[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66416-66418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21054]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 21-66]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
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SUMMARY: The DoD 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)(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 21-66 with
attached Policy Justification.
Dated: September 21, 2023.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 21-66
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: Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office in the United States (TECRO)
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment*................ $ 0 million
Other................................... $100.0 million
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Total............................... $100.0 million
* Funding Source: National Funds.
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
None
Non-MDE:
Equipment and services to support participation in the Patriot
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International Engineering Services Program (IESP) and Field
Surveillance Program (FSP) for five years, including engineering
services support, designed to sustain, maintain, and improve the
Patriot Air Defense System within the performance envelope described in
the system specification through the investigation and resolution of
identified problems; missile field surveillance support for legacy
(Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM)) and Patriot Advanced Capability-3
(PAC-3) missiles, designed to ensure the reliability and performance of
the Patriot missile through storage and aging programs, surveillance
firing programs, and configuration management; legacy and PAC-3 missile
stockpile reliability testing, to provide quantitative reliability
assessments of the deployed missile round; U.S. Government and
contractor technical and logistics support, and other related elements
of program support. Participation in the shared IESP and FSP for the
life of the Patriot system is a requirement of the U.S. Government.
(iv) Military Department: Army (TW-B-ZDQ)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: TW-B-YYV, TW-B-ZBI
(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: None
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: February 7, 2022
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United
States--International Engineering Services Program (IESP) and Field
Surveillance Program (FSP) Support
Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United
States (TECRO) has requested to buy equipment and services to support
participation in the Patriot International Engineering Services Program
(IESP) and Field Surveillance Program (FSP) for five years, including
engineering services support, designed to sustain, maintain, and
improve the Patriot Air Defense System within the performance envelope
described in the system specification through the investigation and
resolution of identified problems; missile field surveillance support
for legacy (Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM)) and Patriot Advanced
Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles, designed to ensure the reliability and
performance of the Patriot missile through storage and aging programs,
surveillance firing programs, and configuration management; legacy and
PAC-3 missile stockpile reliability testing, to provide quantitative
reliability assessments of the deployed missile round; U.S. Government
and contractor technical and logistics support, and other related
elements of program support. Participation in the shared IESP and FSP
for the life of the Patriot system is a requirement of the U.S.
Government. The total estimated program cost is $100.0 million.
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.
The proposed sale will help to sustain the recipient's missile
density and ensure readiness for air operations. The recipient will use
this capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen
homeland defense. The recipient will have no difficulty absorbing this
equipment and services into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
The prime contractors will be Raytheon Technologies in Andover, MA;
and Lockheed Martin in Camden, AK. There are no known offset agreements
proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the permanent
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to recipient. Support teams will travel to recipient on
a temporary basis.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
[FR Doc. 2023-21054 Filed 9-26-23; 8:45 am]
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