[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 92 (Thursday, May 26, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2744-S2745]
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. 22-11, 
     concerning the Army's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and 
     Acceptance to the Government of Egypt for defense articles 
     and services estimated to cost $2.60 billion. After this 
     letter is delivered to your office, we plan to issue a news 
     release to notify the public of this proposed sale.
           Sincerely,
                                                  James A. Hursch,
                                                         Director.
       Enclosures.


                         Transmittal No. 22-11

     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 * $1.725 billion.
       Other $.875 billion.
       Total $2.600 billion.
       Funding Source: Combined National Funds and Foreign 
     Military Financing (FMF).
       (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
     Services under Consideration for Purchase:
       Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
       Twenty-three (23) CH-47F Chinook Helicopters.
       Fifty-six (56) T-55-GA-714A Engines (46 installed, 10 
     spares).
       Fifty-two (52) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) 
     Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) (EGI) (46 installed, 6 
     spares).
       Twenty-nine (29) AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems 
     (CMWS) (23 installed, 6 spares)
       Seventy-five (75) M-240 Machine Guns (69 installed, 6 
     spares).
       Non-MDE: Also included is Common Missile Warning System 
     (CMWS) classified software; AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receivers 
     (RWR); AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets (LDS); High Frequency 
     (HF) radios; Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) 
     (including 25.4mm decoy cartridges, impulse cartridges for 
     cable cutters and aircraft cartridges); AN/ARN-147 Very High 
     Frequency (VHF) Omni Directional Radio Range/Instrument 
     Landing System (VOR/ILS) receivers; AN/ARN-153 Tactical 
     Airborne Navigation System (TACAN) radios; AN/APN-209 radar 
     altimeters; AN/AVS-6 Night Vision Devices (NVD); 7.62mm 
     ammunition; items and services to support the mission 
     equipment; hardware and services required to implement 
     additional aircraft options such as: rescue hoists; external 
     cargo slings and nets; Bambi fire buckets; Fast Rope 
     Insertion Extraction Systems (FRIES); Cargo On/Off Loading 
     Systems (COOLS); Extended Range Fuel Systems (ERFS); upgrade 
     to the maintenance hangar and additional parking pads; 
     special tools and test equipment; ground support equipment; 
     airframe and engine spare parts; technical data; 
     publications; Maintenance Work Orders/Engineering Change 
     Proposals (MWO/ECPs); technical assistance; transportation; 
     training; and other related elements of logistics and program 
     support.
       (iv) Military Department: Army (EG-B-VGG).
       (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: EG-B-KXA. EG-B-BEL.
       (vi) Sales Commission, Fee. etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed 
     to be Paid: None known at this time.
       (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: May 26, 2022.
       *As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control 
     Act.


                          policy justification

                   Egypt--CH-47F Chinook Helicopters

       The Government of Egypt has requested to buy twenty-three 
     (23) CH-47F Chinook helicopters; fifty-six (56) T-55-GA-714A 
     engines (46 installed, 10 spares); fifty-two (52) Embedded 
     Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation Systems 
     (INS) (EGI) (46 installed, 6 spares); twenty-nine (29) AN/
     AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (23 installed, 6 
     spares); and seventy-five (75) M-240 machine guns (69 
     installed, 6 spares). Also included is Common Missile Warning 
     System (CMWS) classified software; AN/APR-39 Radar Warning 
     Receivers (RWR); AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets (LDS); High 
     Frequency (HF) radios; Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) 
     (including 25.4mm decoy cartridges, impulse cartridges for 
     cable cutters and aircraft cartridges); AN/ARN-147 Very High 
     Frequency (VHF) Omni Directional Radio Range/Instrument 
     Landing System (VOR/ILS) receivers; AN/ARN-153 Tactical 
     Airborne Navigation System (TACAN) radios; AN/APN-209 radar 
     altimeters, AN/AVS-6 Night Vision Devices (NVD); 7.62mm 
     ammunition; items and services to support the mission 
     equipment; hardware and services required to implement 
     additional aircraft options such as: rescue hoists; external 
     cargo slings and nets; Bambi fire buckets; Fast Rope 
     Insertion Extraction Systems (FRIES); Cargo On/Off Loading 
     Systems (COOLS); Extended Range Fuel Systems (ERFS); upgrade 
     to the maintenance hangar and additional parking pads; 
     special tools and test equipment; ground support equipment; 
     airframe and engine spare parts; technical data; 
     publications; Maintenance Work Orders/Engineering Change 
     Proposals (MWO/ECPs); technical assistance; transportation; 
     training; and other related elements

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     of logistics and program support. The total estimated program 
     cost is $2.6 billion.
       This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and 
     national security of the United States by helping to improve 
     the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally that continues to be an 
     important strategic partner in the Middle East.
       The proposed sale will improve Egypt's heavy lift 
     capability. Egypt will use this enhanced capability to 
     strengthen its homeland defense and deter regional threats. 
     Egypt will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment and 
     services 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 Boeing Helicopter Company, 
     Philadelphia, PA. There are no known offset agreements 
     proposed in connection with this potential sale.
       Implementation of this proposed sale will require the 
     assignment of seven (7) U.S. Government and six (6) 
     contractor representatives to Egypt to support delivery of 
     the CH-47 Chinook aircraft and to provide support and 
     equipment familiarization. Two (2) contractors would be 
     deployed to Egypt for approximately two (2) years plus 
     options for additional years for follow-on support of 
     equipment and five (5) military personnel (Technical 
     Assistance Field Team/TAFT) would be deployed to Egypt for 
     approximately two (2) years.
       There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness 
     as a result of this proposed sale.


                         transmittal no. 22-11

     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 CH-47F is a twin engine, heavy lift helicopter. The 
     CH-47F has the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) 
     cockpit, which provides aircraft system, flight, mission, and 
     communication management systems. The CAAS includes five 
     multifunction displays (MFDs), two general purpose processor 
     units (GPPUs), two control display units (CDUs) and two data 
     concentrator units (DCUs). The Navigation System has two 
     Embedded GPS/INS (EGIs), two Digital Advanced Flight Control 
     System (DAFCS), one AN/ARN-147 (VOR/ILS marker Beacon 
     System), one ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN), 
     two air data computers, and one AN/APN-209 Radar Altimeter 
     system. The communications suite is as follows: two each 
     Multi-mode radios providing VHF FM, VHF-AM, UHF, HQ II and 
     Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Satellite 
     Communications (SATCOM), and one each High Frequency (HF) 
     Radio. Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) will consist of 
     the AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), and the 
     AN/APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS).
       a. The AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) is 
     the detection component of the suite of countermeasures 
     designed to increase survivability of current generation 
     combat aircraft and specialized special operations aircraft 
     against the threat posed by infrared guided missiles.
       b. The AN/APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Set provides the 
     pilot with visual and audible warning when a hostile fire-
     control threat is encountered.
       c. The AN/AVS-6 Night Vision Device (NVD) is a third-
     generation, helmet-mounted, direct-view, image-
     intensification device. It enables Aviators to operate more 
     effectively and safely during lowlight and degraded 
     battlefield conditions.
       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 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.
       4. A determination has been made that the Government of 
     Egypt 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 Egypt.

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