[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2184-2187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01229]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 17-43]
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: Karma Job at [email protected]
or (703) 697-8976.
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 17-43 with
attached Policy Justification.
Dated: February 1, 2019.
Shelly E. Finke,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 17-43
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 Egypt
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *............... $ .751 billion
Other................................... $ .249 billion
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TOTAL................................. $1.000 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Ten (10) AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters
Twenty-four (24) T700-GE-701D Engines, with containers (20 installed
and 4 spares)
Twelve (12) Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sights
(MTADS)/Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (PNVS) (10 installed and
2 spares)
Twenty-four (24) Honeywell Embedded Global Positioning System with
Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI) (20 installed, 4 spares)
Twenty-four (24) M299 Hellfire Launchers (20 installed, 4 spares)
One hundred thirty-five (135) Hellfire Missiles, AGM-114R
Five (5) M36E9 Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM)
Twelve (12) AAR-57 (V) Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS), (10
installed, 2 spares)
Non-MDE:
Also included are M230 30mm Automatic Guns, AVR-2B Laser Detecting
Sets, AN/ARC 201E Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems
(SINCGARS), AN/APR-39D Radar Warning Receivers, AN/AVS-6 Night Vision
Goggles, and AN/ASN Doppler Radar Systems. Also included in the request
are avionic-related software support for the Aviation Mission Planning
Systems (AMPS), survivability equipment, communication and electronic
equipment, communication/electronics technical assistance, tools and
test equipment, integration and checkout, spares and repair parts,
training and training equipment, ferry and fuel support, publications
and technical documents, U.S. Government and contractor technical
assistance, quality assurance, construction services, and other related
elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (EG-B-VGA)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: EG-B-ULB (22 Aug 90); EG-B-VBT (5
Oct 09)
(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: November 27, 2018
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Egypt--AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters and Related Equipment and
Support
The Government of the Egypt has requested to buy ten (10) AH-64E
Apache Attack Helicopters, twenty-four (24) 1700-GE-701D Engines, with
containers, twelve (12) Modernized Target Acquisition Designation
Sights/Pilot Night Vision Sensors (M-TADS/PNVS), twenty-four (24)
Honeywell Embedded Global Positioning Systems (GPS) with Inertial
Navigation System (INS) (EGI) (20 installed, 4 spares), twenty four
(24) M299 HELLFIRE Launchers, one hundred thirty-five (135) HELLFIRE
Missiles, five (5) M36E9 Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) AGM-114R,
and twelve (12) AAR-57 (V) Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS). Also
included are M230 30mm Automatic Guns, AVR-2 B Laser Detecting Sets,
AN/ARC 201E Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems
(SINCGARS), AN/APR- 39D Radar Warning Receivers, AN/AVS-6 Night Vision
Goggles, AN/ASN Doppler Radar Systems. Also included in the request are
avionic-related software support for the Aviation Mission Planning
Systems (AMPS), survivability equipment, communication and electronic
equipment, communication/electronics technical assistance, tools and
test equipment, integration and checkout, spares and repair parts,
training and training equipment, ferry and fuel support, publications
and technical documents, U.S. Government and contractor technical
assistance, quality assurance, construction services, and other related
elements of logistics and program support. The estimated cost is $1.0
billion.
The proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and
national security of the United States by helping to improve the
security of a strategic partner in the Middle East region.
Egypt intends to expand its existing fleet of multi-mission heavy
attack helicopters to address U.S.-Egyptian interest in countering
terrorist activities emanating from the Sinai Peninsula that undermine
regional stability. This sale will contribute to Egypt's military goal
to update its capability while further enhancing greater
interoperability between Egypt, the U.S., and other allies. Egypt will
have no difficulty absorbing these additional helicopters into its
inventory.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractors involved in this program are the Boeing
Company, Meza, AZ, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, FL, General
Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and
Sensors, Owego, NY, and Raytheon Corporation, Tucson, AZ. There are no
known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential
sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require twenty five (25)
U.S. Government or contractor representatives to travel to the
Government of Egypt for a period of 12 weeks for equipment checkout and
training.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 17-43
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 is an armed attack rotary
wing aircraft in the Army inventory. The airframe itself does not
contain sensitive technology; however, the aircraft contains
communication and target identification equipment, navigational
equipment, aircraft survivability equipment, displays and sensors. The
highest level of classified material required to be released for
training, operation and maintenance is UNCLASSIFIED; however, the
highest level which could be revealed through reverse engineering or
testing items is SECRET. Components considered to contain sensitive
technology in the proposed case are as follows:
a. AN/AVR-2B, Laser Detecting Set- The AN/AVR-2B is a passive laser
warning system that enhances crew situational awareness by detecting,
identifying and characterizing all three types of laser threats 360
degrees in azimuth and+/- 45 degrees in elevation relative to the
aircraft. The sensor units - each measuring approximately 8 inches long
by 7 inches wide by 3 inches high, and weighing
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approximately 2.4 pounds - are mounted externally to provide aircraft
protection in four quadrants. The externally mounted sensor units
detect laser illumination over the entire aircraft. In operation, the
laser warning system identifies the threat's direction and prioritizes
in order of lethality. The hardware is classified CONFIDENTIAL;
releasable technical manuals for operation and maintenance are
classified SECRET.
b. AN/AAR-57, Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) CMWS provides
superior detection of infrared missile threats for rotary-wing,
transport and tactical aircraft. It is the detection component of a
suite of countermeasures to increase the survivability of current
generation of combat, airlift and special operations aircraft against
the threat posed by infrared guided missiles. Each platform includes:
Electro-optical Missile Sensors, and Electronic Control Unit (ECU)
Sequencer, and the Improved Countermeasures Dispenser (ICMD). The ECU
hardware is classified CONFIDENTIAL; releasable technical manuals for
operation and maintenance are classified SECRET.
c. Honeywell Embedded Global Positioning Systems (GPS) with
Inertial Navigation System (INS) (EGI). GPS/INS utilizes GPS satellite
signals to correct or calibrate a solution from an INS. Inertial
navigation systems usually can provide an accurate solution only for
short duration. The INS accelerometers produce an unknown bias signal
that appears as a genuine specific force. The EGI is UNCLASSIFIED.
d. Target Acquisition and Designation Sights, Pilot Night Vision
System (TADS/PNVS). The TADS/PNVS is the combined sensor and targeting
unit fitted to the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter. Both systems are
independent, but housed together. TADS contain stabilized electro-
optical sensors, a laser rangefinder and laser target designator. The
TADS assembly can rotate+\- 120 degrees in azimuth, +30\-80 degrees in
elevation and can move independently of the PNVS. TADS contains a
tomographic camera and monochrome daylight television camera. PNVS is a
mounted above the TADS, and contains an infrared camera slaved to the
head movements of the pilot. PNVS can rotate+\- 90 degrees in azimuth
and +20/-45 degrees in elevation; with a high rate of movement (120
degrees per second) so as to match the head movement of the pilot.
Hardware for the TADS\PNVS is UNCLASSIFIED. The technical manuals for
authorized maintenance levels are UNCLASSIFIED. Reverse engineering is
not a major concern.
e. The AGM-114R HELLFIRE Missile is precision strike, Semi-Active
Laser (SAL) guided missile and is the principle air to ground weapon
for the AH-64 Apache. The SAL HELLFIRE missile is guided by laser
energy reflected off the target. It has three warhead variants: a dual
warhead, shape-charge, high explosive anti-tank capability for armored
targets, a blast fragmentation warhead for urban patrol boat and other
soft targets and metal augmented charge warhead for urban structures.
AGM-114R allows selection of warhead effects corresponding to a
specific target type. Hardware for the AGM-114R is UNCLASSIFED. The
technical manuals for authorized maintenance levels are UNCLASSIFIED.
f. The AN/APR-39D(V)2 Radar Warning Receiver is currently in
development with a projected IOC date of 4Q2017, and will replace the
AN/APR-39A(V)l/4 Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) that has been in
production since the mid-1970's. The AN/APR-39D(V)2 is an Engineering
Change Proposal (ECP) that fixes documented deficiencies against legacy
AN/APR-39 systems by merging the AN/APR-39C(V)2 baseline with Northrop
Grumman' s Digital Receiver Excited (DRE) technology and combines a 4-
Channel Crystal Video Receiver(CV R) and a 2 channel Digital Receiver
(DR). The result is the following capability improvements: increased
Probability of Detection (Sensitivity); Corrects ID/Ambiguity
Resolution; Improves DOA Accuracy versus Circular Polarized (CP)
Emitters; and improves DOA Indications versus CID Band Emitters. System
will be classified at the SECRET level.
g. The M36E9 Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) is a HELLFIRE
training missile (Non-NATO) that consists of a functional guidance
section coupled to an inert missile bus. The missile has an operational
semi-active laser seeker that can search for and lock-on to laser
designated targets for pilot training, but it does not have a warhead
or propulsion section and cannot be launched.
2. A determination has been made that Egypt can provide
substantially the same degree of protection of this technology as the
U.S. Government. This proposed sale is necessary in furtherance of U.S.
foreign policy and national security objectives outlined in the Policy
Justification. Moreover, the benefits to be derived from this sale, as
outlined in the Policy Justification, outweigh the potential damage
that could result if the sensitive technology were revealed to
unauthorized persons.
3. All defense articles and services listed on this transmittal are
authorized for release and export to the Government of Egypt.
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