vehicles are an SDB II
configuration primarily used for
reliability data collection during
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carriage. The CCRT has common
characteristics of an SDB II AUR but
with an inert warhead and fuze. The
CCRT has an inert mass in place of the
warhead that mimics the warhead’s
mass properties. The CCRT is a flight
capable representative of the SDB II
AUR but is not approved for release
from any aircraft. Since all other flight
control, guidance, data-link, and seeker
functions are representative of the SDB
II AUR, this configuration could be used
for any purpose where an inert round
without telemetry or termination
capability would be useful.
6. This sale will involve the release of
sensitive and/or classified technology.
The highest level of classification of
information included in this potential
sale is SECRET.
7. 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.
8. A determination has been made
that Switzerland 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.
9. All defense articles and services
listed in this transmittal are authorized
for release and export to the
Government of Switzerland.
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number, position, range, or arc of
visibility of lights or shapes, as well as
to the disposition and characteristics of
sound-signaling appliances, shall not
apply to a vessel or class of vessels of
the Navy where the Secretary of the
Navy shall find and certify that, by
reason of special construction or
purpose, it is not possible for such
vessel(s) to comply fully with the
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the DAJAG (Admiralty and Maritime
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certifies that USS OREGON (SSN 793) is
a vessel of special construction or
purpose, and that, with respect to the
position of the following navigational
lights, it is not possible to comply fully
with the requirements of the provisions
enumerated in the 72 COLREGS without
interfering with the special function of
the vessel:
Rule 23(a) and Annex I, paragraph
2(a)(i), pertaining to the vertical
placement of the masthead light, and
Annex I, paragraph 2(f)(i), pertaining to
the masthead light being above and
clear of all other lights and obstructions;
Rule 30(a), Rule 21(e), and Annex I,
paragraph 2(k), pertaining to the vertical
separation of the anchor lights, vertical
placement of the forward anchor light
above the hull, and the arc of visibility
of all-around lights; Rule 23(a) and
Annex I, paragraph 3(b), pertaining to
the location of the sidelights; and Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 20-35]
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 20-35 with
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: November 25, 2020.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 23-35
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 Switzerland
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment*................. $4.08 billion
Other.................................... .50 billion
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TOTAL.................................. 6.58 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Forty (40) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing
(CTOL) Aircraft
Forty-six (46) Pratt & Whitney F-135 Engines (40 installed and 6
spares)
Forty (40) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Missiles
Fifty (50) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles
(CATMs)
Six (6) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Special Air Training Missiles
(NATMS)
Four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units
Ten (10) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II CATM Guidance Units
Eighteen (18) KMU-572 JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-54
Twelve (12) Bomb MK-82 500LB, General Purpose
Twelve (12) Bomb MK-82, Inert
Twelve (12) GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR)
Eight (8) GBU-53/B SDB II Guided Test Vehicle (GTV)
Non-MDE:
Also included are Electronic Warfare Systems; Command, Control,
Communications, Computer and Intelligence/Communications, Navigational,
and Identification (C4I/CNI); Autonomic Logistics Global Support System
(ALGS); Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS); Full Mission
Trainer; Weapons Employment Capability and other Subsystems, Features,
and Capabilities; F-35 unique infrared flares; reprogramming center
access; F-35 Performance Based Logistics; software development/
integration; flight test instrumentation; aircraft ferry and tanker
support; Detector Laser DSU-38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/B, FMU-
139D/B Fuze, KMU-572(D-2)/B Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch Wing Release
Lanyard; GBU-53/B SDB II Weapon Load Crew Trainers (WLCT); Cartridge,
25 mm PGU-23/U; weapons containers; aircraft and munitions support and
test equipment; communications equipment; spares and repair parts;
repair and return support; personnel training and training equipment;
publications and technical documents; U.S. Government and contractor
engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistical and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force (SZ-D-SAA; SZ-D-YAD), Navy (SZ-
P-LAY)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be
Paid: None
(viii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article
or Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: September 30, 2020
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Switzerland--F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft and Weapons
The Government of Switzerland requested to buy up to forty (40) F-
35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL)
aircraft; forty-six (46) Pratt & Whitney F-135 engines; forty (40)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Missiles; fifty (50)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs); six
(6) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Special Air Training Missiles (NATMS);
four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units; ten (10)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II CATM Guidance Units; eighteen (18) KMU-572
JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-54; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82 500LB, General
Purpose; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82, Inert; twelve (12) GBU-53/B Small
Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR); and eight (8) GBU-53/B
SDB II Guided Test Vehicle (GTV). Also included are Electronic Warfare
Systems; Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence/
Communications, Navigational, and Identification (C4I/CNI); Autonomic
Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Autonomic Logistics Information
System (ALIS); Full Mission Trainer; Weapons Employment Capability and
other Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities; F[dash]35 unique infrared
flares; reprogramming center access; F-35 Performance Based Logistics;
software development/integration; flight test instrumentation; aircraft
ferry and tanker support; Detector Laser DSU-38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-
38A(D-2)/B, FMU-139D/B Fuze, KMU-572(D-2)/B Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch
Wing Release Lanyard; GBU-53/B SDB II Weapon Load Crew Trainers (WLCT);
Cartridge, 25 mm PGU-23/U; weapons containers; aircraft and munitions
support and test equipment; communications equipment; spares and repair
parts; repair and return support; personnel training and training
equipment; publications and technical documents; U.S. Government and
contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and
other related elements of logistical and program support. The total
estimated cost is $6.58 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 European nation that continues to be an important force for
political stability and economic progress in Europe.
This proposed sale of F-35s and associated missiles and munitions
will provide the Government of Switzerland with a credible defense
capability to deter aggression in the region. The proposed sale will
also replace Switzerland's retiring F/A-18s and enhance its air-to-air
and air-to-ground self-defense capability. Switzerland 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 contractors will be Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Company, Fort Worth, TX; Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East
Hartford, CT; The Boeing Company, St. Charles, MO and Raytheon Missiles
and Defense, Tucson, AZ. This proposal is being offered in the context
of a competition. 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 multiple trips to
Switzerland involving U.S. Government and contractor representatives
for technical reviews/support, program management and training over the
life of the program. U.S. contractor representatives will be required
in Switzerland to conduct Contractor Engineering Technical Services
(CETS) and Autonomic Logistics and Global Support (ALGS).
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
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Transmittal No. 20-35
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-35A Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft is a
single-seat, single engine, all-weather, stealth, fifth-generation,
multirole aircraft. It contains sensitive technology including the low
observable airframe/outer mold line, the Pratt and Whitney F135 engine,
AN/APG-81 radar, an integrated core processor central computer, a
mission systems/electronic warfare suite, a multiple sensor suite,
technical data/documentation and associated software. Sensitive
elements of the F-35A are also included in operational flight and
maintenance trainers. Sensitive and classified elements of the F-35A
CTOL aircraft include hardware, accessories, components, and associated
software for the following major subsystems:
a. The Pratt and Whitney F135 engine is a single 40,000-lb thrust
class engine designed for the F-35 and assures highly reliable,
affordable performance. The engine is designed to be utilized in all F-
35 variants, providing unmatched commonality and supportability
throughout the worldwide base of F-35 users.
b. The AN/APG-81 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) is a
high processing power/high transmission power electronic array capable
of detecting air and ground targets from a greater distance than
mechanically scanned array radars. It also contains a synthetic
aperture radar (SAR), which creates high-resolution ground maps and
provides weather data to the pilot, and provides air and ground tracks
to the mission system, which uses it as a component to fuse sensor
data.
c. The Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS) provides long-range
detection and tracking as well as an infrared search and track (IRST)
and forward-looking infrared (FLIR) capability for precision tracking,
weapons delivery and bomb damage assessment (BDA).
The EOTS replaces multiple separate internal or podded systems
typically found on legacy aircraft.
d. The Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EODAS) provides
the pilot with full spherical coverage for air-to-air and air-to-ground
threat awareness, day/night vision enhancements, a fire control
capability and precision tracking of wingmen/friendly aircraft. The
EODAS provides data directly to the pilot's helmet as well as the
mission system.
e. The Electronic Warfare (EW) system is a reprogrammable,
integrated system that provides radar warning and electronic support
measures (ESM) along with a fully integrated countermeasures (CM)
system. The EW system is the primary subsystem used to enhance
situational awareness, targeting support and self-defense through the
search, intercept, location and identification of in-band emitters and
to automatically counter IR and RF threats.
f. The Command, Control, Communications, Computers and
Intelligence/ Communications, Navigation, and Identification (C4I/CNI)
system provides the pilot with unmatched connectivity to flight
members, coalition forces and the battlefield. It is an integrated
subsystem designed to provide a broad spectrum of secure, anti-jam
voice and data communications, precision radio navigation and landing
capability, self-identification, beyond visual range target
identification and connectivity to off-board sources of information. It
also includes an inertial navigation and global positioning system
(GPS) for precise location information. The functionality is tightly
integrated within the mission system to enhance efficiency.
g. The aircraft C4I/CNI system includes two data links: the Multi-
Function Advanced Data Link (MADL) and Link 16. The MADL is designed
specifically for the F-35 and allows for stealthy communications
between F-35s. Link 16 data link equipment allows the F-35 to
communicate with legacy aircraft using widely-distributed J-series
message protocols.
h. The F-35 Autonomic Logistics Global Sustainment (ALGS) provides
a fully integrated logistics management solution. ALGS integrates a
number of functional areas, including supply chain management, repair,
support equipment, engine support and training. The ALGS infrastructure
employs a state-of-the-art information system that provides real-time,
decision-worthy information for sustainment decisions by flight line
personnel. Prognostic health monitoring technology is integrated with
the air system and is crucial to predictive maintenance of vital
components.
i. The F-35 Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) provides
an intelligent information infrastructure that binds all the key
concepts of ALGS into an effective support system. ALIS establishes the
appropriate interfaces among the F-35 Air Vehicle, the warfighter, the
training system, government information technology (IT) systems, and
supporting commercial enterprise systems. Additionally, ALIS provides a
comprehensive tool for data collection and analysis, decision support
and action tracking.
j. The F-35 Training System includes several training devices to
provide integrated training for pilots and maintainers. The pilot
training devices include a Full Mission Simulator (FMS) and Deployable
Mission Rehearsal Trainer (DMRT). The maintenance training devices
include an Aircraft Systems Maintenance Trainer (ASMT), Ejection System
Maintenance Trainer (ESMT), Outer Mold Line (OML) Lab, Flexible Linear
Shaped Charge (FLSC) Trainer, F135 Engine Module Trainer and Weapons
Loading Trainer (WLT). The F-35 Training System can be integrated,
where both pilots and maintainers learn in the same Integrated Training
Center (ITC). Alternatively, the pilots and maintainers can train in
separate facilities (Pilot Training Center and Maintenance Training
Center).
k. Other subsystems, features, and capabilities include the F-35's
low observable air frame, Integrated Core Processor (ICP) Central
Computer, Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS), Pilot Life Support
System (PLSS), Off-Board Mission Support (OMS) System, and
publications/maintenance manuals. The HMDS provides a fully sunlight
readable, bi-ocular display presentation of aircraft information
projected onto the pilot's helmet visor. The use of a night vision
camera integrated into the helmet eliminates the need for separate
Night Vision Goggles. The PLSS provides a measure of Pilot Chemical,
Biological, and Radiological Protection through use of an OnBoard
Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS); and an escape system that provides
additional protection to the pilot. OBOGS takes the Power and Thermal
Management System (PTMS) air and enriches it by removing gases (mainly
nitrogen) by adsorption, thereby increasing the concentration of oxygen
in the product gas and supplying breathable air to the pilot. The OMS
provides a mission planning, mission briefing, and a maintenance/
intelligence/tactical debriefing platform for the F-35.
2. The Reprogramming Center is located in the United States and
provides F-35 customers with a means to update F-35 EW databases.
3. The AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ (Plus) SIDEWINDER Missile
represents a substantial increase in missile acquisition and kinematics
performance over the AIM-9M and replaces the AIM-9X Block I Missile
configuration. The
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missile includes a high off-boresight seeker, enhanced countermeasure
rejection capability, low drag/high angle of attack airframe and the
ability to integrate with a helmet mounted cueing system. The software
algorithms are the most sensitive portion of the AIM-9X missile. The
software continues to be modified via a pre-planned product improvement
(P\3\I) program to improve counter-countermeasure capabilities.
Purchase will include AIM-9X Guidance Sections.
4. The GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) is a 500
pound JDAM which incorporates all the capabilities of the JDAM guidance
tail kit and adds a precision laser guidance set. The LJDAM gives the
weapon system an optional semi-active laser guidance in addition to the
Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System (INS/GPS)
guidance. This provides the optional capability to strike moving
targets. The GBU-54 consists of a laser guidance set, KMU-572 warhead
specific tail kit, and MK-82 bomb body.
5. The GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II) is a 250-
lb class precision-guided, semi-autonomous, conventional, air-to-ground
munition used to defeat moving targets through adverse weather from
standoff range. The SDB II has deployable wings and fins and uses GPS/
INS guidance, network-enabled datalink (Link-16 and UHF), and a multi-
mode seeker (millimeter wave radar, imaging infrared) to autonomously
search, acquire, track, and defeat targets. The SDB II employs a multi-
effects warhead (Blast, Fragmentation, and ShapedCharge) for maximum
lethality against armored and soft targets. The SDB II weapon system
consists of the AUR weapon; a 4-place common carriage system; and
mission planning system application.
a. SDB II Guided Test Vehicles (GTV) is an SDB II configuration
used for land or sea range-based testing of the SDB II weapon system.
The GTV has common flight characteristics of an SDB II AUR, but in
place of the multi-effects warhead is a Flight Termination, Tracking,
and Telemetry (FTTT) subassembly that mirrors the AUR multi-effects
warhead's size and mass properties, but provides safe flight
termination, free flight tracking and telemetry of encrypted data from
the GTV to the data receivers. The SDB II GTV can have either inert or
live fuses. All other flight control, guidance, data-link, and seeker
functions are representative of the SDB II AUR.
b. SDB II Captive Carry Reliability Test (CCRT) vehicles are an SDB
II configuration primarily used for reliability data collection during
carriage. The CCRT has common characteristics of an SDB II AUR but with
an inert warhead and fuze. The CCRT has an inert mass in place of the
warhead that mimics the warhead's mass properties. The CCRT is a flight
capable representative of the SDB II AUR but is not approved for
release from any aircraft. Since all other flight control, guidance,
data-link, and seeker functions are representative of the SDB II AUR,
this configuration could be used for any purpose where an inert round
without telemetry or termination capability would be useful.
6. This sale will involve the release of sensitive and/or
classified technology. The highest level of classification of
information included in this potential sale is SECRET.
7. 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.
8. A determination has been made that Switzerland 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.
9. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal are
authorized for release and export to the Government of Switzerland.
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