[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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