[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12132-12134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04482]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 21-0E]


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 21-0E 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. 21-0E

REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF TECHNOLOGY OR 
CAPABILITY (SEC. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)

    (i) Prospective Purchaser: Taipei Cultural and Economic 
Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States.
    (ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 19-50.

    Date: August 20, 2019
    Military Department: Air Force
    Funding Source: National Funds

    (iii) Description: On August 20, 2019, Congress was notified by 
Congressional certification transmittal number 19-50 of the possible 
sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of sixty-
six (66) F-16C/D Block 70 aircraft; seventy-five (75) F110 General 
Electric Engines (includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) Link-16 Systems 
(includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) Improved Programmable Display 
Generators (iPDG) (includes 9 spares); seventy-five (75) APG-83 Active 
Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radars (includes 9 spares); 
seventy-five (75) Modular Mission Computers 7000AH (includes 9 spares); 
seventy-five (75) LN-260 Embedded GPS/INS (includes 9 spares); seventy-
five (75) M61 Vulcan 20mm Guns (includes 9 spares); one-hundred thirty-
eight (138) LAU-129 Multipurpose Launchers; six (6) FMU-139D/B Fuze for 
Guided Bombs; six (6) FMU-139D/B Inert Fuze for Guided Bombs; six (6) 
FMU 152 Fuze for Guided Bombs: six (6) MK-82 Filled Inert Bombs for 
Guided Bombs; and three (3) KMU-572 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) 
Tail Kits, GBU-38/54. Also included are seventy-five (75) AN/ALE-47 
Countermeasure Dispensers (includes 9 spares); one-hundred twenty (120) 
ALE-50 towed decoy or equivalent; seventy-five (75) APX-126 Advanced 
Identification Friend or Foe (includes 9 spares); seventy five (75) AN/
ALQ-211 A(V)4 Airborne Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare Suite 
(AIDEWS) or

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equivalent (includes 9 spares); EW Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) and 
Standard Electronic Module (SEM) spares; one hundred fifty (150) ARC-
238 radios (includes 18 spares); Secure Communications and 
Cryptographic Appliques including seventy-three (73) KIV-78 
cryptographic COMSEC devices, and ten (10) AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders 
(SKLs) for COMSEC; three (3) Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS); 
twenty-seven (27) Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) II with 
Night Vision Device (NVD) compatibility or Scorpion Hybrid Optical-
based Inertial Tracker (HOblT) helmet mounted cueing system with NVD 
compatibility; seventy (70) NVDs; six (6) NVD spare image intensifier 
tubes; Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/
PAD); cartridges; chaff; flares; three (3) each DSU-38A/B Precision 
Laser Guidance Sensor (PLGS) for GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack 
Munition (LJDAM) integration; PGU-28A/B 20mm ammunition; telemetry 
units for integration and test; bomb components; twenty (20) ground 
debriefing stations; Electronic Combat International Security 
Assistance Program (ECISAP) support including EW database and Mission 
Data File (MDF) development (classified/unclassified); communications 
equipment; classified/unclassified spares, repair, support equipment, 
test equipment, software delivery/support, personnel training, training 
equipment, flight/tactics manuals, publications and technical 
documentation; bomb racks; Organizational, Intermediate and Depot level 
tooling; Pilot Life Support Equipment (PLSE); Alternate Mission 
Equipment (AME); ground training devices (including flight and 
maintenance simulators); containers; development, integration, test and 
engineering, technical and logistical support of munitions; aircraft 
ferry; studies and surveys; construction services; U.S. Government and 
contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services; and 
other related elements of logistics, program and sustainment support. 
The estimated total cost was $8.0 billion. Major Defense Equipment 
(MDE) constituted $5.1 billion of this total.
    This transmittal reports the addition of fifty-seven (57) Sniper 
Advanced Targeting Pods (ATPs) (AN/AAQ-33) (MDE). The following non-MDE 
items will also be included: Infrared Search and Track (IRST) pods 
(IRST International); IRST and Sniper ATP shipping containers; pylons; 
spare parts; repair and return; publications and technical 
documentation; software support; integration and test support; U.S. 
Government and Contractor engineering, technical and logistics support; 
and additional familiarization training. Additionally, this transmittal 
amends the original CN's reference to a specific electronic warfare 
system, to a successfully engineered and tested future Electronic 
Warfare (EW) Suite, integrated on the F-16V Block 70 aircraft. The 
total cost of the new MDE articles is $154.33 million, and the total 
cost of the new non-MDE articles is $307.52 million. The total notified 
cost of MDE will not increase, and the total notified case value will 
remain $8.0 billion.
    (iv) Significance: This notification is being provided as the 
additional MDE items were not enumerated in the original notification. 
Their inclusion represents an increase in capability over what was 
previously notified. As the recipient continues with its plans to 
develop its F-16 fleet, it has requested integration of IRST and Sniper 
capabilities. The proposed articles and services increases the 
recipient's capability to participate in Indo-Pacific region security 
operations and improves the recipient's credible defense capability.
    (v) Justification: This proposed sale is consistent with U.S. law 
and policy as expressed in Public Law 96-8. This proposed sale serves 
U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting the 
recipient's continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to 
maintain a credible defensive capability. The proposed sale will help 
improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining 
political stability, military balance, economic and progress in the 
region.
    (vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The Sniper ATP is an electro-
optical targeting system housed in a single, lightweight pod. It is the 
most widely fielded combat-tested targeting pod system employed today 
and handles the most challenging precision targeting and intelligence, 
surveillance and reconnaissance air-to-air and air-to-ground missions 
in the land, sea, and air domains.
    The IRST is a type of sensor that can detect and track threats that 
have infrared signatures, at long ranges. It can act without emitting 
any radiation of its own and enables aircrews to detect adversaries, 
before those adversaries see or sense them.
    The highest level of classification of information included in this 
potential sale is SECRET.
    (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: April 21, 2021

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