[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5531-S5532]
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.
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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,
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)(5)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA),
as amended, we are forwarding Transmittal No. 22-01. This
notification relates to enhancements or upgrades from the
level of sensitivity of technology or capability described in
the Section 36(b)(1) AECA certification 20-19 of December 29,
2020.
Sincerely,
James A. Hursch,
Director.
Enclosures.
Transmittal No. 22-0I
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology
or Capability (Sec. 36(b)(5)(c), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of Kuwait.
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 20-19; Date:
December 29, 2020; Military Department: Army.
Funding Source: National Funds.
(iii) Description: On December 29, 2020, Congress was
notified by Congressional certification transmittal number
20-19, of the possible sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the
Arms Export Control Act of eight (8) AH-64E Apache Longbow
Attack Helicopters and the remanufacture sixteen (16) of
their AH-64D Apache Longbow Attack Helicopters to the AH-64E
configuration consisting of: eight (8) AH-64E Apache
Helicopters (new procurement); sixteen (16) AH-64E Apache
Helicopters (remanufacture); twenty-two (22) T700-GE 701D
engines; thirty-six (36) remanufactured T700-GE 701D engines;
twenty-seven (27) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems
(CMWS); eighteen (18) Embedded Global Position Systems with
Inertial Navigation (EGI) with Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR);
thirty-six (36) remanufactured EGIs with MMR; eight (8) AN/
ASQ-170(V) Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation
Sight/AN/AAQ-11 Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS);
seventeen (17) AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radars (FCR)
with Radar Electronics Units (REU); seventeen (17) APR-48B
Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers (M-RFI); eighteen
(18) M299 AGM-114 Hellfire Missile Launchers; four (4)
remanufactured M299 AOM-114 Hellfire Missile Launchers;
eighteen (18) Hydra 70 (70mm) 2.75 Inch Rocket M260 Rocket
Launchers; four (4) remanufactured Hydra 70 (70mm) 2.75 Inch
Rocket M260 Rocket Launchers; nine (9) M230E1 30mm Chain Gun
M139 Area Weapons System (AWS) Guns; two (2) remanufactured
M230E1 30mm Chain Gun M139 AWS Guns one (1) Longbow Crew
Trainer (LCT); and one (1) remanufactured LCT. Also included
were fifty-four (54) AN/ARC 201 non-COMSEC Very-High
Frequency/Frequency Modulation (VHF/FM) radios; fifty-four
(54) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radios (AN/ARC 231 or MXF
4027); twenty-eight (28) Identify Friend or Foe Transponders
(APX 123 or APX 119); twenty-seven (27) IDM 401 (Improved
Data Modem); twenty-seven (27) Link 16 Datalinks; twenty-
seven (27) AN/APR-39D (V)2 Radar Warning Receivers; twenty-
seven (27) AN/AVR-2 Laser Warning Receivers; twenty-seven
(27) Infrared Countermeasures Dispensers (2 flares, 1 chaff);
nine (9) AN/ASN-157 Doppler Radar Velocity Sensors; nine (9)
AN/ARN-149(V)3 Automatic Direction Finders (ADF); sixteen
(16) remanufactured AN/ARN-149(V)3 ADFs; nine (9) AN/APN-209
Radar Altimeters; twenty-seven (27) AN/ARN-153 Tactical
Airborne Navigation (TACAN) systems; sixteen (16) Manned-
Unmanned Teaming International (MUM-Ti) (UPR) Air-to-Air-to
Ground Data Link Systems; twenty-four (24) MUM-Ti (Ground)
Air-to-Air-to-Ground Data Link Systems; twenty-four (24) 100
gallon Internal Auxiliary Fuel System (IAFS); twenty-four
(24) 125 gallon Reduced Capacity Crashworthy External Fuel
Systems (RCEFS); two (2) IAFS Spares; two (2) IAFS
Publications; six (6) IAFS Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
Apache Magazine and Auxiliary Tank Transfer Systems (AMATTS);
five (5) IDM Software Loader Verifiers (SLV); training
devices; helmets; simulators; generators; transportation;
wheeled vehicles and 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 program cost was $4 billion. Major Defense Equipment
(MDE) constituted $2 billion of this total.
This transmittal notifies the following MDE items that were
previously reported as non-MDE: fifty-four (54) AN/ARC-231A
(RT-1987) radios. The following non-MDE items will also be
included: M261 2.75-inch Rocket Launchers; and AN/AVS-6
Aviator Night Vision Devices (NVDs).
The estimated total value of these items is $39 million.
The total MDE value will increase by $27 million to a total
MDE value of $2.027 billion. The estimated total non-MDE
value will decrease by $15 million (after deducting MDE
values previously notified as non-MDE and adding new non-MDE
costs), resulting in a total non-MDE value of $1.985 billion.
The total estimated case value will increase to $4.012
billion.
(iv) Significance: This notification is being provided as
the additional MDE items were enumerated as non-MDE in the
original notification. The additional non-MDE items were left
out of the original notification. The proposed articles and
services will support Kuwait's ongoing effort to modernize
its armed forces and increase its capacity to detect threats
and control their borders, contributing to the maintenance of
regional stability and Security. This will contribute to the
Kuwaiti military's effort to update its capabilities and
enhance interoperability with the United States and other
strategic allies.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the
foreign policy and national security objectives of the United
States by helping to improve the security of a Major Non-NATO
ally that has been an important force for political stability
and economic progress in the Middle East.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The AN/ARC-231A (RT-1987)
radio is a multi-mode software defined radio providing line
of sight VHF/UHF secure/non-secure voice and data
communications over the 30.000-941.000 MHz frequency and
Satellite Communications (SATCOM) beyond line of sight
secure/non-secure voice and data including Demand Assigned
Multiple Access (DAMA) communications from 240-320 MHz
frequency on manned and unmanned aviation platforms. ARC-231A
includes improved type-1 cryptographic algorithm and
processing capabilities, Civil Land Mobile Radio, Single
Channel Ground and Airborne Radios System (SINCGARS)
capabilities, HAVE QUICK (HQ), Second Generation Anti-Jam
Tactical UHF Radio for NATO (SATURN) wave form, 8.33 kHz
channel spacing for Global Air-Traffic Management (GATM)
compliance, and capability for Mobile User Objective System
(MUOS) waveform through possible future hardware and software
updates.
The Sensitivity of Technology Statement contained in the
original notification applies to other 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: September 27,
2022.
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