[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 117 (Monday, July 10, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2273-S2275]
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,
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. 23-47,
concerning the Navy's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and
Acceptance to the Government of Canada for defense articles
and services estimated to cost $5.9 billion. We will issue a
news release to notify the public of this proposed sale upon
delivery of this letter to your office.
Sincerely,
Mike Miller,
(For James A. Hursch, Director).
Enclosures.
Transmittal No. 23-47
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 Canada.
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment * $3.9 billion.
Other $2.0 billion.
Total $5. 9 billion.
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under-Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Up to sixteen (16) P-8A Patrol Aircraft
Up to twenty-six (26) Multifunctional Information
Distribution System Joint Tactical Radio System 5 (MIDS JTRS
5)
Up to thirty-eight (38) Embedded Global Positioning Systems
(GPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGis) for the LN-251
Up to twenty-five (25) System Processor Replacements for
AN/AAQ-24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures
(LAIRCM) System Processor Replacement (LSPR) with Exelis
Embedded GPS Receiver (EGR) integrated with Selective
Availability Anti-Spoofing Module {SAASM)
Up to twenty-two (22) Guardian Laser Transmitter Assemblies
(GLTA) for the AN/AAQ-24(V)N
Non-MOE: Also included are commercial engines; Tactical
Open Mission Software (TOMS); Electro-Optical (EO) and
Infrared (IR) MX-20HD; AN/AAQ-2 Acoustic System; AN/APY-10
Radar; AN/ALQ-240 Electronic Support Measures; NexGen Missile
Warning Sensors; AN/ARC-210 RT-2036(C) Radios; AN/PRC-117G
Manpack Radios including MPE-S type II with SAASM 3.7; AN/
ALQ-213 Electronic Countermeasures; AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures
Dispenser Systems; AN/UPX-43 Identification Friend or Foe
(IFF) Interrogators--; AN/APX-123A(V) IFF Digital
Transponders; KIV-78 IFF Mode 4/5 Cryptographic Appliques;
KIV-701A Cryptographic Core Modules; KY-100M, KY-58, KYV-5
for HF-121C radios; KG-175 Encryptor Network Convergence
System; AN/PYQ-10 V3 Simple Key Loaders (SKL) with KOV-21
Cryptographic Appliques; Radiant Mercury Hardware and
Software with ENTR(V)4 Receiver with Embedded Crypto for the
Integrated Broadcast System (IBS); software; publications;
Dual KIV-7M with Power Supply HFIP Channel Link Encryptor;
Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP) Antenna
Electronics (AE); Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP)
Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas (CRPA); Control
Interface Units (CIU) for AN/AAQ-24(V)N LAIRCM; aircraft
spares; spare engines; support equipment; operational support
systems; training; training
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devices; maintenance trainer/classrooms; engineering
technical assistance (ETA); logistics technical assistance
(LTA); Country Liaison Officer (CLO) support; Contractor
Engineering Technical Services (CETS); Contractor Logistics
Support (CLS); repair and return; transportation; aircraft
ferry; other associated training and support; and other
related elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Navy (CN-P-SAH).
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: CN-P-FGC.
(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: June 27, 2023.
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control
Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Canada--P-8A Aircraft and Associated Support
The Government of Canada has requested to buy up to sixteen
(16) P-8A Patrol Aircraft; up to twenty-six (26)
Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint
Tactical Radio System 5 (MIDS JTRS 5); up to thirty-eight
(38) Embedded Global Positioning Systems (GPS)/Inertial
Navigation Systems (EGIs) for the LN-251; up to twenty-five
(25) System Processor Replacements for AN/AAQ-24(V)N Large
Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) System Processor
Replacement (LSPR) with Exelis Embedded GPS Receiver (EGR)
integrated with SAASM; and up to twenty-two (22) Guardian
Laser Transmitter Assemblies (GLTA) for the AN/AAQ-24(V)N.
Also included are commercial engines; Tactical Open Mission
Software (TOMS) Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) MX-
20HD; AN/AAQ-2 Acoustic System; AN/APY-10 Radar; AN/ALQ-240
Electronic Support Measures; NexGen Missile Warning Sensors;
AN/ARC-210 RT-2036(C) Radios; AN/PRC-117G Manpack Radios
including MPE-S type II with SAASM 3.7; AN/ALQ-213 Electronic
Countermeasures; AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser Systems;
AN/UPX-43 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Interrogators;
AN/APX-123A(V) IFF Digital Transponders; KIV-78 IFF Mode 4/5
Cryptographic Appliques; KIV-701A Cryptographic Core Modules;
KY-100M, KY-58, KYV-5 for HF-121C radios; KG-175 Encryptor
Network Convergence System; AN/PYQ-10 V3 Simple Key Loaders
(SKL) with KOV-21 Cryptographic Appliques; Radiant Mercury
Hardware and Software with ENTR(V)4 Receiver with Embedded
Crypto for the Integrated Broadcast System (IBS); software;
publications; Dual KIV-7M with Power Supply HFIP Channel Link
Encryptor; Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP) Antenna
Electronics (AE); Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP)
Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas (CRPA); Control
Interface Units (CIU) for AN/AAQ-24(V)N LAIRCM; aircraft
spares; spare engines; support equipment; operational support
systems; training; training devices; maintenance trainer/
classrooms; engineering technical assistance (ETA); logistics
technical assistance (LTA); Country Liaison Officer (CLO)
support; Contractor Engineering Technical Services (CETS);
Contractor Logistics Support (CLS); repair and return;
transportation; aircraft ferry; other associated training and
support; and other related elements of logistics and program
support. The estimated total cost is $5.9 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and
national security objectives of the United States by helping
to improve the military capability of Canada, a NATO ally
that is an important force for ensuring political stability
and economic progress and a contributor to military,
peacekeeping, and humanitarian operations around the world.
This proposed sale will increase Canadian maritime forces'
interoperability with the United States and other allied
forces, as well as their ability to contribute to missions of
mutual interest. This will significantly improve network-
centric warfare capability for the U.S. forces operating
globally alongside Canada. Canada 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 in the region.
The prime contractor will be The Boeing Company, Seattle,
WA. There are a significant number of other companies under
contract with the U.S. Navy that will provide components,
systems, and engineering services during the execution of
this effort. While the purchaser typically requests offsets,
any offset agreement will be defined in future negotiations
between the purchaser and the contractor(s).
Implementation of this proposed sale will require multiple
trips by U.S. Government representatives and the assignment
of contractor representatives to Canada on an intermittent
basis over the life of the case to support delivery and
integration of items and to provide supply support
management, inventory control and equipment familiarization.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness
as a result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 23-47
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 P-8A Patrol Aircraft is a version of the Boeing 737-
800 Next Generation (NG) commercial aircraft adapted for
military uses. The P-8A will replace the CP-140 as Canada's
long-range anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare
(ASuW), intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)
aircraft capable of broad-area, maritime, and littoral
operations.
a. Tactical Open Mission Software (TOMS). Functions include
environment planning, tactical aids, weapons planning aids,
and data correlation. TOMS includes an algorithm for track
fusion which automatically correlates tracks produced by on
board and off board sensors.
b. Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) MX-20HD. The EO/
IR system processes visible EO and IR spectrum (IR Focal
Plane Array (FPA) and Turret Stabilization) to detect and
image objects.
c. AN/AQQ-2 Acoustic System. The acoustic sensor system is
integrated within the mission system as the primary sensor
for the aircraft ASW missions. The system has multi-static
active coherent (MAC) 64 sonobuoy processing capability and
acoustic sensor prediction tools.
d. AN/APY-10 Radar. The aircraft radar is a direct
derivative of the legacy AN/APS 137(V) installed in the CP-
140. The radar capabilities include Global Positioning System
(GPS) selective availability anti-spoofing monitoring
(SAASM), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Inverse Synthetic
Aperture Radar (ISAR) imagery resolutions, and periscope
detection mode.
e. AN/ALQ-240 Electronic Support Measures (ESM). This
system provides real time capability for the automatic
detection, location, measurement, and analysis of Radio
Frequency (RF) signals and modes. Real time results are
compared with a library of known emitters to perform emitter
classification.
f. The P-8A Electronic Warfare Self Protection (EWSP) suite
consists ofthe AN/ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management
System (EWMS), AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispensing System
(CMDS), the NexGEN Missile Warning Sensors (MWS), AN/AAQ-
24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM)
System Processor. Replacement (LSPR) with Exelis EGR
integrated with SAASM, and the AN/AAQ-24(V)N Large
Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Guardian Laser
Transmitter Assembly (GLTA) processors. The AN/AAQ-24(V)N
LAIRCM is a self-contained, directed energy
countermeasures system designed to protect aircraft from
infrared guided surface-to-air missiles. The Electronic
Warfare Self Protection (EWSP) includes threat
information.
g. AN/ARC-210 RT-2036(C) Radio. The RT-2036(C) radios are
capable of line of sight and beyond line of sight (SATCOM)
and can transmit clear or secure voice using Single Channel
Ground and Airborne Radio System (SJNCGARS) or HAVEQUICK
security features.
h. AN/PRC-117G Radio, Manpack. The AN/PRC-117G is a
tactical radio that extends communications Beyond Line of
Sight (BLOS) with abilities for simultaneous SATCOM voice and
data coinmunications. Situational awareness is enhanced by an
embedded SAASM 3.7 GPS receiver.
i. Multifunctional Information Distribution System Joint
Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) 5, is an advanced Link-16
command, control, communications, and intelligence system
incorporating high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital
communication links for exchange of near real-time tactical
information, including both data and vice, among air, ground,
and sea elements.
j. The Embedded Global Positioning System (EGI)-Inertial
Navigation System (INS)/LN-251 is a sensor that combines GPS
and inertial sensor inputs to provide accurate location
information for navigation and targeting.
k. AN/UPX-43 IFF Interrogator. The Identification Friend or
Foe (IFF) AN/UPX-43 Interrogator system provides operators
with the capability for timely and accurate display of both
civil and military air traffic.
l. Radiant Mercury Hardware and Software. The Radiant
Mercury Cross Domain Solution (CDS) allows data transfer
traffic between both classified and unclassified networks
onboard the P-8A.
m. ENTR(V)4 Receiver with Embedded Crypto. The tactical
receiver interfaces with the Integrated Broadcast System
receiving nationally transmitted tracks for situational
awareness.
n. The Dual KIV-7M. The KIV-7M provides programmable link
and multi-channel network encryption for High Frequency (HF)
radio communications.
o. Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP), Antenna
Electronics (AE). The ADAP antenna electronics interfaces
with the ADAP Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA)
antennas to insure availability of GPS signals to the
aircraft.
p. Advance Digital Antenna Production (ADAP) Controlled
Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA). The ADAP CRPA enables
reception of GPS signals to the aircraft.
q. KG-175 Encryptor Network Convergence System (NC) CNTRX,
INMARSAT, IP Data. The KG-175 TACLANE provides network
communications security on Internet Protocol (IP) and
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks used by the P-8A.
r. AN/APX-123A(V) IFF Transponder Digital. The IFF AN/APX-
123A(V) transponder is capable of both Mode 5 and Mode S
secure modes and provides own ship positional information.
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s. KIV-78 IFF Mode 4/5 Cryptographic Applique. The KIV-78
is Type 1 NSA-certified COMSEC for IFF. The KIV-78 provides
cryptographic and time-of-day services, concurrent Mode 4/5
operations as well as concurrent interrogator/transponder
operations. The KIV-78 IFF system is deployed to identify
cooperative, friendly systems.
t. KIV-701 A Cryptographic Core Module. The KIV-70 1A
encrypts the common data link that is used for line of sight
secure transmission of video imagery to ground terminals and
ships.
u. KY-100M, KY-58, KYV-5 for HF-121CD Radio. The KY-100M is
a narrowband/wideband terminal that interoperates with
TACTERM (CV-3591/KYV-5), MINTERM (KY-99A), VINSON (KY-57, KY-
58), and SINCGARS. The KY-100M provides for secure voice and
data communications in tactical airborne and ground
environments and is a self-contained terminal that includes
COMSEC. The KY-100M is based on the KY-99A architecture with
enhanced interface capability. It includes KY-99A's
operational modes and KY-58's operational modes.
v. AN/PYQ-10 V3 Simple Key Loader (SKL) with KOV-21
Cryptographic Applique. The SKL is a ruggedized, portable,
hand-held fill device used for securely receiving, storing,
and transferring data between compatible cryptographic and
communications equipment. The SKL provides streamlined
management of COMSEC key, Electronic Protection (EP) data,
and Signal Operating Instructions (SOI). Cryptographic
functions are performed by an embedded KOV-21 applique.
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 ofthe 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 Canada 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 Canada.
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