[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17376-17379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08217]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

[Transmittal No. 17-65]


Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Arms sales notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text 
of an arms sales notification.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Young, (703) 697-9107, 
[email protected] or Kathy Valadez, (703) 697-9217, 
[email protected]; DSCA/DSA-RAN.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 
published to fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-
164 dated July 21, 1996. The following is a copy of a letter to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Transmittal 17-65 with 
attached Policy Justification.

    Dated: April 16, 2018.
Shelly E. Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 17-65
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: Government of Spain
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............................   $ 900 million
Other...................................................   $ 400 million
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  TOTAL.................................................         $ 1.300
                                                                 billion
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase: The Government of Spain has 
requested the possible sale of seventeen (17) CH-47F cargo helicopters 
with customer-unique modifications.
    Major Defense Equipment (MDE):

Seventeen (17) CH-47F Cargo Helicopters with customer-unique 
modifications
Twenty-one (21) Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) AN/AAR-57A(V)8
Forty-two (42) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial 
Navigation System (INS) (EGI)

    Non-MDE: Also included are mission equipment, hardware and services

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required to implement customer-unique modifications, communication, 
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE), and navigation equipment 
including AN/ARC-231 Multi-mode radios, AN/ARC-201D SINCGARS radios, 
AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Radio, Identification, Friend or Foe 
(IFF), AN/AAR-57A(V)8, and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/
APR-39A(V)1, special tools and test equipment, ground support 
equipment, airframe and engine spare parts, technical data, 
publications, MWO/ECPs, technical assistance, transportation of 
aircraft and training, and other related elements of logistics and 
program support.
    (iv) Military Department: Army (SP-B-WBE)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
    (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: April 4, 2018
    * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Spain--CH-47F Aircraft

    The Government of Spain has requested to buy seventeen (17) CH-47F 
cargo helicopters with customer-unique modifications, twenty-one (21) 
Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) AN/AAR-57A(V)8, and forty-two (42) 
Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation System 
(INS) (EGI). Also included are mission equipment, hardware and services 
required to implement customer-unique modifications, communication, 
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE), and navigation equipment 
including AN/ARC-231 Multi-mode radios, AN/ARC-201D SINCGARS radios, 
AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Radio, Identification, Friend or Foe 
(IFF), AN/AAR-57A(V)8, and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/
APR-39A(V)1, special tools and test equipment, ground support 
equipment, airframe and engine spare parts, technical data, 
publications, MWO/ECPs, technical assistance, transportation of 
aircraft and training, and other related elements of logistics and 
program support. The estimated total case value is $1.3 billion.
    This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national 
security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a 
NATO ally that has been, and continues to be, an important force for 
political stability and economic progress in Europe.
    The proposed sale of the CH-47F aircraft will improve Spain's heavy 
lift capability. Spain will use this enhanced capability to strengthen 
its homeland defense and deter regional threats. Spain will have no 
difficulty absorbing these aircraft into its armed forces.
    The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the 
basic military balance in the region.
    The principal contractor will be Boeing Helicopter Company, 
Philadelphia, PA. The purchaser typically requests offsets. Any offset 
agreement will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the 
contractor.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the 
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor 
representatives to Spain.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 17-65
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 CH-47F aircraft has been identified as Major Defense 
Equipment (MDE). The CH-47F is a medium lift, newly manufactured 
Aircraft. The CH-47F has the common avionics architecture system (CAAS) 
cockpit, which provides aircraft system, flight, mission, and 
communication management systems. The CAAS consist of two dual-
redundant MIL-STD-1553B data busses and an Ethernet LAN capable of 
supporting both IEEE 802.3 and ARINC 664. The CAAS includes five 
multifunction displays (MFDs), two general purpose processor units 
(GPPUs), two control display units (CDUs) and two data concentrator 
units (DCUs). The Navigation System will have two Embedded GPS/INS 
(EGIs), two Digital Advanced Flight Control System (DAFCS), one ARN-147 
(VOR/ILS marker Beacon System), one ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation 
System (TACAN), two air data computers, and one AN/APN-209 Radar 
Altimeter system. The communications suite is as follows: two each AN/
ARC-231 Multi-mode radios providing VHF FM, VHF-AM, UHF, HQ II and 
Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Satellite Communications 
(SATCOM), one each AN/ARC-201D SINCGARS radios with associated IFMs, 
and one each AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Radio. The Identifier, 
Friend or Foe (IFF) will be the APX-123A, which provides the additional 
functionality of MODE 5. Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) will 
consist of the Common Missile Warning System (CMWS), AN/AAR-57A(V)8, 
and the Radar Signal Detecting Set (RSDS), AN/APR-39A(V)1. Support and 
fielding for the CH-47Fs and installed CAAS would require one copy of 
technical documentation, along with a Contractor Field Representative. 
Technical data and documentation for CH-47F systems are classified up 
to SECRET. The sensitive technologies include:
    a. The AN/APX-123A Transponder is classified SECRET if Mode-4 or -5 
Communications Security (COMSEC) keying material (KEYMAT) is loaded 
into the device.
    b. The TSEC KY-100 is a radio encryptor that has sensitive 
technology and is classified SECRET if COMSEC KEYMAT is loaded into the 
device.
    c. The AN/AAR-57A(V)8 CMWS is the 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 infrared guided missiles.
    d. The Radar Signal Detecting Set AN/APR-39A(V)1 provides the pilot 
with visual and audible warning when a hostile fire-control threat is 
encountered.
    e. The KIV-77, is a Common Crypto Applique for Identification, 
Friend or Foe (IFF) that provides Mode 4/5 capability. The KIV-77 
Applique physical dimensions are 3.5 in. x 4.25 in. x 1 in., 16-oz. The 
KIV-77 can be removed from the host and stored as an Unclassified 
Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI).
    f. The AN/PYQ-10 (C) Simple Key Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized, 
portable, hand-held fill device used for securely receiving, storing, 
and transferring electronic key material and data between compatible 
end cryptographic units (ECU) and communications equipment. It supports 
both the DS-101 and DS-102 interfaces, as well as the Crypto Ignition 
Key and is compatible with existing ECUs.
    2. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge 
of specific hardware, 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.
    3. A determination has been made that Spain can provide 
substantially the same degree of protection for sensitive

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technology being released as the U.S. Government. This proposed 
sustainment program is necessary to the furtherance of the U.S. foreign 
policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy 
Justification.
    4. All defense articles and services listed on this transmittal are 
authorized for release and export to the Government of Spain.

[FR Doc. 2018-08217 Filed 4-18-18; 8:45 am]
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