[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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