[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 30, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S283-S285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION
Mr. CARDIN. 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
[[Page S284]]
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 still available to the full Senate, I ask unanimous
consent to have printed in the Record the notifications that have been
received. If the cover letter references a classified annex, then such
an 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. Benjamin L. Cardin,
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. 24-23,
concerning the Army's proposed Letter(s) of Offer and
Acceptance to the Government of Croatia for defense articles
and services estimated to cost $500 million. We will issue a
news release to notify the public of this proposed sale upon
delivery of this letter to your office.
Sincerely,
James A. Hursch,
Director.
Enclosures.
Transmittal No. 24-23
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to
Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Exports Control Act, as
amended
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Croatia.
(ii) Total Estimate Value:
Major Defense Equipment* $250 million.
Other $250 million.
Total $500 million.
Funding source: Foreign Military Financing and National
Funds.
(iii) Description and Quality or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Eight (8) UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.
Nineteen (19) T700-GE 701D engines (16 installed, 3
spares).
Twenty (20) AN/ARC-231A RT-1987 very high frequency (VHF)/
ultra high frequency (UHF)/Line of Sight (LOS) satellite
communications (SATCOM) radios.
Ten (10) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems (CMWS).
Twenty (20) H-764U Embedded Global Position Systems with
Inertial Navigation (EGI) and Selective Availability Anti-
Spoofing Module (SAASM) (or future replacement).
Eighteen (18) M240H machine guns.
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 (IFF) transponders (or future
replacement); 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) crypto
applique computers; KY-100M; communications security (COMSEC)
encrytion devices AN/ARN-147(V) VHF Omni-Directional Range
(VOR)/instrument landing systems (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; signal
converters for heads-up display (HUD); forward-looking
infrared (FLIR) with electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR)
capabilities; EO/IR cabin monitoring systems; EO/IR digital
video recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-1478D (or future replacement);
Enhanced Ballistic Armor Protection Systems (EBAPS); 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; 60k volt-
ampere (VA) generator kits; instrumental 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 support 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 and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army HR-B-UCH).
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: 7L-B-UGK, HR-B-UBQ, HR-B-
UBT.
(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: January 26, 2024.
* As defined in section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control
Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Croatia--UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters
The Government of Croatia has requested to buy eight (8)
UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters; nineteen (19) T700-GE 701D
engines (16 installed, 3 spares); twenty (20) AN/ARC-231A RT-
1987 very high frequency (VHF)/ultra high frequency (UHF)/
Line of Sight (LOS) satellite communications (SATCOM) radios;
ten (10) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems (CMWS);
twenty (20) H-764U Embedded Global Position Systems with
Inertial Navigation (EGI) and Selective Availability Anti-
Spoofing Module (SAASM) (or future replacement); and eighteen
(18) M240H machine guns. Also included are: AN/ARC-231 RT-
1808A (or future replacement) VHF/UHF/LOS SATCOM radios; APR-
39C(V)l/4 radar warning receivers; AVR-28 laser detecting
sets; APX-123A Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
transponders (or future replacement); 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) crypto applique computers; KY-100M;
communications security (COMSEC) encryption devices AN/ARN-
147(V) VHF 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; signal data converters for heads-up display (HUD);
forward-looking infrared (FLIR) with electro-optical and
infrared (EO/IR) capabilities; EO/IR cabin monitoring
systems; EO/IR digital video recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-1478D
(or future replacement); Enhanced Ballistic Armor Protection
Systems (EBAPS); 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; 60k volt-ampere (VA) 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 and program support. The
estimated total cost is $500 million.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and
national security of the United States by improving the
security of a NATO Ally that continues to be an important
force for political stability and economic progress in
Europe.
The proposed sale will improve Croatia's capability to
deter current and future threats and support coalition
operations as well as promote interoperability with the
United States and other NATO forces. Croatia will have no
difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces.
The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky,
in Stratford, CT. There are no known offset agreements in
connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require
approximately fifteen (15) U.S. Government and/or fifteen
(15) contractor representatives to travel to Croatia for an
extended period for equipment de-processing/fielding, system
checkout, training, and technical and logistics support.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness
as a result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 24-23
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 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 Global
Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation System (INS)
(EGIs), and two (2) Advanced Flight Control Computer Systems
(AFCC), which provide 4 axis aircraft control:
[[Page S285]]
a. The AN/ARC-201 very high frequency (VHF)--frequency
modulation (FM) (VHF-FM) Single Channel Ground and Airborne
Radio System (SINCGARS) is a reliable, field-proven voice and
data communication system used with the UH-60. A non
communications security (COMSEC) export variant of this radio
that meets these requirements will be provided.
b. AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement) VHF/UHF/LOS
satellite communications (SATCOM) Radios. The AN/ARC-231 is a
software-definable radio for military aircraft that provides
two-way, multi-mode voice and data communications over a 30
Hz to 512 MHz frequency range. It covers both line-of-sight
ultra high frequency (UHF) and VHF bands with amplitude
modulation (AM), FM, and SATCOM capabilities.
c. The AN/ARC-231A is a software-definable radio for
military aircraft that provides two-way, multi-mode voice and
data communications over a 30 Hz to 512 MHz frequency range.
No designated exportable, non-COMSEC capable version is
planned. The AN/ARC-231A supports both line-of-sight UHF and
VHF bands with AM, FM, and SATCOM capabilities. It also
includes embedded frequency agile modes, Electronic Counter-
Countermeasures (ECCM), anti-jam waveforms including Have
Quick and Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
(SINCGARS), Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA), and
Integrated Waveform (IW). It provides simultaneous, real-time
participation in tactical voice and data communications
networks. The RT-1987 will provide National Security Agency
(NSA) Tactical Secure Voice Cryptographic Interoperability
Specification (TSVCIS) 3.1.1 crypto modernization compliance.
Operator selectable air (raffle control channel spacing of 5,
8.33, 12.5, and 25 kHz steps, and other data link and secure
communications features, provide battlefield
interoperability.
d. The AN/ARC-210 is a family of radios for military
aircraft that provides two-way, multi-mode voice and data
communications over a 30 to 512+ MHz frequency range. It
covers both UHF and VHF bands with AM, FM, and SATCOM
capabilities. The ARC-210 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. The
software-programmable encryption is under the NSA
Cryptographic Modernization Initiative.
e. 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 (ECCM) functions.
f. The AN/APX-123A (or future replacement) 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 surface interrogators. The
transponder will be classified SECRET if MODE IV, MODE 5, or
MODE S fill is installed in the-equipment with a crypto
device. This item contains sensitive technology.
g. The VRC-100 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 embedded
Automatic Link Establishment (ALE), serial tone data modem,
text messaging, GPS position reporting, and anti-jam (ECCM)
functions. The system is purchased with all required mounts,
amplifiers, antennas, power supplies, and accessories.
h. 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). Cryptographic
functions are performed by an embedded KOV-21 card developed
by the NSA.
i. 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.
The KIV-77 contains embedded security, and when keys are
loaded is classified up to Secret.
j. The KY-100M is a self-contained terminal including
COMSEC that provides for secure voice and data communications
in tactical airborne and ground environments. It is an
integral part of U.S. Forces' and Federal law enforcement
agencies' networks and provides half-duplex, narrowband, and
wideband communications. Its flexible interfaces increase
compatibility with a wide range of voice, data, radio, and
satellite equipment. The KY can support Tier I crypto.
k. The AN/APR-39C(V)l/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. This
item contains sensitive technology.
l. 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. This
item contains sensitive technology.
m. 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 countermeasures either automatically or under
pilot or crew control to defeat incoming missile threats.
n. Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System INS (EGI)
provides GPS and INS capabilities to the aircraft. The EGI
wi11 include Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module
(SAASM) security modules to be used for secure GPS Precise
Positioning Service (PPS) if required. The Embedded GPS/INS
within the SAASM contains sensitive technology.
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 Croatia 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 Croatia.
____________________