[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53976-53979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14186]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 22-51]
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 22-51 with
attached Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: June 24, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 22-51
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 Australia
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *............... $ .85 billion
Other................................... $1.10 billion
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TOTAL................................. $1.95 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Forty (40) UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters
Eighty-eight (88) T700-GE 701D Engines (80 installed, 8 spares)
Forty-four (44) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems (CMWS)
(40 installed, 4 spares)
Ninety-six (96) H-764U Embedded Global Position Systems with
Inertial Navigation (EGI) and Country Unique SAASM (or future
replacement) (80 installed, 16 spares)
Non-MDE:
Also included are AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement) VHF/
UHF/LOS SATCOM radios; APR-39C(V)1/4 Radar Warning Receivers; AVR-2B
Laser Detecting Sets; APX-123A Identification Friend or Foe
Transponder; ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) radio with KY-100M; VRC-100
Ground Stations; AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL); KIV-77 Common
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Applique Crypto Computers; KY-100M
COMSEC Encryption devices; AN/ARN-147(V) Very High Frequency Omni-
Directional Range
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(VOR)/Instrument Landing System (ILS) receiver radio; AN/ARN-149(V) Low
Frequency (LF)/Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) radio receiver; AN/ARN-
153 Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN) receiver transmitter; AN/
APN-209 radar altimeter; AN/ARC-210 radios; EBC-406HM Emergency Locator
Transmitter (ELT); Encrypted Aircraft Wireless Intercommunications
Systems (EAWIS); Improved Heads Up Display (IHUD); Signal Data
Converters for IHUD; Blue Force Trackers (BFT-2); Improved Data Modems
(IDM); Color Weather Radars; MX-10D EO/IR with Laser Designator; EO/IR
Cabin Monitoring Systems; EO/IR Digital Video Recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-
1478D; Engine Inlet Barrier Filters (EIBF); Ballistic Armor Protection
Systems (BAPS); Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (IAFTS); Fast Rope
Insertion Extraction System (FRIES); External Rescue Hoist (ERH);
Rescue Hoist Equipment Sets; Dual Patient Litter System (DPLS) Sets;
Martin Baker Palletized Crew Chief/Gunner Seats with crashworthy floor
structural modifications; External Stores Support System (ESSS);
Integrated Tow Plates Production Assets; Universal Software Loading
Kits; 60kVA Generator Kits; Instrument Panel sets; External Gun Mount
Systems; Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer (BAT); Black Hawk Maintenance
Trainer (BHMT-M); Black Hawk Avionics Trainer; Maintenance Blended
Reconfigurable Avionics Trainer (MBRAT); training devices; helmets;
transportation; organizational equipment; spare and repair parts;
support equipment; tools and test equipment; technical data and
publications; personnel training and training equipment; U.S.
government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services; and other related elements of logistics support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (AT-B-UMI)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: AT-B-UMH
(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: August 25, 2022
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Australia--UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters
The Government of Australia has requested to buy forty (40) UH-60M
Black Hawk helicopters; eighty-eight (88) T700-GE 701D engines (80
installed, 8 spares); forty-four (44) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning
Systems (CMWS) (40 installed, 4 spares); and ninety-six (96) H-764U
Embedded Global Position Systems with Inertial Navigation (EGI) and
Country Unique SAASM (or future replacement) (80 installed, 16 spares).
Also included are AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement) VHF/UHF/
LOS SATCOM radios; APR-39C(V)1/4 Radar Warning Receivers; AVR-2B Laser
Detecting Sets; APX-123A Identification Friend or Foe Transponder; ARC-
220 High Frequency (HF) radio with KY-100M; VRC-100 Ground Stations;
AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL); KIV-77 Common Identification Friend
or Foe (IFF) Applique Crypto Computers; KY-100M COMSEC Encryption
devices; AN/ARN-147(V) Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Range
(VOR)/Instrument Landing System (ILS) receiver radio; AN/ARN-149(V) Low
Frequency (LF)/Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) radio receiver; AN/ARN-
153 Tactical Air Navigation System (TACAN) receiver transmitter; AN/
APN-209 radar altimeter; AN/ARC-210 radios; EBC-406HM Emergency Locator
Transmitter (ELT); Encrypted Aircraft Wireless Intercommunications
Systems (EAWIS); Improved Heads Up Display (IHUD); Signal Data
Converters for IHUD; Blue Force Trackers (BFT-2); Improved Data Modems
(IDM); Color Weather Radars; MX-10D EO/IR with Laser Designator; EO/IR
Cabin Monitoring Systems; EO/IR Digital Video Recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-
1478D; Engine Inlet Barrier Filters (EIBF); Ballistic Armor Protection
Systems (BAPS); Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (IAFTS); Fast Rope
Insertion Extraction System (FRIES); External Rescue Hoist (ERH);
Rescue Hoist Equipment Sets; Dual Patient Litter System (DPLS) Sets;
Martin Baker Palletized Crew Chief/Gunner Seats with crashworthy floor
structural modifications; External Stores Support System (ESSS);
Integrated Tow Plates Production Assets; Universal Software Loading
Kits; 60kVA Generator Kits; Instrument Panel sets; External Gun Mount
Systems; Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer (BAT); Black Hawk Maintenance
Trainer (BHMT-M); Black Hawk Avionics Trainer; Maintenance Blended
Reconfigurable Avionics Trainer (MBRAT); training devices; helmets;
transportation; organizational equipment; spare and repair parts;
support equipment; tools and test equipment; technical data and
publications; personnel training and training equipment; U.S.
government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services; and other related elements of logistics support. The
estimated total cost is $1.95 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national
security objectives of the United States. Australia is one of our most
important allies in the Western Pacific. The strategic location of this
political and economic power contributes significantly to ensuring
peace and economic stability in the region. It is vital to the U.S.
national interest to assist our ally in developing and maintaining a
strong and ready self-defense capability.
The proposed sale will replace Australia's current multi-role
helicopter fleet with a more reliable and proven system that will allow
Australia to maintain the appropriate level of readiness to conduct
combined operations. The UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter will improve the
Australian Army's ability to deploy combat power to share Australia's
strategic environment, deter actions against its interests, and, when
required, respond with credible force. Australia will have no
difficulty absorbing this equipment 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, Bethesda, MD. The
purchaser typically requests offsets. There are no known offset
agreements. Any future offset agreement would be defined in
negotiations between the purchaser and the contractor(s).
Implementation of this proposed sale will require the assignment of
no U.S. Government and five (5) U.S. contractor representatives in
Australia for a period of three years.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 22-51
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 UH-60M Black Hawk aircraft is a medium lift four bladed
aircraft which includes two (2) T-701D engines.
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The aircraft has four (4) Multifunction Displays (MFD), which provides
aircraft system, flight, mission, and communication management systems.
The instrumentation panel includes four (4) Multifunction Displays
(MFDs), two (2) Pilot and Co-Pilot Flight Director Panels, and two (2)
Data Concentrator Units (DCUs). The Navigation System will have
Embedded GPS/INS (EGIs), and two (2) Advanced Flight Control Computer
Systems (AFCC), which provide 4 axis aircraft control:
a. The AN/ARC-201D Single Channel Ground to Air Radio System
(SINCGARS) is a tactical airborne radio subsystem that provides secure,
anti-jam voice and data communication. The integration of Communication
Security (COMSEC) and the Data Rate Adapter (DRA) combines three Line
Replaceable Units into one and reduces overall weight of the aircraft.
b. AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement), Very High
Frequency/Ultra High Frequency (VHF/UHF) Line of Sight (LOS) Radio with
frequency agile modes, Electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM), UHF
Satellite Communications (SATCOM), Demand Assigned Multiple Access
(DAMA), Integrated Waveform (IW), Air Traffic Control (ATC) channel
spacing is operator selectable in 5, 8.33, 12.5 and 25khz steps.
c. The AN/ARC-210 is a family of radios for military aircraft that
provides two-way, multi-mode voice and data communications over a 30 to
512+MHz frequency range. It covers both Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and
Very High Frequency (VHF) bands with AM, FM and SATCOM capabilities.
The ARC-210 type radio also includes embedded anti-jam waveforms,
including have-quick and SINCGARS and other data link and secure
communications features, providing total battlefield interoperability
and high-performance capabilities in the transfer of data, voice and
imagery.
d. The AN/ARC-220 High Frequency (HF) Airborne Communication System
provides rotary-wing aircraft, with advanced voice and data
capabilities for short-and long-distance communications. The system is
software programmable with a frequency range of 2.0000-29.9999 MHz, in
100-Hz steps and provides for providing embedded automatic Link
establishment (ALE), serial tone data modem, text messaging, GPS
position reporting and anti-jam functions.
e. The AN/APX-123A, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponder,
is a space diversity transponder and is installed on various military
platforms. When installed in conjunction with platform antennas and the
Remote Control Unit (or other appropriate control unit), the
transponder provides identification, altitude and surveillance
reporting in response to interrogations from airborne, ground-based
and/or surface interrogators.
f. The VRC-100 High Frequency (HF) Communication System is the
ground station version of the AN/ARC-220 for use in Aviation Operation
Centers. It provides for advanced voice and data capabilities for
short-and long-distance communications. The system is software
programmable with a frequency range of 2.0000-29.9999 MHz, in 100-Hz
steps and provides for providing embedded automatic Link establishment
(ALE), serial tone data modem, text messaging, GPS position reporting
and anti-jam (ECCM) functions. The system is provided along with all
required mounts, amplifiers, antennas, power supplies, and accessories.
g. The AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized, portable,
hand-held fill device, for securely receiving, storing, and
transferring data between compatible cryptographic and communications
equipment. The AN/PYQ-10(C) Simple Key Loader (SKL) will contain the
KOV-21 COMSEC card, which is a Controlled Cryptographic Item (CCI).
h. The KIV-77 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Crypto
Appliqu[eacute] provides cryptographic and time-of-day services for a
Combined Interrogator/Transponder (CIT) or individual interrogator or
transponder Mark XIIA (Mode 4 and Mode 5) IFF system deployed to
identify cooperative, friendly systems.
i. The KY-100M is a self-contained terminal including
Communications Security (COMSEC) that provides for secure voice and
data communications in tactical airborne/ground environments. It is an
integral part of the U.S Joint Services and Federal Law Enforcement
Agency networks, and provides half-duplex, narrowband and wideband
communications. Flexible interfaces ensure compatibility with a wide
range of voice, data, radio and satellite equipment.
j. The AN/APR-39C(V)1/4 Radar Warning System detects radar based
rangefinders, target designators and beam rider systems targeting an
aircraft or vehicle. The APR-39 is a detection component of the suite
of countermeasures designed to increase survivability of current
generation combat aircraft and specialized special operations aircraft
against the threat posed by laser designated or guided weapons.
k. The AN/AVR-2B Laser Warning Receiver detects laser rangefinders,
target designators and beam rider laser-aided systems targeting an
aircraft or vehicle. The AVR-2B is a detection component of the suite
of countermeasures designed to increase survivability of current
generation combat aircraft and specialized special operations aircraft
against the threat posed by laser designated or guided weapons.
l. The AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) is an integrated
infrared (IR) countermeasures suite utilizing ultraviolet (UV) sensors
to display accurate threat location and dispense decoys/countermeasures
either automatically or under pilot/crew control to defeat incoming
missile threats.
m. Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation
System (INS) (EGI) provides GPS and INS capabilities to the aircraft.
The EGI will include Selective Availability anti-spoofing Module
(SAASM) security modules to be used for secure GPS PPS if required.
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 specific hardware and software elements, the information could
be used to develop countermeasures that might reduce weapon system
effectiveness or be used in the development of a system with similar or
advanced capabilities.
4. A determination has been made that Australia 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 are
authorized for release and export to the Government of Australia.
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