[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4425-S4427]
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:
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Defense Security
Cooperation Agency,
Washington, DC.
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. 22-51,
concerning the Army's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and
Acceptance to the Government of Australia for defense
articles and services estimated to cost $1.95 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. 22-51
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 Australia.
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment* $.85 billion.
Other $1.10 billion.
Total $1.95 billion.
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Forty (40) UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters
Eighty-eight (88) T700-GE 701D Engines (80 installed, 8
spares)
Forty-four (44) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems
(CMWS) (40 installed, 4 spares)
Ninety-six (96) H-764U Embedded Global Position Systems
with Inertial Navigation (EGI) and Country Unique SAASM (or
future replacement) (80 installed, 16 spares)
Non-MDE: Also included are AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future
replacement) VHF/UHF/LOS SATCOM radios; APR-39C(V)1/4 Radar
Warning Receivers; AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets; APX-123A
Identification Friend or Foe Transponder; ARC-220 High
Frequency (HF) radio with KY-100M; VRC-100 Ground Stations;
AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL); KIV-77 Common
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Applique Crypto Computers;
KY-100M COMSEC Encryption devices; AN/ARN-147(V) Very High
Frequency Omni-Directional Range (VOR)/Instrument Landing
System (ILS) receiver radio; AN/ARN-149(V) Low Frequency
(LF)/Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) radio receiver; AN/ARN-
153 Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN) receiver
transmitter; AN/APN-209 radar altimeter; AN/ARC-210 radios;
EBC-406HM Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT); Encrypted
Aircraft Wireless Intercommunications Systems (EAWIS);
Improved Heads Up Display (IHUD); Signal Data Converters for
IHUD; Blue Force Trackers (BFT-2); Improved Data Modems
(IDM); Color Weather Radars; MX-10D EO/IR with Laser
Designator; EO/IR Cabin Monitoring Systems; EO/IR Digital
Video Recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-1478D; Engine Inlet Barrier
Filters (EIBF); Ballistic Armor Protection Systems (BAPS);
Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (IAFTS); Fast Rope
Insertion Extraction System (FRIES); External Rescue Hoist
(ERH); Rescue Hoist Equipment Sets; Dual Patient Litter
System (DPLS) Sets; Martin Baker Palletized Crew Chief/Gunner
Seats with crashworthy floor structural modifications;
External Stores Support System (ESSS); Integrated Tow Plates
Production Assets; Universal Software Loading Kits; 60kVA
Generator Kits; Instrument Panel sets; External Gun Mount
Systems; Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer (BAT); Black Hawk
Maintenance Trainer (BHMT-M); Black Hawk Avionics Trainer;
Maintenance Blended Reconfigurable Avionics Trainer (MBRAT);
training devices; helmets; transportation; organizational
equipment; spare and repair parts; support equipment; tools
and test equipment; technical data and publications;
personnel training and training equipment; U.S. government
and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services; and other related elements of logistics support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (AT-B-UMI).
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: AT-B-UMH.
(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: August 25, 2022.
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control
Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Australia--UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters
The Government of Australia has requested to buy forty (40)
UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters; eighty-eight (88) T700-GE 701D
engines (80 installed, 8 spares); forty-four (44) AN/AAR-57
Counter Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (40 installed, 4
spares); and ninety-six (96) H-764U Embedded Global Position
Systems with Inertial Navigation (EGI) and Country Unique
SAASM (or future replacement) (80 installed, 16 spares). Also
included are AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement) VHF/
UHF/LOS SATCOM radios; APR-39C(V)1/4 Radar Warning Receivers;
AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets; APX-123A Identification Friend
or Foe Transponder; ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) radio with
KY-100M; VRC-100 Ground Stations; AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader
(SKL); KIV-77 Common Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
Applique Crypto Computers; KY-100M COMSEC Encryption devices;
AN/ARN-147(V) Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range
(VOR)/Instrument Landing System (ILS) receiver radio; AN/ARN-
149(V) Low Frequency (LF)/Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
radio receiver; AN/ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation System
(TACAN) receiver transmitter; AN/APN-209 radar altimeter; AN/
ARC-210 radios; EBC-406HM Emergency Locator Transmitter
(ELT); Encrypted Aircraft Wireless Intercommunications
Systems (EAWIS); Improved Heads Up Display (IHUD); Signal
Data Converters for IHUD; Blue Force Trackers (BFT-2);
Improved Data Modems (IDM); Color Weather Radars; MX-10D EO/
IR with Laser Designator; EO/IR Cabin Monitoring Systems; EO/
IR Digital Video Recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-1478D; Engine Inlet
Barrier Filters (EIBF); Ballistic Armor Protection Systems
(BAPS); Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (IAFTS); Fast
Rope Insertion Extraction System (FRIES); External Rescue
Hoist (ERH); Rescue Hoist Equipment Sets; Dual Patient Litter
System (DPLS) Sets; Martin Baker Palletized Crew Chief/Gunner
Seats with crashworthy floor structural modifications;
External Stores Support System (ESSS); Integrated Tow Plates
Production Assets; Universal Software Loading Kits; 60kVA
Generator Kits; Instrument Panel sets; External Gun Mount
Systems; Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer (BAT); Black Hawk
Maintenance Trainer (BHMT-M); Black Hawk Avionics Trainer;
Maintenance Blended Reconfigurable Avionics Trainer (MBRAT);
training devices; helmets; transportation; organizational
equipment; spare and repair parts; support equipment; tools
and test equipment; technical data and publications;
personnel training and training equipment; U.S. government
and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services; and other related elements of logistics support.
The estimated total cost is $1.95 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and
national security objectives of the United States. Australia
is one of our most important allies in the Western Pacific.
The strategic location of this political and economic power
contributes significantly to ensuring peace and economic
stability in the region. It is vital to the U.S. national
interest to assist our ally in developing and maintaining a
strong and ready self-defense capability.
The proposed sale will replace Australia's current multi-
role helicopter fleet with a more reliable and proven system
that will allow Australia to maintain the appropriate level
of readiness to conduct combined operations. The UH-60M Black
Hawk helicopter will improve the Australian Army's ability to
deploy combat power to share Australia's strategic
environment, deter actions against its interests, and, when
required, respond with credible force. Australia 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 the region.
The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin, Bethesda,
MD. The purchaser typically requests offsets. There are no
known offset agreements. Any future offset agreement would be
defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the
contractor(s).
Implementation of this proposed sale will require the
assignment of no U.S. Government and five (5) U.S. contractor
representatives in Australia for a period of three years.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness
as a result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 22-51
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 UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft is a medium lift four
bladed aircraft which includes two (2) T-701D engines. The
aircraft has four (4) Multifunction Displays (MFD), which
provides aircraft system, flight, mission, and communication
management systems. The instrumentation panel includes four
(4) Multifunction Displays (MFDs), two (2) Pilot and Co-Pilot
Flight Director Panels, and two (2) Data Concentrator Units
(DCUs). The Navigation System will have Embedded GPS/INS
(EGIs), and two (2) Advanced Flight Control Computer Systems
(AFCC), which provide 4 axis aircraft control:
a. The AN/ARC-201D Single Channel Ground to Air Radio
System (SINCGARS) is a tactical airborne radio subsystem that
provides secure, anti-jam voice and data communication. The
integration of Communication Security (COMSEC) and the Data
Rate Adapter (DRA) combines three Line Replaceable Units into
one and reduces overall weight of the aircraft.
b. AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement), Very High
Frequency/Ultra High Frequency (VHF/UHF) Line of Sight (LOS)
Radio with frequency agile modes, Electronic counter-
countermeasures (ECCM), UHF Satellite Communications
(SATCOM), Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA), Integrated
Waveform (IW), Air Traffic Control (ATC) channel spacing is
operator selectable in 5, 8.33, 12.5 and 25 khz steps.
c. The AN/ARC-210 is a family of radios for military
aircraft that provides two-way, multimode voice and data
communications over a 30 to 512+MHz frequency range. It
covers both Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and
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Very High Frequency (VHF) bands with AM, FM and SATCOM
capabilities. The ARC-210 type radio also includes embedded
anti-jam waveforms, including have-quick and SINCGARS and
other data link and secure communications features, providing
total battlefield interoperability and high-performance
capabilities in the transfer of data, voice and imagery.
d. The AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Airborne
Communication System provides rotary-wing aircraft, with
advanced voice and data capabilities for short- and long-
distance communications. The system is software programmable
with a frequency range of 2.0000-29.9999 MHz, in 100-Hz steps
and provides for providing embedded automatic Link
establishment (ALE), serial tone data modem, text messaging,
GPS position reporting and anti-jam functions.
e. The AN/APX-123A, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
Transponder, is a space diversity transponder and is
installed on various military platforms. When installed in
conjunction with platform antennas and the Remote Control
Unit (or other appropriate control unit), the transponder
provides identification, altitude and surveillance reporting
in response to interrogations from airborne, ground-based
and/or surface interrogators.
f. The VRC-100 High Frequency (HF) Communication System is
the ground station version of the AN/ARC-220 for use in
Aviation Operation Centers. It provides for advanced voice
and data capabilities for short- and long-distance
communications. The system is software programmable with a
frequency range of 2.0000-29.9999 MHz, in 100-Hz steps and
provides for providing embedded automatic Link establishment
(ALE), serial tone data modem, text messaging, GPS position
reporting and anti-jam (ECCM) functions. The system is
provided along with all required mounts, amplifiers,
antennas, power supplies, and accessories.
g. The AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized,
portable, hand-held fill device, for securely receiving,
storing, and transferring data between compatible
cryptographic and communications equipment. The AN/PYQ-10(C)
Simple Key Loader (SKL) will contain the KOV-21 COMSEC card,
which is a Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI).
h. The KIV-77 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Crypto
Applique provides cryptographic and time-of-day services for
a Combined Interrogator/Transponder (CIT) or individual
interrogator or transponder Mark XIIA (Mode 4 and Mode 5) IFF
system deployed to identify cooperative, friendly systems.
i. The KY-100M is a self-contained terminal including
Communications Security (COMSEC) that provides for secure
voice and data communications in tactical airborne/ground
environments. It is an integral part of the U.S Joint
Services and Federal Law Enforcement Agency networks, and
provides half-duplex, narrowband and wideband communications.
Flexible interfaces ensure compatibility with a wide range of
voice, data, radio and satellite equipment.
j. The AN/APR-39C(V)1/4 Radar Warning System detects radar
based rangefinders, target designators and beam rider systems
targeting an aircraft or vehicle. The APR-39 is a 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 laser designated or guided weapons.
k. The AN/AVR-2B Laser Warning Receiver detects laser
rangefinders, target designators and beam rider laser-aided
systems targeting an aircraft or vehicle. The AVR-2B is a
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 laser designated or guided weapons.
l. The AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) is an
integrated infrared (IR) countermeasures suite utilizing
ultraviolet (UV) sensors to display accurate threat location
and dispense decoys/countermeasures either automatically or
under pilot/crew control to defeat incoming missile threats.
m. Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial
Navigation System (INS) (EGI) provides GPS and INS
capabilities to the aircraft. The EGI will include Selective
Availability anti-spoofing Module (SAASM) security modules to
be used for secure GPS PPS if required.
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 Australia 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 are authorized for release and export to the
Government of Australia.
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