[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41405-41407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10385]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 22-0C]


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)(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 with attached Transmittal 22-
0C.

    Dated: May 8, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.

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Transmittal No. 22-0C
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology or 
Capability (Sec. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
    (i) Purchaser: Government of Switzerland
    (ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 20-35
    Date: September 30, 2020
    Implementing Agency: Air Force, Navy
    (iii) Description: On September 30, 2020, Congress was notified by 
Congressional certification transmittal number 20-35 of the possible 
sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of up to 
forty (40) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing 
(CTOL) aircraft; forty-six (46) Pratt & Whitney F-135 engines; forty 
(40) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Missiles; fifty (50) 
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs); six 
(6) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Special Air Training Missiles (NATMS); 
four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units; ten (10) 
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II CATM Guidance Units; eighteen (18) KMU-572 
JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-54; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82 500LB, General 
Purpose; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82, Inert; twelve (12) GBU-53/B Small 
Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR); and eight (8) GBU-53/B 
SDB II Guided Test Vehicle (GTV). Also included are Electronic Warfare 
Systems; Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence/
Communications, Navigational, and Identification (C4I/CNI); Autonomic 
Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Autonomic Logistics Information 
System (ALIS); Full Mission Trainer; Weapons Employment Capability and 
other Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities; F-35 unique infrared 
flares; reprogramming center access; F-35

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Performance Based Logistics; software development/integration; flight 
test instrumentation; aircraft ferry and tanker support; Detector Laser 
DSU-38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/B, FMU-139D/B Fuze, KMU-572(D-
2)/B Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch Wing Release Lanyard; GBU-53/B SDB II 
Weapon Load Crew Trainers (WLCT); Cartridge, 25 mm PGU-23/U; weapons 
containers; aircraft and munitions support and test equipment; 
communications equipment; spares and repair parts; repair and return 
support; personnel training and training equipment; 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 $6.58 
billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $4.08 billion of 
this total.
    On December 4, 2020, Congress was notified by Congressional 
certification transmittal number 0B-21 of a clarification of eighteen 
(18) FMU-139D/B Fuzes as MDE items. This transmittal further reported a 
clarification of the description for AIM-9X Guidance Units from ``four 
(4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units'' to ``four (4) 
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (plus) Tactical Guidance Units.'' The total 
MDE remained $4.08 billion. The total case value remained $6.58 
billion.
    This transmittal reports an extension of operation and sustainment 
costs for Switzerland's F-35 (non-MDE articles and services). There is 
no additional MDE being reported with this notification; as such, the 
total MDE value remains $4.08 billion. The total cost of the new non-
MDE articles and services is $1.95 billion. The total case value will 
increase to $8.53 billion.
    (iv) Significance: This notification is provided due to the 
increased costs associated with the request for a longer period of 
Operations and Sustainment costs, as modified by the Swiss government 
from their original request.
    (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 friendly European nation that continues to be an 
important force for political stability and economic progress in 
Europe.
    (vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The Sensitivity of Technology 
Statement contained in the original notification applies to articles 
and services here.
    (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: February 18, 2022.

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