[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47901-47904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20573]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 18-38]


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 18-38 with 
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: September 18, 2018.
Shelly E. Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 18-38
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 Japan
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............................  $1.961 billion
Other...................................................  $1.174 billion
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  TOTAL.................................................  $3.135 billion
 

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

Nine (9) E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control 
(AEW&C) Aircraft
Twenty eight (28) T56-A-427A Engines (18 installed and 10 spares)
Twelve (12) Multifunction Information Distribution System/Joint 
Tactical Radio System (MIDS/JTRS) Terminals (9 installed and 3 spares)
Ten (10) APY-9 Radars (9 installed and 1 spare)
Eleven (11) AN/AYK-27 Integrated Navigation Control and Display Systems 
(INCDS) (9 installed and 2 spares)
Thirty (30) LN-251 Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial 
Navigation Systems (EGls) with Embedded Airborne Selective

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Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Receiver (18 installed and 12 
spares)

    Non-MDE:
    Also included are aircraft ancillary equipment, modifications, 
spare and repair parts, support equipment, publications and technical 
documentation, software, personnel training and training equipment, 
ferry services, U.S. Government and contractor logistics, engineering, 
and technical support services, and other related elements of logistics 
and program support.
    (iv) Military Department: Navy (JA-P-SCW)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: JA-P-SCJ, JA-P-SCL, JA-P-SCM and 
JA-P-SCQ
    (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: September 7, 2018
    * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Japan--E-2D Advanced Hawkeve Airborne Early Warning and Control 
Aircraft

    The Government of Japan has requested to buy nine (9) E-2D Advanced 
Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft, 
twenty eight (28) T56-A-427A engines (18 installed and 10 spares), 
twelve (12) Multifunction Information Distribution System/Joint 
Tactical Radio System (MIDS/JTRS) terminals (9 installed and 3 spares), 
ten (10) APY-9 Radars (9 installed and 1 spare), eleven (11) AN/AYK-27 
Integrated Navigation Control and Display Systems (INCDS) (9 installed 
and 2 spares), thirty (30) LN-251 Embedded Global Positioning Systems/
Inertial Navigation Systems (EGIs) with Embedded Airborne Selective 
Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Receiver (18 installed and 12 
spares), and twelve (12) AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measures (ESM, 9 
installed and 3 spares). Also included are: aircraft ancillary 
equipment, modifications, spare and repair parts, support equipment, 
publications and technical documentation, software, personnel training 
and training equipment, ferry services, U.S. Government and contractor 
logistics, engineering, and technical support services, and other 
related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated 
program cost is $3.135 billion.
    This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national 
security of the United States. Japan is one of the major political and 
economic powers in East Asia and the Western Pacific and is a key 
partner of the United States in ensuring peace and stability in that 
region. It is vital to U.S. national interests to assist Japan in 
developing and maintaining a strong and effective self-defense 
capability.
    The proposed sale of E-2D AHE aircraft will improve Japan's ability 
to effectively provide homeland defense utilizing an AEW&C capability. 
Japan will use the E-2D AHE aircraft to provide AEW&C situational 
awareness of air and naval activity in the Pacific region and to 
augment its existing E-2C Hawkeye AEW&C fleet. Japan will have no 
difficulty absorbing these aircraft into its armed forces.
    The proposed sale of this equipment and support does not alter the 
basic military balance in the region.
    The principal contractor will be Northrop Grumman Corporation 
Aerospace Systems in Melbourne, Florida.
    There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with 
this potential sale. Any offset agreement will be defined in 
negotiations between the Purchaser and the prime contractor.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will not require any 
additional U.S. Government or contractor personnel in Japan. However, 
U.S. Government or contractor personnel in-country visits will be 
required on a temporary basis in conjunction with program technical and 
management oversight and support requirements.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 18-38
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 E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and 
Control (AEW&C) provides detection and surveillance of regional surface 
and aircraft platforms through the use of the APY-9 radar, APX-122A 
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), and ALQ-217 Electronic Support 
Measures (ESM) systems. The E-2D AHE provides area surveillance and 
detection, air intercept control, air traffic control, search and 
rescue assistance, communication relay and automatic tactical data 
exchange. The E-2D AHE is classified SECRET.
    2. The APY-9 radar is a mechanically rotated, electronically 
scanned array, which utilizes Space Time Adaptive Processing technology 
to provide 360-degree detection and surveillance in high clutter 
environments. It is able to provide simultaneous detection and 
surveillance of surface and air units. The APY-9 radar is classified 
SECRET.
    3. The MIDS JTRS (5) terminal provides enhanced Link 16 
functionality, namely Concurrent Multi-netting with four channels (CMN-
4) and Concurrent Contention Receive (CCR). CMN-4 is a Link 16 
enhancement that increases the terminal capability from receiving only 
one Tactical Digital Information Link-J (TADIL-J) message packing 
structure per time slot to receive as many as four simultaneous message 
packing structures per time slot, each transmitted on a unique Link 16 
net. The capability for current Link 16 terminals to receive only one 
TADIL-J message packing structure per time slot imposes complex network 
design constraints and prohibits network designers from making full use 
of the Link 16 spectrum capacity. CMN-4 relaxes these restrictions 
allowing for greater network planning flexibility and achieves a 
fourfold increase in receive message throughput for Link 16 terminals 
with this capability. CMN-4 is backwards compatible with JTIDS and 
MIDS-LVT, although legacy terminals would not be able to experience the 
increased throughput. CCR described the Link 16 terminal's ability to 
receive multiple messages in the same net within the same time slot. 
The MIDS-JTRS device itself is CCI and is not classified. The COMSEC 
keying material which is loaded into the device for IFF Mode 4/5 
operations is classified SECRET.
    4. The APX-122A IFF Interrogator and APX-123A IFF Transponder are 
identification systems designed for command and control. They provide 
the ability to distinguish friendly aircraft, vehicles, or forces, and 
to determine their bearing and range from the Interrogator. These 
devices have embedded COMSEC which contains SENSITIVE encryption 
algorithms and keying material. The APX-122A IFF Interrogator and APX-
123A IFF Transponder devices themselves are CCI and are not classified. 
The COMSEC keying material which is loaded into the devices for IFF 
Mode 4/5 operations is classified SECRET.
    5. The ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) system is used to 
detect, intercept, identify, locate, record, and/or analyze sources of 
radiated electromagnetic energy to support classification of unknown 
surface and

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airborne units. The ALQ-217 is classified SECRET.
    6. The AN/AYK-27 Integrated Navigation Control and Display System 
serves as the network manager and the human machine interface for the 
E-2D navigation system. The AN/AYK-27 is an UNCLASSIFIED system.
    7. The LN-251 Embedded Global Positioning Systems/Inertial 
Navigation Systems (EGIs) with embedded airborne Selective Availability 
Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) Receiver (ASR) system provides position, 
navigation and timing information to the E-2D via the Global 
Positioning Satellite system and an inertial measuring unit. The LN-251 
is UNCLASSIFIED.
    8. If a technologically advanced adversary obtained knowledge of 
the specific hardware or software in the proposed sale, the information 
could be used to develop counter-measures which might reduce weapons 
system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with 
similar or advanced capabilities.
    9. A Special Security Agreement (SSA) will be in place in order to 
provide additional security requirements for implementation by the 
Government of Japan to protect the advanced capabilities this aircraft 
provides. This sale is necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign 
policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy 
Justification.
    10. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal 
have been authorized for release and export to Japan.

[FR Doc. 2018-20573 Filed 9-20-18; 8:45 am]
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