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(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: December 1, 2020
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the
Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Republic of Korea—MK 15 MOD 25
Phalanx Close-In Weapons System
(CIWS) Block 1B Baseline 2 (1B2)
System
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The Republic of Korea has requested
to buy two (2) MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx
Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Block
1B Baseline 2 (IB2) systems; and four
thousand (4,000) rounds, 20MM
cartridge API linked. Also included are
spare parts; other support equipment;
ammunition; books and other
publications; software; training;
engineering technical assistance and
other technical assistance; and other
related elements of program and
logistical support. The estimated total
cost is $39 million.
This proposed sale will support the
foreign policy goals and national
security objectives of the United States
by improving the security of a Major
Non-NATO Ally that is a force for
political stability and economic progress
in the Pacific region.
The proposed sale will improve the
Republic of Korea’s capability to meet
current and future threats. Korea will
use the systems aboard its first KDX III
Batch II Class ship to provide it with
effective means of detecting and
defending itself against incoming
airborne threats. The Republic of Korea
will have no difficulty absorbing this
equipment into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
The principal contractor will be
Raytheon Missile and Defense,
Louisville, KY. There are no known
offset agreements proposed in
connection with this potential sale.
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Implementation of this proposed sale
will not require the assignment of any
additional U.S. Government or
contractor representatives to the
Republic of Korea. However, U.S.
Government or contractor personnel incountry visits will be required on a
temporary basis in conjunction with
program technical oversight and support
requirements, including multiple trips
by U.S. Government and contractor
representatives to participate in program
and technical reviews, as well as to
provide training and maintenance
support in country, as required.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Annex
Item No. vii
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
1. The MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx CloseIn Weapon System (CIWS) consists of a
rapid-fire computer-controlled radar
and gun system mounted on a turret
designed to defeat anti-ship missiles;
small surface craft; low, slow aircraft;
rockets and mortars. The weapons
system carries out search, detection,
target threat evaluation, tracking, firing
and kill loop fire control that uses
advanced radar and computer
technology to locate, identify and direct
a system of armor piercing projectiles to
the target. The Phalanx Block IB
Baseline 2 (1B2) Radar Upgrade Kits
converted the system’s radar from an
analog to digital suite, and in doing so
addressed significant hardware
obsolescence.
2. The highest level of classification of
defense articles, components, and
services included in this potential sale
is CONFIDENTIAL.
3. If a technologically advanced
adversary were to obtain knowledge of
the specific hardware and software
elements, the information could be used
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to develop countermeasures that might
reduce weapon system effectiveness or
be used in the development of a system
with similar or advanced capabilities.
4. A determination has been made
that the Republic of Korea 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.
5. All defense articles and services
listed in this transmittal have been
authorized for release and export to the
Republic of Korea.
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[Transmittal No. 20–87]
Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
AGENCY:
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.
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
20–87 with attached Policy Justification
and Sensitivity of Technology.
SUMMARY:
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 20–87
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:
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Major Defense Equipment *
Other ....................................
$ 0 million
$280 million
Total ..............................
$280 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or
Quantities of Articles or Services under
Consideration for Purchase: TECRO has
requested to buy a Field Information
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Communications System (FICS),
consisting of:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
None
Non-MDE: One hundred fifty-four
(154) Communications Nodes (CN) with
S–788 Type III shelter; twenty-four (24)
Communication Relays with S–788
Type III shelter; eight (8) Network
Management Systems (NMS) with S–
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788 Type III shelter; Basic Issue Items
(BII); program management support;
verification testing; system technical
support; transportation; spare and repair
parts; communication support
equipment; communication equipment
integration; tools and test equipment;
personnel training and training
equipment; initial repair and return
program; Additional Authorized List
(AAL); technical manuals; Quality
Assurance Team (QAT); U.S.
Government and contractor engineering;
technical and logistics support services;
contractor provided training; Field
Service Representatives (FSR); and other
related elements of logistics and
program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (TW–
B–ZAW)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid,
Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology
Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold:
See Attached Annex
(viii) Date Report Delivered to
Congress: December 7, 2020
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the
Arms Export Control Act.
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POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United
States (TECRO)—Field Information
Communications System (FICS)
TECRO has requested to buy a Field
Information Communications System
(FICS), consisting of one hundred fiftyfour (154) Communications Nodes (CN)
with S–788 Type III shelter; twenty-four
(24) Communication Relays with S–788
Type III shelter; eight (8) Network
Management Systems (NMS) with S–
788 Type III shelter; Basic Issue Items
(BII); program management support;
verification testing; system technical
support; transportation; spare and repair
parts; communication support
equipment; communication equipment
integration; tools and test equipment;
personnel training and training
equipment; initial repair and return
program; Additional Authorized List
(AAL); technical manuals; Quality
Assurance Team (QAT); U.S.
Government and contractor engineering;
technical and logistics support services;
contractor provided training; Field
Service Representatives (FSR); and other
related elements of logistics and
program support. The total estimated
program cost is $280 million.
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
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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,
economic and progress in the region.
This proposed sale is designed to
provide mobile and secure
communications. It will contribute to
the recipient’s goal to modernize its
military communication’s capability in
support of their mission and operational
needs. The recipient will have no
difficulty absorbing these systems into
its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment
and support will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
The principal contractor is currently
unknown due to a pending open
competition for selection. The purchaser
typically requests offsets. Any offset
agreement will be defined in
negotiations between the purchaser and
the contractor(s).
Implementation of this proposed sale
will not require the permanent
assignment of any additional U.S.
Government or contractor
representatives to the recipient.
Contractor representative and U.S.
Government support teams may be
required to travel to the country on a
temporary basis.
There will be no adverse impact on
U.S. defense readiness as a result of this
proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 20–87
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 Field Information
Communications System (FICS) is made
up of commercially available, nonprogram of record components. The
FICS system (also referred to as ‘‘Syun
Lien’’) is an area-switched
communications system which is
designed to provide mobile and secure
communications in a wide range of
battle situations. The FICS system
provides mobile and secure voice and
data communications on an automatic,
discrete addressed, fixed-directory basis
to the military Tactical Operations
Center (TOC)-level command posts
(CPs), and remote (mobile) users
employing technological improvements
in radio transmissions, data networking
and packetized voice, while minimizing
system footprint (power, size, personnel
and logistics train). The system supports
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both mobile and wire subscribers with
a means to exchange command, control,
communications, and intelligence
information in a dynamic tactical
environment.
2. The highest level of classification of
defense articles, components, and
services included in this potential sale
is UNCLASSIFIED.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. All defense articles and services
listed in this transmittal have been
authorized for release and export to the
recipient.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 20–83]
Arms Sales Notification
Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
AGENCY:
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.
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
20–83 with attached Policy Justification
and Sensitivity of Technology.
SUMMARY:
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 20-87]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense
(DoD).
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 20-87 with
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 20-87
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 *............... $ 0 million
Other................................... $280 million
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Total............................... $280 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase: TECRO has requested to buy a
Field Information Communications System (FICS), consisting of:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE): None
Non-MDE: One hundred fifty-four (154) Communications Nodes (CN)
with S-788 Type III shelter; twenty-four (24) Communication Relays with
S-788 Type III shelter; eight (8) Network Management Systems (NMS) with
S-
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788 Type III shelter; Basic Issue Items (BII); program management
support; verification testing; system technical support;
transportation; spare and repair parts; communication support
equipment; communication equipment integration; tools and test
equipment; personnel training and training equipment; initial repair
and return program; Additional Authorized List (AAL); technical
manuals; Quality Assurance Team (QAT); U.S. Government and contractor
engineering; technical and logistics support services; contractor
provided training; Field Service Representatives (FSR); and other
related elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (TW-B-ZAW)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be
Paid: None
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology Contained in the Defense Article or
Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: See Attached Annex
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: December 7, 2020
*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)--Field Information Communications System (FICS)
TECRO has requested to buy a Field Information Communications
System (FICS), consisting of one hundred fifty-four (154)
Communications Nodes (CN) with S-788 Type III shelter; twenty-four (24)
Communication Relays with S-788 Type III shelter; eight (8) Network
Management Systems (NMS) with S-788 Type III shelter; Basic Issue Items
(BII); program management support; verification testing; system
technical support; transportation; spare and repair parts;
communication support equipment; communication equipment integration;
tools and test equipment; personnel training and training equipment;
initial repair and return program; Additional Authorized List (AAL);
technical manuals; Quality Assurance Team (QAT); U.S. Government and
contractor engineering; technical and logistics support services;
contractor provided training; Field Service Representatives (FSR); and
other related elements of logistics and program support. The total
estimated program cost is $280 million.
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, economic
and progress in the region.
This proposed sale is designed to provide mobile and secure
communications. It will contribute to the recipient's goal to modernize
its military communication's capability in support of their mission and
operational needs. The recipient will have no difficulty absorbing
these systems into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractor is currently unknown due to a pending open
competition for selection. The purchaser typically requests offsets.
Any offset agreement will be defined in negotiations between the
purchaser and the contractor(s).
Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the permanent
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to the recipient. Contractor representative and U.S.
Government support teams may be required to travel to the country on a
temporary basis.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 20-87
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 Field Information Communications System (FICS) is made up of
commercially available, non-program of record components. The FICS
system (also referred to as ``Syun Lien'') is an area-switched
communications system which is designed to provide mobile and secure
communications in a wide range of battle situations. The FICS system
provides mobile and secure voice and data communications on an
automatic, discrete addressed, fixed-directory basis to the military
Tactical Operations Center (TOC)-level command posts (CPs), and remote
(mobile) users employing technological improvements in radio
transmissions, data networking and packetized voice, while minimizing
system footprint (power, size, personnel and logistics train). The
system supports both mobile and wire subscribers with a means to
exchange command, control, communications, and intelligence information
in a dynamic tactical environment.
2. The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is
UNCLASSIFIED.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal
have been authorized for release and export to the recipient.
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