[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36908-36911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16323]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 18-18]
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: DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@mail.mil">dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@mail.mil
or (703) 697-9709.
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 18-18 with
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: July 26, 2018.
Shelly E. Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 18-18
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 India
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *............................... $340 million
Other................................................... $590 million
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TOTAL................................................. $930 million
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase: The Government of India has
requested the sale of the following items in support of a proposed
direct commercial sale of six (6) AH-64E Apache helicopters:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Fourteen (14) T700-GE-701D
Four (4) AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars
Four (4) Radar Electronic Units (REU) Block III
Four (4) AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers (M-
RFI's)
One hundred eighty (180) AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow Missiles
Ninety (90) AGM-114R-3 Hellfire II Missiles
Two hundred (200) Stinger Block I-92H Missiles
Seven (7) Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sights (MTADS)/
Pilot Night Vision Sensors (PNVS)
Fourteen (14) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation
Systems (EGI)
Non-MDE: Also included are 2.75'' HE M151 rockets, training and
dummy missiles, 30 mm cannons and ammunition, transponders, simulators,
communication equipment, spare and repair parts, tools and test
equipment, support equipment, repair and return support, personnel
training and training equipment, publications and technical
documentation, U.S. Government and contractor engineering and logistics
support services, and other related elements of logistic and program
support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (IN-B-UAN)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: IN-B-UAH
(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: June 12, 2018
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
India--Support for Direct Commercial Sale of AH-64E Apache Helicopters
The Government of India has requested to buy the following items in
support of a proposed direct commercial sale of six (6) AH-64E Apache
helicopters: fourteen (14) T700-GE-701D engines; four (4) AN/APG-78
Fire Control Radars; four (4) Radar Electronic Units (REU) Block III;
four (4) AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers (M-
RFI's); one hundred eighty (180) AGM-114L-3 Hellfire Longbow missiles;
ninety (90) AGM-114R-3 Hellfire II missiles; two hundred (200) Stinger
Block I-92H missiles; seven (7) Modernized Target Acquisition
Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensors (MTADS-PNVS); and fourteen
(14) Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI). Also included are
rockets, training and dummy missiles, 30 mm cannons and ammunition,
transponders, simulators, communication equipment, spare and repair
parts, tools and test equipment, support equipment, repair and return
support, personnel training and training equipment, publications and
technical documentation, U.S. Government and contractor engineering and
logistics support services, and other related elements of logistic and
program support. The total estimated program cost is $930 million.
This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and
national security of the United States by helping to strengthen the
U.S.-Indian strategic relationship and to improve the security of an
important partner which continues to be an important force for
political stability, peace, and economic progress in South Asia.
The proposed sale is in conjunction with and in support of a
proposed direct commercial sale of six (6) AH-64E Apache helicopters,
and will strengthen India's ability to defend its homeland and deter
regional threats. This support for the AH-64E will provide an increase
in India's defensive capability to counter ground-armored threats and
modernize its armed forces. India will have no difficulty absorbing the
helicopters and support equipment into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
The prime contractors will be Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando,
FL; General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH; Lockheed Martin Mission
Systems and Sensors, Owego, NY; Longbow Limited Liability Corporation,
Orlando, FL; and Raytheon Company, Tucson, AZ. There are no known
offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require U.S. Government
or contractor representatives to travel to India for a period of one
week at a time to conduct a detailed discussion of the various aspects
of the hybrid program with Government of India representatives.
Additional travel will be required for equipment de-processing/
fielding, system checkout and new equipment training and Contractor
Furnished Service Representatives (CFSR) for a period of thirty months.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 18-18
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 AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radar (FCR) is an active, low-
probability of intercept, millimeter-wave radar, combined with a
passive Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometer (MRFI) 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. The MRFI detects
threat radar emissions and determines the type of radar and mode of
operation. The FCR data and MRFI data are fused for maximum synergism.
If desired, the radar data can be used to refer targets to the regular
electro-optical Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (TADS),
Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (MTADS), permitting
additional visual/infrared imagery and control of weapons, including
the semi active laser version of the Hellfire. Critical system
information is stored in the FCR in the form of mission executable
code, target detection, classification algorithms and coded threat
parametrics. This information is provided in a form that cannot be
extracted by the foreign user due to anti-tamper provisions built into
the system. The content of these items is classified SECRET.
2. The Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/
Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/M-PNVS) provides second
generation day, night, limited adverse weather target
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information, as well as night navigation capabilities. The MPNVS
provides second generation thermal imaging that permits nap-of-the-
earth flight to, from, and within the battle area, while M-TADS
provides the co-pilot gunner with improved search, detection,
recognition, and designation by means of Direct View Optics (DVO), I\2\
television, second generation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sighting
systems that may be used singularly or in combinations. Hardware and
releasable technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED.
3. 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 User Data Module (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 with threat parametrics, threat priorities
and/or techniques derived from U.S. intelligence information. Hardware
becomes CLASSIFIED when populated with threat parametric data.
Releasable technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED.
4. The Hellfire AGM-114 missile is an air-to-surface missile with a
multi-mission, multi target, precision strike capability. The Hellfire
can be launched from multiple air platforms and is the primary
precision weapon for the United States.
a. The Hellfire Longbow Missile (AGM-114L3) provides an adverse
weather, fire-and-forget missile version of the Hellfire Missile
System, incorporating a millimeter wave radar seeker on a Hellfire II
aft section bus. The Hellfire Longbow Missile is designed to engage and
defeat individual hardpoint targets and minimize exposure time to enemy
fire, which greatly increases the AH-64E Longbow survivability factor.
The AGM-114L3 non-NATO export version will be provided. The weapon
system hardware, as an ``All Up Round'', is UNCLASSIFIED. The AGM-114L3
missile software is SECRET. The highest level of classified information
that could be disclosed by a proposed sale or by testing of the end
item is SECRET and the highest level that must be disclosed for
production, maintenance, or training is CONFIDENTIAL. Vulnerability
data, countermeasures, vulnerability/susceptibility analyses, and
threat definitions are classified SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL.
b. The highest level for release of the AGM-114R Hellfire II
missile is SECRET, based upon the software. The highest level of
classified information that could be disclosed by a proposed sale or by
testing the end item is SECRET; the highest level that must be
disclosed for production, maintenance, or training is CONFIDENTIAL.
Reverse engineering could reveal CONFIDENTIAL information.
Vulnerability data, Countermeasures, vulnerability/susceptibility
analyses, and threat definitions are classified up to SECRET.
5. The STINGER Block I 92H International Missile System, hardware,
software and documentation contain SENSITIVE technology and are
classified CONFIDENTIAL. The guidance section of the missile and
captive flight trainer contain highly SENSITIVE technology and are
classified CONFIDENTIAL. No man-portable grip stocks will be sold under
this LOA.
Missile system hardware and fire unit components contain SENSITIVE
critical technologies. STINGER critical technology is primarily in the
area of design and production know-how and not end-items. This
SENSITIVE/critical technology is inherent in the hybrid microcircuit
assemblies; microprocessors; magnetic and amorphous metals;
purification; firmware; printed circuit boards; laser range finder;
dual detector assembly; detector filters; missile software; optical
coatings; ultraviolet sensors; semi-conductor detectors infrared band
sensors; compounding and handling of electronic, electro-optic, and
optical materials; equipment operating instructions; energetic
materials formulation technology; energetic materials fabrication and
loading technology; and warhead components seeker assembly. Information
on vulnerability to electronic countermeasures and countermeasures,
system performance capabilities and effectiveness, and test data are
classified up to SECRET.
6. The Stinger Captive Flight Trainer (CFT) is a Stinger missile
guidance assembly in a launch tube. The CFT provides operator training
in target acquisition, tracking, engagement, loading/unloading and
sustainment training at the unit. The hardware is classified
CONFIDENTIAL. Releasable technical manuals are UNCLASSIFIED.
7. 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.
8. A determination has been made that India can provide
substantially the same degree of protection for sensitive 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.
9. All defense articles and services listed on this transmittal are
authorized for release and export to the Government of the India.
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