Arms Sales Notification, 84548-84550 [2024-24494]

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• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84548-84550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24494]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 23-0N]


Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense 
(DoD).

ACTION: Arms sales notice.

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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales 
notification.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Young at (703) 953-6092, 
[email protected], or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(5)(C) 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 with attached Transmittal 23-
0N.

    Dated: October 17, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 23-0N
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology or 
Capability (Sec. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
    (i) Purchaser: Taipei Cultural and Economic Representative Office 
(TECRO) in the United States
    (ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 19-50
    Date: August 20, 2019
    Military Department: Air Force
    (iii) Description: On August 20, 2019, Congress was notified by 
Congressional certification transmittal number 19-50 of the possible 
sale, under Section

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36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of 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 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 estimated total cost was $8.0 billion. Major Defense Equipment 
(MDE) constituted $5.1 billion of this total.
    On April 21, 2021, Congress was notified by Congressional 
certification transmittal number 21-0E of the addition of fifty-seven 
(57) Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) (AN/AAQ-33) (MDE). The 
following non-MDE items were also included: Infrared Search and Track 
(IRST) pods (IRST International); IRST and Sniper ATP shipping 
containers; pylons; spare parts; repair and return; publications and 
technical documentation; software support; integration and test 
support; U.S. Government and Contractor engineering, technical and 
logistics support; and additional familiarization training. 
Additionally, this transmittal amended the original CN's reference to a 
specific electronic warfare system, to a successfully engineered and 
tested future Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite, integrated on the F-16V 
Block 70 aircraft. The total cost of the new MDE articles was $154.33 
million, and the total cost of the new non-MDE articles was $307.52 
million. The total notified cost of MDE did not increase, and the total 
notified case value remained $8.0 billion.
    This transmittal reports the addition of the following MDE items: 
eighty-six (86) Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems with 
Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVTs); eighty-six (86) LAU-129 Multi-purpose 
Launchers; seven (7) Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial 
Navigation Systems (GPS/INS) (EGI) devices with Selective Availability 
Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) or M-Code; and the option to replace up to 
two (2) of the previously notified LN-260 EGIs with EGIs with M-Code. 
The following non-MDE items will also be included: KY-58 narrowband/
wideband COMSEC devices and Computer Program Identification Numbers 
(CPINs) (not identified in the original notification), in addition to 
Low Volume Terminal (LVT) Cryptographic Modules (LCMs), and additional 
AN/PYQ-10 SKLs and helmet-mounted cueing systems. The total estimated 
value of the additional items is $56.3 million. The estimated total MDE 
value remains $5.1 billion, and the estimated total case value remains 
$8.0 billion.
    (iv) Significance: This notification is being provided because the 
additional MDE items were not enumerated in the original notification. 
The inclusion of this MDE represents an increase in capability over 
what was previously notified. The proposed sale will improve the 
recipient's ability to operate its fleet of F-16 C/D Block 70 aircraft.
    (v) Justification: This proposed sale is consistent with U.S. law 
and policy as expressed in Title 22 U.S.C. 3301 (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. It will also 
help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining 
political stability, military balance, and economic progress in the 
region.
    (vi) Sensitivity of Technology:
    The Multifunctional Information Distribution System with Low Volume 
Terminal (MIDS-LVT) 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. MIDS-LVT is intended to support 
key theater functions such as surveillance, identification, air 
control, weapons engagement coordination, and direction for all 
Services and allied forces. LVT Cryptographic Modules (LCMs) will also 
be included in this potential sale.
    The Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System 
(GPS/INS) (EGI) with Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module 
(SAASM)--or M-Code receiver when available--and Precise Positioning 
Service (PPS) is a self-contained navigation system that provides 
information on the following: acceleration, velocity, position, 
attitude, platform azimuth, magnetic and true heading, altitude, body 
angular rates, time tags, and coordinated universal time (UTC) 
synchronized time. SAASM

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or M-Code enables the GPS receiver access to the encrypted P(Y) code or 
M-code signal, providing protection against active spoofing attacks.
    The KY-58 is a secure voice module primarily used to encrypt radio 
communication to and from military aircraft and other tactical 
vehicles.
    The Sensitivity of Technology Statement contained in the original 
notification applies to additional items reported here.
    The highest level of classification of defense articles, 
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
    (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: August 3, 2023

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