[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 70 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2598]
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ARMS SALES NOTIFICATION
Mr. RISCH. 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. James E. Risch,
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. 25-0G. 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 23-26 of May 11,
2023.
Sincerely,
Michael F. Miller,
Director.
Enclosure.
Transmittal No. 25-0G
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology
or Capability (Sec. 36(b)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of Germany.
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 23-26; Date: May
11, 2023; Implementing Agency: Army.
(iii) Description: On May 11, 2023, Congress was notified
by congressional certification transmittal number 23-26 of
the possible sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export
Control Act, of sixty (60) CH-47F Block II Cargo Helicopters
with customer-unique modifications; one hundred forty (140)
T-55-GA-714A engines (120 installed, 20 spares); seventy-two
(72) AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (60
installed, 12 spares); and two hundred eighty-four (284) AN/
ARC-231A Communications Security (COMSEC) radios (240
installed, 44 spares). Also included were AN/AVR-2B Laser
Detecting Sets; AN/APR-39C(V)1 Radar Detecting Sets; AN/ARC-
220 High Frequency (HF) radios with electronic counter-
countermeasures (ECCM); military Precise Positioning Service
(PPS) (to include SAASM or M-Code); Digital Advanced Flight
Control Systems (DAFCS); AN/APX-123A Identification Friend or
Foe (IFF) transponder; AN/ARN-147 very high frequency (VHS)
omnidirectional range and instrument landing system (VOR/
ILS); AN/ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation Systems (TACAN); air
data computers; AN/APN-209 radar altimeter systems; AN/PYQ-10
simple key loaders; KIV-77 Mode 4/5 IFF Applique; KY-100M
narrowband/wideband terminal COMSEC devices; AN/AVS-6 Night
Vision Devices(NVD); IDM-401 Improved Data Modem; air-to-air
refueling probes; M134 gun mounts; Infrared Suppression
System (IRSS); Engine Air Particle Separator (EAPS);
Ballistic Protection System (BPS) with Cockpit; cabin sides;
Midas Underfloor COOLS; Extended Range Fuel System (ERFS) 800
gal and 500 gal; Forward Area Refueling Equipment (FARE); Tie
Down Materiel/Helicopter Under-Slung Load Equipment (HUSLE)
for internal and external loads; rotorbrake; rescue hoists;
Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System (FRIES); Electro
Optical Infrared Sensors (EO/IR); crash resistant pilot and
troop seats; skis; life rafts; litter straps and fittings;
mission equipment (e.g., jungle penetrator; litter basket;
Jacob's ladder; Airborne Tactical Extraction Platform
(AirTEP); special tools and test equipment; ground support
equipment; airframe and engine spare parts; technical data;
publications; Maintenance Work Orders/Engineering Change
Proposals (MWO/ECPs); Repair and Return (R&R); technical
assistance; airworthiness assistance; transportation of
aircraft; training; flight training and maintenance trainers;
and other related elements of logistics and program support.
The total estimated cost was $8.5 billion. Major Defense
Equipment (MDE) constituted $3.35 billion of this total.
This transmittal notifies the inclusion of the following
MDE items: forty-seven (47) OT-228/U Common Infrared
Countermeasures (CIRCM) and one hundred forty-four (144)
``EAGLE-M'' aviation navigation systems comprised of Enhanced
Aviation Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) systems,
Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV)
instruments, and Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/
Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) (EGIs) with M-code. The
following non MDE items will also be included: Multi-Platform
Anti-Jam GPS Navigation Antenna-Federated (MAGNA-F), Type
Designator: AS-4840; communications systems; and other
related elements of logistics and program support. The
estimated total cost of the new items is $0.63 billion. The
estimated MDE value will increase by $0.63 billion to a
revised $3.98 billion, but will not require an increase in
the estimated total case value. Instead, $0.63 billion of the
available, previously notified non-MDE value will be
transferred to the MDE value, causing a decrease in non-MDE
value to $4.52 billion. The estimated total case value will
remain at $8.50 billion.
(iv) Significance: This notification is being provided
because the additional MDE items were not enumerated in the
original notification. The inclusion of this MDE represents
an increase in capability over what was previously notified.
The proposed sale will improve Germany's capability to meet
current and future regional threats, reinforce its ability to
maintain regional stability, and increase the defensive
capabilities of its military. The sale supports U.S. national
security interests by bolstering land defense in Europe.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the
foreign policy and national security of the United States by
improving the security of a NATO Ally that is an important
force for political and economic stability in Europe.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology:
CIRCM is the next-generation lightweight, laser-based,
infrared countermeasure system for rotary-wing, tilt-rotor,
and small fixed-wing aircraft. CIRCM provides near spherical
coverage of the host platform to defeat infrared-seeking
missiles. It receives an angular bearing hand-off from the
CMWS or Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS), and
employs a pointing and tracking system that acquires and
tracks the incoming missile, and jams the missile using
modulated laser energy to degrade the tracking capability of
the missile, causing it to miss the aircraft.
The EAGLE-M, also known as EAGLE M+429, contains sensitive
technology that provides GPS hardening when loaded with
COMSEC keys.
The MAGNA-F antenna nulls unwanted signals using digital
processing technology.
The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is
UNCLASSIFIED.
(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: April 23, 2025.
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