[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 167 (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6555-S6556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ARMS SALES NOTIFICATIONS
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 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)(5)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA),
as amended, we are forwarding Transmittal No. 24-0X. This
notification relates to enhancements or upgrades from the
level of sensitivity of technology or capability described
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in the Section 36(b)(1) AECA certification 22-09 of March 15,
2022.
Sincerely,
Michael F. Miller,
Director.
Enclosure.
transmittal no. 24-0x
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology
or Capability (Sec. 36(b)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of Spain.
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No: 22-09; Date. March
15, 2022; Implementing Agency: Navy; Funding Source: National
Funds.
(iii) Description: On March 15, 2022, Congress was notified
by congressional certification transmittal number 22-09 of
the possible sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export
Control Act of Spain's request to procure eight (8) MH-60R
Multi-Mission helicopters; twenty (20) T-700-GE-401C engines
(16 installed, 4 spares); thirty-two (32) AGM-114R(N)
Hellfire missiles, all up rounds; two (2) Hellfire II Captive
Air Training Missiles (CATM); one hundred (100) WGU-59/B
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II Guidance
Sections, all up rounds; eight (8) Link 16 Multifunctional
Information Distribution Systems Joint Tactical Radio Systems
(MIDS JTRS) BU 2 (8 installed); and four (4) Airborne Low
Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (4 installed on 4 aircraft). Also
included were M514 impulse cartridge/cartridge actuated
devices; MJ20 cartridge actuated thruster/cartridge actuated
devices; WB53 fire extinguisher cartridge/cartridge actuated
devices; CCU-136A/A impulse cartridges; M299 Hellfire missile
launchers; GAU-21 crew served guns (including pintle and
laser pointer); LAU-61 digital rocket launchers; M152 High
Explosive warheads for airborne 2.75 rockets; MK66 MOD 4,
2.75-inch rocket motors; rocket motors, 2.75-inch, MK-66-4
inert; WTU-1B inert warheads (HA23); AN/ARC-210 RT-2036
radios with Communications Security (COMSEC); AN/AAR-47
missile warning systems; AN/SSQ-62F sonobuoys; AN/SSQ-53G
sonobuoys; AN/SSQ-36B sonobuoys; SRQ-4 Hawklink radio
terminals with Hawklink Crypto Control Modules; AN/APX-123
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; AN/ALE-47
dispenser, Electronic Countermeasures, Advanced Data Transfer
Systems (ADTS); AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting
Systems; Identification Friend or Foe Mode 4/5 Cryptographic
Applique, KIV-78, Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS);
Embedded Global Positioning System/Precise Positioning
Service (GPS/PPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with
Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM); Airborne
Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (aircraft provisions only for 4
aircraft); AN/ARQ-59 Hawklink radio terminals; Training
Simulators/Operational Machine Interface Assistants (ATS/
OMIA); tactical operational flight trainer; AN/ALQ-210
Electronic Support Measures (ESM) systems; APS-153(V) multi-
mode radars; spare engine containers; spare and repair parts;
support and test equipment; communications equipment; ferry
support; publications and technical documentation; personnel
training and training equipment; United States (U.S.)
Government and contractor engineering, technical, and
logistics support services; obsolescence engineering,
integration, and test activities required to ensure readiness
for the production of the Spanish MH-60R helicopters; and
other related elements of logistics and program support. The
total estimated program cost was $950 million Major Defense
Equipment (MDE) constituted $425 million of this total.
This transmittal notifies: 1) replacement of the previously
notified non-MDE EGI with SAASM for, twenty-four (24) MDE EGI
with SAASM, and 2) replacement of the previously notified
twenty (20) MDE T-700-GE-401C engines for twenty (20) MDE T-
700-401D engines. The following non-MDE is also included in
this notification: Infrared Zoom Laser Illuminator
Designators (IZLID); AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders (SKL); and
other related elements of logistics and program support. The
estimated MDE value will increase by $50 million to a revised
$475 million. However, this increase will not cause an
increase in the estimated total case value, which will remain
$950 million.
(iv) Significance: This notification is being provided as
the additional items were not enumerated in the original
notification. The proposed sale will improve Spain's
capability to meet current and future threats. This proposed
sale will provide the capability to perform anti-surface and
anti-submarine warfare missions along with the ability to
perform secondary missions including vertical replenishment,
search and rescue, and communications relay, and will bolster
the Spanish Navy's ability to support NATO and remain
interoperable with the United States and the NATO alliance.
(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 NATO Ally
which is an important force for political stability and
economic progress in Europe.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The Sensitivity of
Technology Statement contained in the original notification
applies to 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: October 25, 2024.
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