[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72344-72346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28186]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 19-0P]


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)(5)(C) 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 19-0P with 
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: December 23, 2019.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF TECHONOLOGY OR 
CAPABILITY (SEC 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)

    (i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of France
    (ii) Sec 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 13-40
    Date: July 9, 2013
    Military Department: Air Force
    (iii) Description: On July 9, 2013, Congress was notified by 
Congressional certification transmittal number 13-40 of the possible 
sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act of 16 MQ-9 
Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft; 8 Mobile Ground Control Stations; 48 
Honeywell TPE331-10T Turboprop Engines (16 installed and 32 Spares); 24 
Satellite Earth Terminal Substations; 40 Ku Band Link-Airborne 
Communication Systems; 40 General Atomics Lynx (exportable) Synthetic 
Aperture Radar/Ground Moving Target Indicator (SAR/GMTI) Systems; 40 
AN/DAS-1 Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS)-B; 40 Ground Data 
Terminals; 40 ARC-210 Radio Systems; 40 Embedded Global Positioning 
System/Inertial Navigation Systems; and 48 AN/APX-119 and KIV-119 
Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) Systems. Also provided are spare and 
repair parts, communication, test, and support equipment, publications 
and technical documentation, airworthiness and maintenance support, 
site surveys and bed down planning, personnel training and training 
equipment, operational flight test, U.S. Government and contractor 
technical and logistics personnel services, and other related elements 
of logistics support. The estimated total cost was $1.5 billion. Major 
Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $765 million of this total.
    On July 26, 2018, Congress was notified by Congressional 
certification transmittal number 18-0B of the retrofit of MQ-9s to 
become weapons capable, and the inclusion of 100 GBU-49 Enhanced 
Paveway dual mode GPS and laser guided bomb kits comprised of MXU-650 
Air Foil Group (AFG) and MAU-210 Enhanced Computer Control Group 
(ECCG); 200 FMU-152 fuzes; 650 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles, with active 
warheads; 45 AGM-114R Hellfire training missiles, without active 
warhead; and 6 Hellfire Captive Air Training Missiles. The retrofit and 
inclusion of MDE not enumerated in the original notification resulted 
in an increase in the cost of MDE by $210 million. The new MDE cost was 
$975

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million. The total case value increased to $1.71 billion.
    This transmittal reports the:
    1) retrofit of four (4) MQ-9A Block 1 to MQ-9A Block 5;
    2) addition of four (4) MQ-9A Block 5; and
    3) addition of fourteen (14) Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) with GPS 
Security Devices.
    The MDE cost of these items is $80 million, resulting in a new MDE 
cost of $1.055 billion. The total case value will remain $1.71 billion.
    (iv) Significance: This notification is being provided as the 
retrofit of the MQ-9A systems and the inclusion of MDE items not 
originally notified represent an increase in capability over what was 
originally notified. This equipment will provide France's MQ-9 program 
with the equipment necessary to support the capability requested.
    (v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign 
policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve 
the security of a NATO ally which continues to be an important force 
for political stability and economic progress in Western Europe.
    (vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The MQ-9A is a long-endurance, 
medium altitude Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) that can be used for 
surveillance, military reconnaissance, and targeting missions. MQ-9A is 
capable of performing real-time flown under the control of a pilot in a 
Ground Control Station (GCS). A data link is maintained that uplink 
commands and downlink video with telemetry data. The data link can be a 
Line-of-Sight (LOS) C-Band communication or Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) 
Ku-Band Satellite Communication (SATCOM). Aircraft can be handed off to 
other strategically placed ground control stations. The MQ-9A is 
designed to carry 800 pounds of internal payload with maximum fuel and 
can carry multiple mission payload aloft such as kinetics, Electro-
Optical/Infrared (EO/IR), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and other 
laser target designators. Block 5 includes a redesigned forward 
avionics bay, NSA Type 1 encrypted data links, enhanced power, dual 
wing-tip ARC-210 radios, payload control computer, enhanced HMI and 
payload control in GCS.
    (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: November 22, 2019

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