[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 242 (Friday, December 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91144-91147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30225]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 16-15]


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: Pam Young, DSCA/SA&E-RAN, (703) 697-
9107.
    The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, Transmittal 16-15 with attached Policy Justification 
and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: December 12, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 16-15
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: United Arab Emirates.
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............  $1.68 billion
Other...................................  $1.82 billion
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  TOTAL.................................  $3.50 billion
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase:

Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
    Twenty-eight (28) AH-64E Remanufactured Apache Attack Helicopters
    Nine (9) new AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters
    Seventy-six (76) T700-GE-701D Engines (56 remanufactured, 18 new, 2 
spares)
    Thirty-nine (39) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and 
Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (28 
remanufactured, 9 new, 2 spares)
    Thirty-two (32) remanufactured AN/APR-48B Modernized--Radar 
Frequency Interferometers
    Forty-six (46) AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (31 
remanufactured, 9 new, 6 spares)

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    Eighty-eight (88) Embedded Global Positioning Systems with Inertial 
Navigation (72 new, 16 spares)
    Forty-four (44) Manned-Unmanned Teaming-International (MUMTi) 
Systems (28 remanufactured, 9 new, 7 spares)
    Fifteen (15) new MUMTi System Upper Receivers

    Non-MDE: Training devices, helmets, simulators, generators, 
transportation, wheeled vehicles and organization 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 support.
    (iv) Military Department: Army (AE-B-GUA).
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: FMS case: AE-B-JAH-02 Jan 92-
$617M, FMS case: AE-B-UDE-06 Jan 00-$195M, FMS case: AE-B-UDN-28 Nov 
05-$755M, FMS case: AE-B-ZUL-21 Oct 09-$252M, FMS case: AE-B-ZUF-22 Dec 
08-$174M.
    (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: December 7, 2016.

    * as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

United Arab Emirates--Apache AH-64E Helicopters and Services

    The Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has requested a 
possible sale of twenty-eight (28) AH-64E Remanufactured Apache Attack 
Helicopters; nine (9) new AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters; Seventy-six 
(76) T700-GE-701D Engines (56 remanufactured, 18 new, 2 spares); 
thirty-nine (39) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and 
Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (28 
remanufactured, 9 new, 2 spares); thirty-two (32) remanufactured AN/
APR-48B Modernized--Radar Frequency Interferometers forty-six (46) AAR-
57 Common Missile Warning Systems (31 remanufactured, 9 new, 6 spares); 
eighty-eight (88) Embedded Global Positioning Systems with Inertial 
Navigation (72 new, 16 spares); forty-four (44) Manned-Unmanned 
Teaming-International (MUMTi) systems (28 remanufactured, 9 new, 7 
spares); and fifteen (15) new MUMTi System Upper Receivers. This 
request also includes training devices, helmets, simulators, 
generators, transportation, wheeled vehicles and organization 
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 support. Total estimated program cost is $3.5 billion.
    This proposed sale will enhance the foreign policy and national 
security of the U.S. 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 proposed sale will improve the UAE's capability to meet current 
and future threats and provide greater security for its critical 
infrastructure. The UAE will use the enhanced capability to strengthen 
its homeland defense. The UAE will have no difficulty absorbing these 
Apache aircraft 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 Boeing in Mesa, AZ and Lockheed Martin 
in Orlando, FL. Offsets are a requirement of doing business in UAE; 
however offsets are negotiated directly between the Original Equipment 
Manufactures or other vendors and the UAE government and details are 
not known at this time.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the 
assignment of contractor representatives to the UAE.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 16-15
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 AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter weapon system contains 
communications and target identification equipment, navigation 
equipment, aircraft survivability equipment, displays, and sensors. The 
airframe itself does not contain sensitive technology; however, the 
pertinent equipment listed below will be either installed on the 
aircraft or included in the sale:
    a. The AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radar (FCR) is an active, low-
probability of intercept, millimeter-wave radar, combined with a 
passive AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometer (M-RFI) 
mounted on top of the helicopter mast. The FCR Ground Targeting Mode 
detects, locates, classifies and prioritizes stationary or moving 
armored vehicles, tanks and mobile air defense systems as well as 
hovering helicopters, helicopters, and fixed wing aircraft in normal 
flight If desired, the radar data can be used to refer targets to the 
regular electro-optical Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation 
Sight (MTADS), This information is provided in a form that cannot be 
extracted by the foreign user, The content of these items is classified 
SECRET. User Data Module (UDM) on the RFI processor, contains the Radio 
Frequency threat library. The UDM, which is a hardware assemblage, is 
classified CONFIDENTIAL when programmed with threat parameters, threat 
priorities and/or techniques derived from U.S. intelligence 
information.
    b. The AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation 
Sight/AN/AAQ-11 Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS) provides day, 
night, and limited adverse weather target information, as well as night 
navigation capabilities. The PNVS provides thermal imaging that permits 
nap-of-the-earth flight to, from, and within the battle area, while 
TADS provides the co-pilot gunner with search, detection, recognition, 
and designation by means of Direct View Optics (DVO), EI\2\television, 
and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sighting systems that may be used 
singularly or in combinations. Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. Technical 
manuals for authorized maintenance levels are UNCLASSIFIED. Reverse 
engineering is not a major concern.
    c. The AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometer (M-RFI) 
is an updated version of the passive radar detection and direction 
finding system. It utilizes a detachable UDM on the M-RFI processor, 
which contains the Radar Frequency (RF) threat library. The UDM, which 
is a hardware assemblage item is classified CONFIDENTIAL when 
programmed. Hardware becomes CLASSIFIED when populated with threat 
parametric data. Releasable technical manuals are Unclassified/
restricted distribution.
    d. The AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) detects energy 
emitted by threat missiles in-flight, evaluates potential false alarm 
emitters in the environment, declares validity of threat and selects 
appropriate countermeasures. The CMWS consists of an Electronic Control 
Unit (ECU),

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Electro-Optic Missile Sensors (EOMSs), and Sequencer and Improved 
Countermeasures Dispenser (ICMD). The ECU hardware is classified 
CONFIDENTIAL; releasable technical manuals for operation and 
maintenance are classified SECRET.
    e. The AN/APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Set is a system that 
provides warnings of radar-directed air defense threats and allows 
appropriate countermeasures. This is the 1553 databuscompatible 
configuration. The hardware is classified CONFIDENTIAL when programmed 
with U.S. threat data; releasable technical manuals for operation and 
maintenance are classified CONFIDENTIAL; releasable technical data 
(technical performance) is classified SECRET. The system can be 
programmed with threat data provided by the purchasing country.
    f. The AN/AVR-2B Laser Warning Set is a passive laser warning 
system that receives, processes, and displays threat information 
resulting from aircraft illumination by lasers on the multi functional 
display. The hardware is classified CONFIDENTIAL; releasable technical 
manuals for operation and maintenance are classified SECRET.
    g. The Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation 
System plus Multi Mode Receiver (EGI+MMR) The aircraft has two EGIs 
which use internal accelerometers, rate gyro measurements, and external 
sensor measurements to estimate the aircraft state, provides aircraft 
flight and position data to aircraft systems. The EGI is a velocity-
aided, strap down, ring laser gyro based inertial unit. The EGI unit 
houses a GPS receiver. The receiver is capable of operating in either 
non-encrypted or encrypted. When keyed, the GPS receiver will 
automatically use anti-spoof/jam capabilities when they are in use. The 
EGI will retain the key through power on/off/on cycles. Because of 
safeguards built into the EGI, it is not considered classified when 
keyed. Integrated within the EGI is an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) 
for processing functions. Each EGI also houses a Multi-Mode Receiver 
(MMR). The MMR is incorporated to provide for reception of ground based 
NAVAID signals for instrument aided flight. Provides IMC I IFR 
integration and certification of improved Embedded Global Positioning 
System and Inertial (EGI) unit, with attached MMR, with specific 
cockpit instrumentation allows Apaches to operate within the worldwide 
IFR route structure. Also includes integration of the Common Army 
Aviation Map (CAAM), Area Navigation (RNAV), Digital Aeronautical 
Flight Information File (DAFIF) and Global Air Traffic Management 
(GATM) compliance.
    h. Manned-Unmanned Teaming-International (MUMT-I) provides Manned-
Unmanned Teaming with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), other Apaches and 
other interoperable aircraft and land platforms. Provides ability to 
display real-time UAS sensor information to aircraft and transmit MTADS 
video. Capability to receive video and metadata from Interoperability 
Profile compliant (IOP) as well as legacy systems. It is a data link 
for the AH-64E that provides a fully integrated multiband, 
interoperable capability that allows pilots to receive off-board sensor 
video streaming from different platforms in non-Tactical Common Data 
Link (TCDL) bands. The MUMT-I data link can retransmit Unmanned Aerial 
System (UAS) or Apache Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight 
full-motion sensor video and metadata to another MUMT-I-equipped 
Apache. It can also transmit to ground forces equipped with the One 
Station Remote Video Terminal. It provides Apache aircrews with 
increased situational awareness and net-centric interoperability while 
significantly reducing sensor-to-shooter timelines. This combination 
results in increased survivability of Apache aircrews and ground forces 
by decreasing their exposure to hostile fire.
    i. Link 16 is a military tactical data exchange network. Its 
specification is part of the family of Tactical Data Links. Link 16 
provides aircrews with enhanced situational awareness and the ability 
to exchange target information to Command and Control (C2) assets via 
Tactical Digital Information Link-Joint (TADIL-J). Link 16 can provide 
a range of combat information in near-real time to U.S. and allies' 
combat aircraft and C2 centers. This will contribute to the integrated 
control of fighters by either ground-based or airborne controllers and 
will greatly increase the fighters' situational awareness and ability 
either to engage targets designated by controllers or to avoid threats, 
thereby increasing mission effectiveness and reducing fratricide and 
attrition. The Link 16 enables the Apache to receive information from 
the command-and-control platforms and enables it to share this data 
with all the other services, making it more efficient at locating and 
prosecuting targets. The material solution for the AH-64E is currently 
the Small Tactical Terminal (SIT) KOR-24A from Harris to satisfy its 
requirement for an Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station (AMF) Small 
Airborne Link 16 Terminal (SALT). The SIT is the latest generation of 
small, two-channel, Link 16 and VHF/UHF radio terminals. While in 
flight, the SIT provides simultaneous communication, voice or data, on 
two key waveforms.
    2. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge 
of the specific hardware and software elements, the information could 
be used to develop countermeasures which might reduce weapon system 
effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or 
advanced capabilities.
    3. A determination has been made that the recipient country can 
provide 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.
    4. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal 
have been authorized for release and export to the Government of the 
United Arab Emirates.

[FR Doc. 2016-30225 Filed 12-15-16; 8:45 am]
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