[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62594-62597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24622]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal Nos. 13-48]


36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text 
of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to 
fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 
July 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 
601-3740.
    The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, Transmittals 13-48 with attached transmittal, policy 
justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: October 17, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 13-48
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act
    (i) Prospective Purchaser: United Arab Emirates
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment*................  $2.5 billion
Other...................................  $1.5 billion
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  TOTAL.................................  $4.0 billion
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase: 5000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter 
Bombs (SDB) with BRU-61 carriage systems, 8 SDB Guided Test Vehicles 
for aircraft integration, 16 SDB Captive Flight and Load Build 
trainers, 1200 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW), 10 JSOW CATMs, 
300 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER), 
40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles, 20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry 
Missiles, 4 Dummy Air Training Missiles, 30 AWW-13 Data Link pods, 
containers, munitions storage security and training, mission planning, 
transportation, tools and test equipment, integration support and 
testing, weapon operational flight program software development, 
support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical 
documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. 
Government and contractor engineering and logistics support services, 
and other related elements of logistics support.
    (iv) Military Department: Navy (ABD) Air Force (YAD)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any:

FMS case SAA-$114M-24Aug00

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FMS case YAB-$156M-31Aug02
FMS case YAC-$886M-4Mar08
    (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 Annex attached
    (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: 11 October 2013
    * as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

Policy Justification

United Arab Emirates (UAE)--Various Munitions and Support

    The Government of the United Arab Emirates has requested a possible 
sale of 5000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) with BRU-61 carriage 
systems, 8 SDB Guided Test Vehicles for aircraft integration, 16 SDB 
Captive Flight and Load Build trainers, 1200 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off 
Weapon (JSOW), 10 JSOW CATMs, 300 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack 
Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER), 40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training 
Missiles, 20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles, 4 Dummy Air Training 
Missiles, 30 AWW-13 Data Link pods, containers, munitions storage 
security and training, mission planning, transportation, tools and test 
equipment, integration support and testing, weapon operational flight 
program software development, support equipment, spare and repair 
parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and 
training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering and 
logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics 
support. The estimated cost is $4.0 billion.
    This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and 
national security of the United States by helping to improve the 
security of a friendly country that has been and continues to be an 
important force for political stability and economic progress in the 
Middle East. The UAE continues host-nation support of vital U.S. forces 
stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base and plays a vital role in supporting 
U.S. regional interests.
    The sale of these munitions is in support of the UAE's fleet of F-
16s. This proposed sale will improve the UAE's military readiness and 
capabilities to meet current and future regional threats, reduce the 
dependence on U.S. forces in the region, and enhance any coalition 
operations the U.S. may undertake. The UAE will have no difficulty 
absorbing these munitions into its armed forces.
    The proposed sale of these weapon systems will not alter the basic 
military balance in the region.
    The principal contractors will be The Boeing Company in St. Louis, 
Missouri; Raytheon in Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raytheon in Tucson, 
Arizona. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection 
with this potential sale.
    Implementation of this proposed sale may require the assignment of 
approximately 2-4 U.S. Government or contractor representatives to the 
UAE. The actual number and duration to support the program will be 
determined in joint negotiations as the program proceeds through the 
development, production and equipment installation phases. 
Additionally, the proposed sale will require multiple trips to UAE 
during the life of the program for program and technical reviews.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 13-48
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 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response 
(SLAM-ER) is a non-nuclear tactical weapon system currently in service 
in the U.S. Navy and in two other foreign nations. It provides a day, 
night, and adverse weather, standoff air-to-surface capability. SLAM-ER 
is a follow on to the SLAM missile that is no longer in production. It 
is a variant of the Harpoon missile that uses the Maverick Imaging 
Infrared (IIR) seeker, Global Positioning System--Precise Positioning 
System (GPS/PPS) for improved navigation, proprietary automatic target 
acquisition, planar wings, and a new warhead. SLAM-ER is effective 
against a wide range of land-based targets and has a secondary anti-
ship mission capability. The missile is classified Confidential.
    2. The SLAM-ER incorporates components, software, and technical 
design information that are considered sensitive. The following SLAM-ER 
components being conveyed by the proposed sale that are considered 
sensitive and are classified Confidential include Imaging Infrared 
(IIR) seeker, the Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System 
(GPS/INS), Operational Flight Program (OFP) Software, Missile 
operational characteristics and performance data.
    3. The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is used by Navy, Marine 
Corps, and Air Force, and allows aircraft to attack well-defended 
targets in day, night, and adverse weather conditions. AGM-154C carries 
a BROACH warhead. The BROACH warhead incorporates an advanced multi-
stage warhead. JSOW uses the GPS Precise Positioning System (PPS), 
which provides for a more accurate capability than the commercial 
version of GPS.
    4. The JSOW incorporates components, software, and technical design 
information that are considered sensitive. The following JSOW-C 
components being conveyed by the proposed sale that are considered 
sensitive and are classified Confidential include the GPS/INS, IIR 
seeker, OFP software and missile operational characteristics and 
performance data. These elements are essential to the ability of the 
JSOW-C missile to selectively engage hostile targets under a wide range 
of operational, tactical, and environmental conditions.
    5. The GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) I weapon is a 250-lb 
class, all-up round (AUR) that provides greater than 50nm standoff 
range. SDB I is a day or night, adverse weather, precision engagement 
capability against pre-planned fixed or stationary soft, non-hardened, 
and hardened targets. The warhead has a high-strength steel penetration 
design with a blast or fragmentation capability containing 
approximately 36 pounds of high explosives. SDB I is a Global 
Positioning System (GPS) guided weapon aided by Inertial Navigation 
System (INS).
    6. The SDB I include an integrated height of burst (HoB) sensor 
that provides the weapon with an airburst capability.
    7. A key component of the SDB system is the weapon planning module 
(WPM). The module is hosted on the Joint Mission Planning System 
(JMPS). The WPM provides unit-level planners and intelligence personnel 
a means of importing target location data, programming desired fuzing 
parameters, and computing release and impact conditions (or using 
defaults) for the employment of each weapon. This weapon planning data 
is saved to an aircraft data transfer device for download into the 
aircraft avionics and subsequently passed to the carriage and weapon 
upon initialization.
    8. Logistics components consist of training equipment, technical 
data, sustainment spares, shipping and storage containers, and a test 
adapter unit for the Common Munitions BIT and Reprogramming Equipment 
(CMBRE) or CMBRE Plus. The GBU-39/B (SBD I) hardware and software is 
Unclassified.
    9. The BRU-61/A carriage system consists of a four-place rack with 
a self-

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contained pneumatic charging and accumulator section. Four ejector 
assemblies hold the individual weapons. Internal avionics and wire 
harnesses connect the carriage system to the aircraft and to the 
individual weapons. The carriage avionics assembly provides the 
interface between the individual stores and the aircraft for targeting, 
GPS keys, alignment, fuze settings, and weapon release sequence 
information. A MIL-STD-1760 umbilical using a MIL-STD-1760 Class II 
primary interface signal set connects the carriage system to the 
aircraft. Each ejector station has a Joint Miniature Munitions 
Interface (JMMI) umbilical which provides the electrical and logical 
interface to the individual weapons.
    10. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain 
knowledge of the specific hardware in the proposed sale, the 
information could be used to develop countermeasures which might reduce 
weapons system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system 
with similar or advanced capabilities. In order to mitigate this 
possibility, the USG, in conjunction with the UAE, has developed a 
robust protocol of handling and storage procedures that maximizes 
security of the munitions, minimizes the opportunity for unauthorized 
disclosure of sensitive information, with the net effect of preserving 
the capability and effectiveness of the munitions for the USG and our 
international partners.

[FR Doc. 2013-24622 Filed 10-21-13; 8:45 am]
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