[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12123-12126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04471]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 21-0F]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense
(DoD).
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: Neil Hedlund at
[email protected] or (703) 697-9214.
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 21-0F with
attached Policy Justification.
Dated: February 25, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 21-0F
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology or
Capability (Sec. 36(b)(5)(c), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of Finland
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 20-67
Date: October 9, 2020
Military Department: Navy
(iii) Description: On October 9, 2020 Congress was notified by
Congressional certification transmittal number 20-67 of the possible
sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of fifty
(50) F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft; eight (8) F/A-18F Super Hornet
aircraft; fourteen (14) EA-18G Growler aircraft; one hundred sixty-six
(166) F414-GE-400 engines (144 installed and 22 spares); five hundred
(500) GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR);
twelve (12) GBU-53/B SDB II Guided Test Vehicles (GTV); twelve (12)
GBU-53/B SDB II Captive Carry Reliability Trainers; one hundred fifty
(150) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Tactical Missiles; thirty-two (32)
AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs);
thirty (30) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Tactical Guidance Units; eight
(8) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder CATM Guidance Units; one hundred sixty
(160) AGM-154C-1 Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW); two hundred (200) AGM-
158B-2B Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range All Up
Rounds (JASSM ER AUR); two (2) AGM-158B-2 JASSM Separation Test
Vehicles (STV); two (2) AGM-158B-2 JASSM Instrumented Test Vehicles
(ITV); two (2) AGM-158B-2 JASSM Jettison Test Vehicles (JTV); two (2)
AGM-158B-2 Inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) with
Telemetry Instrumental Kits; two (2) AGM-158B-2 JASSM Maintenance
Training Missiles (DATM); one hundred twenty (120) BLU-117B/B 2000LB GP
Bombs; one hundred twenty (120) KMU-556F/B Bomb Tail Kits (JDAM); three
hundred (300) FMU-139D/B Fuzes; two (2) KMU-556(D-2)/B Trainers (JDAM);
thirty (30) BLU-109C/B 2000LB Bombs;
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thirty (30) KMU-557F/B Bomb Tail Kits (JDAM); two (2) BLU-109(D-1)/B
2000LB Bombs; one hundred two (102) BLU-111B/B 500LB General Purpose
Bombs; one hundred two (102) KMU-572F/B JDAM Bomb Tail Kits; six (6)
MK-82-0,1 500LB, General Purpose Bombs, Inert; fifty-one (51) BLU-110B/
B 1000LB General Purpose Bombs; fifty (50) KMU-559F/B Bomb Tail Kits;
fifty-eight (58) M61A2 20MM Gun Systems; thirty-two (32) Advanced
Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR); thirty-two (32) Sniper
Targeting Pods; fourteen (14) Advanced Electronic Attack Kit for EA-
18G; sixty-five (65) AN/ALR-67(V)3 Electric Warfare Countermeasures
Receiving Sets; sixty-five (65) AN/ALQ-214 Integrated Countermeasures
Systems; seventy-four (74) Multifunctional Information Distribution
Systems--Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS JTRS); eighty-nine (89)
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS); three hundred seventy-
seven (377) LAU-127E/A Guided Missile Launchers; seventy-four (74) AN/
AYK-29 Distributed Targeting Processor--Networked (DTP-N); twenty-five
(25) Infrared Search and Track (IRST) Systems; and eight (8) Next
Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) sets. Also included are AN/APG-79
Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars; High Speed Video
Network (HSVN) Digital Video Recorder (HDVR); AN/AVS-9 Night Vision
Goggles (NVG); AN/AVS-11 Night Vision Cueing Devices (NVCD); AN/ALE-47
Electronic Warfare Countermeasures Systems; AN/ARC-210 Communication
System; AN/APX-111 Combined Interrogator Transponder; AN/ALE-55 Towed
Decoys; Launchers (LAU-115D/A, LAU-116B/A, LAU118A); AN/AAQ-28(V)
Litening Targeting Pod; Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS); Accurate
Navigation (ANAV) Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigation; Aircraft
Armament Equipment (AAE); Aircraft Ferry transportation; Foreign
Liaison Officer (FLO) Support; Auxiliary Fuel Tanks, FMU-139D(D-2)/B
fuzes; MK84-4 2000LB General Purpose Inert Bombs, MK83 Bomb General
Purpose Inert Bombs; KMU-557C(D-2)/B tail kits; KMU-572C(D-2)/B tail
kits; Detector Laser DSU-38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/B, KMU-
559C(D-2)/B load trainer; Wing Release Lanyard Assemblies; AGM-154C-1
JSOW Captive Flight Vehicles, Dummy Air Training Missiles, AGM-154C-1
JSOW mission planning, integration support and testing, munitions
storage security and training, weapon operational flight program
software development; weapons containers; aircraft and munitions
support and test equipment; communications equipment; provisioning,
spares and repair parts; weapons repair and return support; personnel
training and training equipment; weapon systems software, publications
and technical documents; U.S. Government and contractor engineering,
technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements
of logistical and program support. The total estimated cost was $14.7
billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $9.2 billion of this
total.
This transmittal reports the inclusion of the following additional
MDE items: up to three hundred (300) AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range
Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); up to six (6) AMRAAM Guidance Sections
(spares); up to five hundred (500) GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb
Increment 1 (SDB I) munitions with CNU-659 containers; two (2) GBU-39
(T-1)/B inert practice bombs; up to fifteen (15) AN/ALQ-99 Government
Furnished Export (GFX); up to sixty-seven (67) AN/ALR-67(V)3 Electric
Warfare Countermeasures Receiving sets; up to sixty-seven (67) AN/ALQ-
214 Integrated Countermeasures Systems; up to fifteen (15) AN/ALQ-249
Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) sets; two hundred (200) FMU-
139D/B fuzes; one hundred ninety eight (198) BLU-111B/B 500LB general
purpose bombs; and one hundred ninety eight (198) KMU-572F/B JDAM bomb
tail kits. The following non-MDE items will also be included: up to six
(6) AMRAAM Control Sections (spares); up to thirty-two (32) AMRAAM
Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs); containers; weapon system
support equipment; support and test equipment; site surveys; spare and
repair parts; repair and return support; publications and technical
data; maintenance and aircrew training; and other related elements of
logistics support.
The total cost of the new MDE articles is $1.377 billion, and the
total cost of the new non-MDE articles is $50 million. The total
notified cost of MDE will increase to $10.577 billion, and the total
notified case value will increase to $16.127 billion.
(iv) Significance: This notification is being provided to report
the inclusion of MDE items not previously notified. Their inclusion
represents an increase in capability over what was previously notified.
The proposed articles and services will support Finland's proposed
procurement of the F/A-18E and EA-18G weapons systems.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign
policy and national security of the United States by improving the
security of a trusted partner which is an important force for political
stability and economic progress in Europe. It is vital to the U.S.
national interest to assist Finland in developing and maintaining a
strong and ready self-defense capability.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium
Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is a supersonic, air launched, aerial
intercept, guided missile featuring digital technology and micro-
miniature solid-state electronics. The potential sale will include
AMRAAM Guidance Sections. AMRAAM capabilities include look-down/shoot-
down, multiple launches against multiple targets, resistance to
electronic countermeasures, and interception of high- and low-flying
and maneuvering targets. The AIM-120C-8 is a form, fit, function
refresh of the AIM-120C-7 and is the next generation to be produced.
The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Increment 1 (SDB I) is a 250-lb GPS-
aided inertial navigation system, small autonomous, day or night,
adverse weather, conventional, air-to-ground precision glide weapon
able to strike fixed and stationary re-locatable non-hardened targets
from standoff ranges. It is intended to provide aircraft with an
ability to carry a high number of bombs. Aircraft are able to carry
four SDB I's in place of one 2,000-pound bomb. The SDB I Guided Test
Vehicle (GTV) is an SDB I configuration used for land or sea range-
based testing of the SDB I weapon system. The GTV has common flight
characteristics of an SDB I All-Up Round (AUR), but in place of the
multi-effects warhead is a Flight Termination, Tracking, and Telemetry
(FTTT) subassembly that mirrors the AUR multi-effects warhead's size
and mass properties, but provides safe flight termination, free flight
tracking and telemetry of encrypted data from the GTV to the data
receivers. The SDB I GTV can have either inert or live fuzes. All other
flight control, guidance, data-link, and seeker functions are
representative of the SDB I.
The AN/ALQ-99 Government Furnished Export (GFX) is an external
carriage Airborne Electronic Attack capability for the EA-18G Growler
aircraft used against radar and communications targets for the
suppression of enemy integrated air defenses.
The Sensitivity of Technology Statement contained in the original
notification applies to the other items reported here. The highest
level of classification of defense articles,
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components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: March 19, 2021.
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