[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1220-S1222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION
Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control
Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain
proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification,
the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may be
reviewed. The provision stipulates that, in the Senate, the
notification of proposed sales shall be sent to the chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
In keeping with the committee's intention to see that relevant
information is available to the full Senate, I ask unanimous consent to
have printed in the Record the notifications which have been received.
If the cover letter references a classified annex, then such annex is
available to all Senators in the office of the Foreign Relations
Committee, room SD-423.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record, as follows:
Defense Security
Cooperation Agency,
Arlington, VA.
Hon. Robert Menendez,
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Chairman: Pursuant to the reporting requirements
of Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, as
amended, we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. 22-09,
concerning the Navy's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and
Acceptance to the Government of Spain for defense articles
and services estimated to cost $950 million. After this
letter is delivered to your office, we plan to
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issue a news release to notify the public of this proposed
sale.
Sincerely,
Jedidiah P. Royal,
(For James A. Hursch, Director).
Enclosures.
Transmittal No. 22-09
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 Spain.
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment * $425 million.
Other $525 million.
Total $950 million.
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Eight (8) MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters.
Twenty (20) T-700-GE-401C Engines (16 installed, 4 spares).
Thirty-two (32) AGM-114R(N) Hellfire Missiles, All Up
Rounds.
Two (2) Hellfire II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM).
One hundred (100) WGU-59/B Advanced Precision Kill Weapon
System (APKWS) II Guidance Sections, All Up Rounds.
Eight (8) Link 16 Multifunctional Information Distribution
Systems Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS JTRS) (8
installed).
Four (4) Airborne Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (4 installed
on 4 aircraft).
Non-MDE: Also included are M514 impulse cartridge/cartridge
actuated devices; MJ20 cartridge actuated thruster/cartridge
actuated devices; WB53 fire extinguisher cartridge/cartridge
actuated devices; CCU-136A/A impulse cartridges; M299
Hellfire missile launchers; GAU-21 crew served guns
(including pintle and laser pointer); LAU-61 digital rocket
launchers; M152 High Explosive warheads for airborne 2.75
rockets; MK66 MOD 4, 2.75-inch rocket motors; rocket motors,
2.75-inch, MK-66-4 inert; WTU-1B inert warheads (HA23); AN/
ARC-210 RT-2036 radios with Communications Security (COMSEC);
AN/AAR-47 missile warning systems; AN/SSQ-62F sonobuoys; AN/
SSQ-53G sonobuoys; AN/SSQ-36B sonobuoys; SRQ-4 Hawklink radio
terminals with Hawklink Crypto Control Modules; AN/APX-123
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; AN/ALE-47
dispenser, Electronic Countermeasures; Advanced Data Transfer
Systems (ADTS); AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting
Systems; Identification Friend or Foe Mode 4/5 Cryptographic
Applique, KIV-78; Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS);
Embedded Global Positioning System/Precise Positioning
Service (GPS/PPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with
Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM); Airborne
Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (aircraft provisions only for 4
aircraft); AN/ARQ-59 Hawklink radio terminals; Training
Simulators/Operational Machine Interface Assistants (ATS/
OMIA); tactical operational flight trainer; AN/ALQ-210
Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems; APS-153(V) multi-
mode radars; spare engine containers; spare and repair parts;
support and test equipment; communications equipment; ferry
support; publications and technical documentation; personnel
training and training equipment; United States (U.S.)
Government and contractor engineering, technical, and
logistics support services; obsolescence engineering,
integration, and test activities required to ensure readiness
for the production of the Spanish MH-60R helicopters; and
other related elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Navy (SP-P-SDE).
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: SP-P-SCY, SP-P-SDB, SP-P-
GOJ.
(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: March 15, 2022.
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control
Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Spain--MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters with Support
The Government of Spain has requested to buy eight (8) MH-
60R Multi-Mission helicopters; twenty (20) T-700-GE-401C
engines (16 installed, 4 spares); thirty-two (32) AGM-114R(N)
Hellfire missiles, all up rounds; two (2) Hellfire II Captive
Air Training Missiles (CATM); one hundred (100) WGU-59/B
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II Guidance
Sections, all up rounds; eight (8) Link 16 Multifunctional
Information Distribution Systems Joint Tactical Radio Systems
(MIDS JTRS) (8 installed); and four (4) Airborne Low
Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (4 installed on 4 aircraft). Also
included are M514 impulse cartridge/cartridge actuated
devices; MJ20 cartridge actuated thruster/cartridge actuated
devices; WB53 fire extinguisher cartridge/cartridge actuated
devices; CCU-136A/A impulse cartridges; M299 Hellfire missile
launchers; GAU-21 crew served guns (including pintle and
laser pointer); LAU-61 digital rocket launchers; M152 High
Explosive warheads for airborne 2.75 rockets; MK66 MOD 4,
2.75-inch rocket motors; rocket motors, 2.75-inch, MK-66-4
inert; WTU-1B inert warheads (HA23); AN/ARC-210 RT-2036
radios with Communications Security (COMSEC); AN/AAR-47
missile warning systems; AN/SSQ-62F sonobuoys; AN/SSQ-53G
sonobuoys; AN/SSQ-36B sonobuoys; SRQ-4 Hawklink radio
terminals with Hawklink Crypto Control Modules; AN/APX-123
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; AN/ALE-47
dispenser, Electronic Countermeasures; Advanced Data Transfer
Systems (ADTS); AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting
Systems; Identification Friend or Foe Mode 4/5 Cryptographic
Applique, KIV-78; Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS);
Embedded Global Positioning System/Precise Positioning
Service (GPS/PPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with
Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM); Airborne
Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (aircraft provisions only for 4
aircraft); AN/ARQ-59 Hawklink radio terminals; Training
Simulators/Operational Machine Interface Assistants (ATS/
OMIA); tactical operational flight trainer; AN/ALQ-210
Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems; APS-153(V) multi-
mode radars; spare engine containers; spare and repair parts;
support and test equipment; communications equipment; ferry
support; publications and technical documentation; personnel
training and training equipment; United States (U.S.)
Government and contractor engineering, technical, and
logistics support services; obsolescence engineering,
integration, and test activities required to ensure readiness
for the production of the Spanish MH-60R helicopters; and
other related elements of logistics and program support. The
total estimated program cost is $950 million.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and
national security objectives of the United States by
improving the security of a NATO ally which is an important
force for political stability and economic progress in
Europe.
The proposed sale will improve Spain's capability to meet
current and future threats. The MH-60R Multi-Mission
Helicopter will provide the capability to perform anti-
surface and anti-submarine warfare missions along with the
ability to perform secondary missions including vertical
replenishment, search and rescue, and communications relay
and will bolster the Spanish Navy's ability to support NATO
and remain interoperable with the U.S. and the NATO alliance.
Spain will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters
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 Lockheed Martin Rotary and
Mission Systems, Owego, NY. There are no known offset
agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale may require the
assignment of two (2) contractor representatives to Spain.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness
as a result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 22-09
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 MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter focuses primarily on
anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare missions. The MH-60R
carries several sensors and data links to enhance its ability
to work in a network centric battle group and as an extension
of its home ship/main operating base. The mission equipment
subsystem consists of the following sensors and subsystems:
an acoustics systems consisting of a dipping sonar and
sonobuoys, Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) with integral
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) interrogator, Radios with
COMSEC, Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Integrated Self-
Defense (ISD), and Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS). The
aircraft processes sensor data onboard, and transmits data
via Common Data Link (CDL) (also referred to as Hawklink).
The aircraft is night vision compatible. It can carry AGM-
114A/B/K/N Hellfire missiles to engage surface and sub-
surface targets.
a. The AGM-114 Hellfire missile is an air-to-surface
missile with a multi-mission, multi-target, precision strike
capability. The Hellfire can be launched from multiple air
platforms and is the primary precision weapon for the United
States Army.
b. Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser
guided rocket to counter the fast attack craft and fast
inshore attack craft threat.
c. Communications security (COMSEC) devices contain
sensitive encryption algorithms and keying material.
d. Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) (KIV-78) contains
embedded security devices containing sensitive encryption
algorithms and keying material.
e. GPS/PPS/SAASM--Global Positioning System (GPS) provides
a space-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) that
has reliable location and time information in all weather and
at all times and anywhere on or near the earth when and where
there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS
satellites. Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module
(SAASM) (AN/PSN-11) is used by military GPS receivers to
allow decryption of precision GPS coordinates. In addition,
the GPS Antenna System (GAS-1) provides protection from enemy
manipulation of the GPS system.
f. Acoustics algorithms are used to process dipping sonar
and sonobuoy data for target tracking and for the Acoustics
Mission Planner (AMP), which is a tactical aid employed
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to optimize the deployment of sonobuoys and the dipping
sonar.
g. The AN/APS-153 multi-mode radar with an integrated IFF
and Inverse Synthetic Aperture (ISAR) provides target
surveillance/detection capability.
h. The AN/ALQ-210 (ESM) system identifies the location of
an emitter.
i. The AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS)
operates in day/night and adverse weather conditions. Imagery
is provided by a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor, a
color/monochrome day television (DTV) camera, and a Low-Light
TV (LLTV).
j. Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency (UHF/VHF)
Radios (ARC-210) contain embedded sensitive encryption
algorithms and keying material.
k. Advanced Data Transfer System (ADTS) with Type 1
encryption for data at rest.
l. Satellite Communications Demand Assigned Multiple Access
(SATCOM DAMA), which provides increased, interoperable
communications capabilities with U.S. forces.
2. The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is
SECRET.
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 Spain 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 Government of Spain.
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