[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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