[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63922-63924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17370]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 22-0I]


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-
0I.

    Dated: August 1, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 22-0I

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

    (i) Purchaser: Government of Kuwait
    (ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 20-19
    Date: December 29, 2020
    Military Department: Army
    Funding Source: National Funds
    (iii) Description: On December 29, 2020, Congress was notified by 
Congressional certification transmittal number 20-19, of the possible 
sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act of eight (8) 
AH-64E Apache Longbow Attack Helicopters and the remanufacture sixteen 
(16) of their AH-64D Apache Longbow Attack Helicopters to the AH-64E 
configuration consisting of: eight (8) AH-64E Apache Helicopters (new 
procurement); sixteen (16) AH-64E Apache Helicopters (remanufacture); 
twenty-two (22) T700-GE 701D engines; thirty-six (36) remanufactured 
T700-GE 701D engines; twenty-seven (27) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile 
Warning Systems (CMWS); eighteen (18) Embedded Global Position Systems 
with Inertial Navigation (EGI) with Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR); thirty-
six (36) remanufactured EGIs with MMR; eight (8) AN/ASQ-170(V) 
Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/AN/AAQ-11 Pilot 
Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS); seventeen (17) AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire 
Control Radars

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(FCR) with Radar Electronics Units (REU); seventeen (17) APR-48B 
Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers (M-RFI); eighteen (18) M299 
AGM-114 Hellfire Missile Launchers; four (4) remanufactured M299 AGM-
114 Hellfire Missile Launchers; eighteen (18) Hydra 70 (70mm) 2.75 Inch 
Rocket M260 Rocket Launchers; four (4) remanufactured Hydra 70 (70mm) 
2.75 Inch Rocket M260 Rocket Launchers; nine (9) M230El 30mm Chain Gun 
M139 Area Weapons System (AWS) Guns; two (2) remanufactured M230El 30mm 
Chain Gun M139 AWS Guns; one (1) Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT); and one 
(1) remanufactured LCT. Also included were fifty-four (54) AN/ARC 201 
non-COMSEC Very-High Frequency/Frequency Modulation (VHF/FM) radios; 
fifty-four (54) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radios (AN/ARC 231 or MXF 
4027); twenty-eight (28) Identify Friend or Foe Transponders (APX 123 
or APX 119); twenty-seven (27) IDM 401 (Improved Data Modem); twenty-
seven (27) Link 16 Datalinks; twenty-seven (27) AN/APR-39D (V)2 Radar 
Warning Receivers; twenty-seven (27) AN/AVR-2 Laser Warning Receivers; 
twenty-seven (27) Infrared Countermeasures Dispensers (2 flares, 1 
chaff); nine (9) AN/ASN-157 Doppler Radar Velocity Sensors; nine (9) 
AN/ARN-149(V)3 Automatic Direction Finders (ADF); sixteen (16) 
remanufactured AN/ARN-149(V)3 ADFs; nine (9) AN/APN-209 Radar 
Altimeters; twenty-seven (27) AN/ARN-153 Tactical Airborne Navigation 
(TACAN) systems; sixteen (16) Manned-Unmanned Teaming International 
(MUM-Ti) (UPR) Air-to-Air-to Ground Data Link Systems; twenty-four (24) 
MUM-Ti (Ground) Air-to-Air-to-Ground Data Link Systems; twenty-four 
(24) 100 gallon Internal Auxiliary Fuel System (IAFS); twenty-four (24) 
125 gallon Reduced Capacity Crashworthy External Fuel Systems (RCEFS); 
two (2) IAFS Spares; two (2) IAFS Publications; six (6) IAFS Ground 
Support Equipment (GSE) Apache Magazine and Auxiliary Tank Transfer 
Systems (AMATTS); five (5) IDM Software Loader Verifiers (SLV); 
training devices; helmets; simulators; generators; transportation; 
wheeled vehicles and 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 program cost was $4 billion. Major Defense Equipment 
(MDE) constituted $2 billion of this total.
    This transmittal notifies the following MDE items that were 
previously reported as non-MDE: fifty-four (54) AN/ARC-231A (RT-1987) 
radios. The following non-MDE items will also be included: M261 2.75-
inch Rocket Launchers; and AN/AVS-6 Aviator Night Vision Devices 
(NVDs).
    The estimated total value of these items is $39 million. The total 
MDE value will increase by $27 million to a total MDE value of $2.027 
billion. The estimated total non-MDE value will decrease by $15 million 
(after deducting MDE values previously notified as non-MDE and adding 
new non-MDE costs), resulting in a total non-MDE value of $1.985 
billion. The total estimated case value will increase to $4.012 
billion.
    (iv) Significance: This notification is being provided as the 
additional MDE items were enumerated as non-MDE in the original 
notification. The additional non-MDE items were left out of the 
original notification. The proposed articles and services will support 
Kuwait's ongoing effort to modernize its armed forces and increase its 
capacity to detect threats and control theirs borders, contributing to 
the maintenance of regional stability and security. This will 
contribute to the Kuwaiti military's effort to update its capabilities 
and enhance interoperability with the United States and other strategic 
allies.
    (v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign 
policy and national security objectives of the United States by helping 
to improve the security of a Major Non-NATO ally that has been an 
important force for political stability and economic progress in the 
Middle East.
    (vi) Sensitivity of Technology:
    The AN/ARC-231A (RT-1987) radio is a multi-mode software defined 
radio providing line of sight VHF/UHF secure/non-secure voice and data 
communications over the 30.000-941.000 MHz frequency and Satellite 
Communications (SATCOM) beyond line of sight secure/non-secure voice 
and data including Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) 
communications from 240-320 MHz frequency on manned and unmanned 
aviation platforms. ARC-231A includes improved type-1 cryptographic 
algorithm and processing capabilities, Civil Land Mobile Radio, Single 
Channel Ground and Airborne Radios System (SINCGARS) capabilities, HAVE 
QUICK (HQ), Second Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO 
(SATURN) wave form, 8.33 kHz channel spacing for Global Air-Traffic 
Management (GATM) compliance, and capability for Mobile User Objective 
System (MUOS) waveform through possible future hardware and software 
updates.
    The Sensitivity of Technology Statement contained in the original 
notification applies to other items reported here.
    The highest level of classification of defense articles, 
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
    (vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: September 27, 2022

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