[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27609-27612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12454]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 19-15]
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 19-15 with
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: June 7, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 19-15
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: Government of India
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment*................................ $1.6 billion
Other................................................... $1.0 billion
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TOTAL................................................. $2.6 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE): Twenty-four (24) MH-60R Multi-
Mission Helicopters, equipped with the following:
Thirty (30) APS-153(V) Multi-Mode Radars (24 installed, 6 spares)
Sixty (60) T700 GE-401C Engines (48 installed and 12 spares)
Twenty-four (24) Airborne Low Frequency System (ALFS) (20 installed, 4
spares)
Thirty (30) AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting System (24
installed, 6 spares)
Fifty-four (54) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation
Systems (EGI) with Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM)
(48 installed, 6 spares)
One thousand (1,000) AN/SSQ-36/53/62 Sonobuoys
Ten (10) AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles
Five (5) AGM-114 M36-E9 Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM)
Four (4) AGM-114Q Hellfire Training Missiles
Thirty-eight (38) Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) Rockets
Thirty (30) MK 54 Torpedoes
Twelve (12) M-240D Crew Served Guns
Twelve (12) GAU-21 Crew Served Guns
Two (2) Naval Strike Missile Emulators
Four (4) Naval Strike Missile Captive Inert Training Missiles
One (1) MH-60B/R Excess Defense Article (EDA) USN legacy Aircraft
Non-MDE: Also included are seventy (70) AN/AVS-9 Night Vision
Devices; fifty-four (54) AN/ARC-210 RT-1990A(C) radios with COMSEC (48
installed, 6 spares); thirty (30) AN/ARC-220 High Frequency radios (24
installed, 6 spares); thirty (30) AN/APX-123 Identification Friend or
Foe (IFF) transponders (24 installed, 6 spares); spare engine
containers; facilities study, design, and construction; spare and
repair parts; support and test equipment; communication equipment;
ferry support; publications and technical documentation; personnel
training and training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor
engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistical and program support.
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(iv) Military Department: Navy (IN-P-SAY)
(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 2, 2019
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
India--MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters
The Government of India has requested to buy twenty-four (24) MH-
60R Multi-Mission helicopters, equipped with the following: thirty (30)
APS-153(V) Multi-Mode radars (24 installed, 6 spares); sixty (60) T700-
GE-401C engines (48 installed and 12 spares); twenty-four (24) Airborne
Low Frequency System (ALFS) (20 installed, 4 spares); thirty (30) AN/
AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting System (24 installed, 6 spares);
fifty-four (54) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation
Systems (EGI) with Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM)
(48 installed, 6 spares); one thousand (1,000) AN/SSQ-36/53/62
sonobuoys; ten (10) AGM-114 Hellfire missiles; five (5) AGM-114 M36-E9
Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM); four (4) AGM-114Q Hellfire
Training missiles; thirty-eight (38) Advanced Precision Kill Weapons
System (APKWS) rockets; thirty (30) MK 54 torpedoes; twelve (12) M-240D
Crew Served guns; twelve (12) GAU-21 Crew Served guns; two (2) Naval
Strike Missile Emulators; four (4) Naval Strike Missile Captive Inert
Training missiles; one (1) MH-60B/R Excess Defense Article (EDA) USN
legacy aircraft. Also included are seventy (70) AN/AVS-9 Night Vision
Devices; fifty-four (54) AN/ARC-210 RT-1990A(C) radios with COMSEC (48
installed, 6 spares); thirty (30) AN/ARC-220 High Frequency radios (24
installed, 6 spares); thirty (30) AN/APX-123 Identification Friend or
Foe (IFF) transponders (24 installed, 6 spares); spare engine
containers; facilities study, design, and construction; spare and
repair parts; support and test equipment; communication equipment;
ferry support; publications and technical documentation; personnel
training and training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor
engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistical and program support. The total estimated
cost is $2.6 billion.
This proposed sale will support 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 a major defensive
partner which continues to be an important force for political
stability, peace, and economic progress in the Indo-Pacific and South
Asia region.
The proposed sale will provide India the capability to perform
anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare missions along with the ability
to perform secondary missions including vertical replenishment, search
and rescue, and communications relay. India will use the enhanced
capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen its
homeland defense. India will have no difficulty absorbing these
helicopters 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 Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission
Systems, Owego, New York. 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 require the assignment of
20-30 U.S. Government and/or contractor representatives to India.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 19-15
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 MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter focuses primarily on anti-
submarine and anti-surface warfare missions. The MH-60R carries several
sensors and data links to enhance its ability to work in a network
centric battle group and as an extension of its home ship/main
operating base. The mission equipment subsystem consists of the
following sensors and subsystems: an acoustics systems consisting of a
dipping sonar and sonobuoys, Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) with integral
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) interrogator, Radios with COMSEC,
Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Integrated Self-Defense (ISD), and
Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS). Also, Night Vision Devices (AN/
AVS-9) for CONOPS and interoperability with USN. It can carry AGM-114A/
B/K/N Hellfire missiles, as well as, MK 46/54 torpedoes to engage
surface and sub-surface targets. The Indian Navy MH-60R platform will
include provisions for the MK 54 light weight torpedo. The MH-60R
weapons system is classified up to SECRET. Unless otherwise noted
below, MH-60R hardware and support equipment, test equipment and
maintenance spares are unclassified except when electrical power is
applied to hardware containing volatile data storage. Technical data
and documentation for MH-60R weapons systems (to include sub-systems
and weapons listed below) are classified up to SECRET. The sensitive
technologies include:
a. The AGM-114 HELLFIRE 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 Army. The highest level for
release of the AGM-114 HELLFIRE is SECRET, based upon the software. The
highest level of classified information that could be disclosed by a
proposed sale or by testing of 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, counter-measures, vulnerability/
susceptibility analyses, and threat definitions are classified SECRET
or CONFIDENTIAL.
b. Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) laser guided
rocket to counter the fast attack craft and fast inshore attack craft
threat. APKWS hardware is UNCLASSIFIED.
c. The light weight air launched torpedo (MK 54) for surface and
subsurface targets. The acquisition of MK 54 will include ancillary
equipment and publications.
d. Communications security devices contain sensitive encryption
algorithms and keying material. The purchasing country has previously
been released and utilizes COMSEC devices in accordance with set
procedures and without issue. COMSEC devices will be classified up to
SECRET when keys are loaded.
e. Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) (KIV-78) contains embedded
security devices containing sensitive encryption algorithms and keying
material. The purchasing country will utilize COMSEC devices in
accordance with set procedures. The AN/APX-123 is classified up to
SECRET.
f. GPS/PPS/SAASM - Global Positioning System (GPS) provides a
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space-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) that has reliable
location and time information in all weather and at all times and
anywhere on or near the earth when and where there is an unobstructed
line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. Selective Availability/
Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) (AN/PSN-11) is used by military GPS
receivers to allow decryption of precision GPS coordinates. In
addition, the GPS Antenna System (GAS-1) provides protection from enemy
manipulation of the GPS system. The GPS hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. When
electrical power is applied, the system is classified up to SECRET.
g. Acoustics algorithms are used to process dipping sonar and
sonobuoy data for target tracking and for the Acoustics Mission Planner
(AMP), which is a tactical aid employed to optimize the deployment of
sonobuoys and the dipping sonar. Acoustics hardware is UNCLASSIFIED.
The acoustics system is classified up to SECRET when environmental and
threat databases are loaded and/or the system is processing acoustic
data.
h. The AN/APS-153 multi-mode radar with an integrated IFF and
Inverse Synthetic Aperture (ISAR) provides target surveillance/
detection capability. The AN/APS-153 hardware is unclassified. When
electrical power is applied and mission data loaded, the AN/APS-153 is
classified up to SECRET.
i. The AN/ALQ-210 (ESM) system identifies the location of an
emitter. The ability of the system to identify specific emitters
depends on the data provided by Indian Navy. The AN/ALQ-210 hardware is
UNCLASSIFIED. When electrical power is applied and mission data loaded,
the AN/ALQ-210 system is classified up to SECRET.
j. The AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-spectral Targeting System (MTS) operates
in day/night and adverse weather conditions. Imagery is provided by a
Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor, a color/monochrome day
television (DTV) camera, and a Low-Light TV (LLTV). The AN/AAS-44C(V)
hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. When electrical power is applied, the AN/AAS-
44C(V) is classified up to SECRET.
k. Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency (UHF/VHF) Radios (ARC-
210) contain embedded sensitive encryption algorithms and keying
material. The purchasing country will utilize COMSEC devices in
accordance with set procedures. The ARC[dash]210 hardware is
UNCLASSIFIED. When electrical power is applied and mission data loaded,
the ARC-210 is classified up to SECRET.
l. Advanced Data Transfer System (ADTS) with Type 1 encryption for
data at rest.
m. Satellite Communications Demand Assigned Multiple Access (SATCOM
DAMA), which provides increased, interoperable communications
capabilities with US forces. SATCOM DAMA hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. When
electrical power is applied and mission data loaded these systems are
classified up to SECRET.
2. All the mission data, including sensitive parameters, is loaded
from an off board station before each flight and does not stay with the
aircraft after electrical power has been removed. Sensitive
technologies are protected as defined in the program protection and
anti-tamper plans. The mission data and off board station are
classified up to SECRET.
3. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge
of the hardware and software elements, the information could be used to
develop countermeasures or equivalent systems which might reduce system
effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or
advanced capabilities.
4. A determination has been made that the Government of India can
provide substantially 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.
5. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal
have been authorized for release and export to India.
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