[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41961-41963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10470]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 22-10]


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 22-10 with 
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: May 8, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 22-10
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: Government of the United Kingdom
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

 
 
 
Major Defense Equipment *................  $400 million
Other....................................  $300 million
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    TOTAL................................  $700 million
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase:

Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
    One (1) Ballistic Missile Defense Radar (BMDR)
    Two (2) Command and Control Battle Management and Communications 
(C2BMC) User Nodes (with network capability required to connect to the 
C2BMC System to support radar operations)
Non-MDE:
    Also included are design and construction of a combined radar-
equipment shelter; encryption devices, secure communication equipment, 
and other required COMSEC equipment to support

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radar operations; spare and repair parts, support and testing 
equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training 
and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering, 
technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of 
logistical and program support.

    (iv) Military Department: Missile Defense Agency (UK-I-ZAB)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any: UK-I-ZAA
    (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: See Attached Annex
    (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: March 17, 2022
    * As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

United Kingdom--Ballistic Missile Defense Radar (BMDR) and Command and 
Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC)

    The Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has requested to buy one 
(1) Ballistic Missile Defense Radar (BMDR); and two (2) Command and 
Control Battle Management and Communications (C2BMC) user nodes (with 
network capability required to connect to the C2BMC System to support 
radar operations). Also included are design and construction of a 
combined radar-equipment shelter; encryption devices, secure 
communication equipment, and other required COMSEC equipment to support 
radar operations; spare and repair parts, support and testing 
equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training 
and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering, 
technical and logistics support services, and other related elements of 
logistical and program support. The total estimated program cost is 
$700 million.
    This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and 
national security objectives of the United States by improving the 
security of a NATO Ally that is a force for political stability and 
economic progress in Europe.
    The proposed sale will improve UK's ability to meet current and 
future ballistic missile threats to the UK and NATO by improving the 
effectiveness of NATO BMD systems. The United Kingdom will have no 
difficulty absorbing the BMD Radar into its armed forces.
    The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the 
basic military balance in the region.
    The principal contractor will be Lockheed Martin, Moorestown, NJ. 
There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this 
potential sale.
    Implementation of this proposed sale may require the assignment of 
approximately 15 U.S. Government and up to 100 contractor 
representatives to the UK, at any given time, during the construction, 
installation, integration and testing of the BMDR and C2BMC capability.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 22-10
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act
Annex
Item No. vii
    (vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
    1. The United Kingdom (UK) Ballistic Missile Defense Radar (BMDR) 
is a scaled version of the U.S. Long Range Discrimination Radar. It 
will provide continuous and precise tracking and discrimination of 
missile threats, persistent long-range midcourse discrimination, 
precision tracking and hit assessment. Discrimination is a critical 
capability of missile defense, which will provide data to distinguish 
lethal objects from debris and decoys around the lethal object. The UK 
will use the Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications 
(C2BMC) system to integrate the UK BMDR. This will improve the 
effectiveness of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) missile 
defenses.
    2. The highest level of classification of defense articles, 
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
    3. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain knowledge 
of the hardware and software elements, the information could be used to 
develop countermeasures or equivalent systems, which might reduce 
system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with 
similar or advanced capabilities.
    4. A determination has been made that the United Kingdom can 
provide substantially the same degree of protection for the sensitive 
technology being released as the U.S. Government. This sale is 
necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national 
security objectives outlined in the Policy Justification.
    5. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal 
have been authorized for release and export to the Government of the 
United Kingdom.

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