[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62594-62597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24622]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal Nos. 13-48]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text
of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to
fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated
July 21, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703)
601-3740.
The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittals 13-48 with attached transmittal, policy
justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: October 17, 2013.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 13-48
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act
(i) Prospective Purchaser: United Arab Emirates
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment*................ $2.5 billion
Other................................... $1.5 billion
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TOTAL................................. $4.0 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase: 5000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter
Bombs (SDB) with BRU-61 carriage systems, 8 SDB Guided Test Vehicles
for aircraft integration, 16 SDB Captive Flight and Load Build
trainers, 1200 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW), 10 JSOW CATMs,
300 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER),
40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles, 20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry
Missiles, 4 Dummy Air Training Missiles, 30 AWW-13 Data Link pods,
containers, munitions storage security and training, mission planning,
transportation, tools and test equipment, integration support and
testing, weapon operational flight program software development,
support equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical
documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S.
Government and contractor engineering and logistics support services,
and other related elements of logistics support.
(iv) Military Department: Navy (ABD) Air Force (YAD)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any:
FMS case SAA-$114M-24Aug00
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FMS case YAB-$156M-31Aug02
FMS case YAC-$886M-4Mar08
(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 Annex attached
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: 11 October 2013
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
Policy Justification
United Arab Emirates (UAE)--Various Munitions and Support
The Government of the United Arab Emirates has requested a possible
sale of 5000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) with BRU-61 carriage
systems, 8 SDB Guided Test Vehicles for aircraft integration, 16 SDB
Captive Flight and Load Build trainers, 1200 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off
Weapon (JSOW), 10 JSOW CATMs, 300 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack
Missiles-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER), 40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training
Missiles, 20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles, 4 Dummy Air Training
Missiles, 30 AWW-13 Data Link pods, containers, munitions storage
security and training, mission planning, transportation, tools and test
equipment, integration support and testing, weapon operational flight
program software development, support equipment, spare and repair
parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and
training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor engineering and
logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics
support. The estimated cost is $4.0 billion.
This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and
national security of the United States by helping to improve the
security of a friendly country that has been and continues to be an
important force for political stability and economic progress in the
Middle East. The UAE continues host-nation support of vital U.S. forces
stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base and plays a vital role in supporting
U.S. regional interests.
The sale of these munitions is in support of the UAE's fleet of F-
16s. This proposed sale will improve the UAE's military readiness and
capabilities to meet current and future regional threats, reduce the
dependence on U.S. forces in the region, and enhance any coalition
operations the U.S. may undertake. The UAE will have no difficulty
absorbing these munitions into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of these weapon systems will not alter the basic
military balance in the region.
The principal contractors will be The Boeing Company in St. Louis,
Missouri; Raytheon in Indianapolis, Indiana; and Raytheon in Tucson,
Arizona. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection
with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale may require the assignment of
approximately 2-4 U.S. Government or contractor representatives to the
UAE. The actual number and duration to support the program will be
determined in joint negotiations as the program proceeds through the
development, production and equipment installation phases.
Additionally, the proposed sale will require multiple trips to UAE
during the life of the program for program and technical reviews.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 13-48
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 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response
(SLAM-ER) is a non-nuclear tactical weapon system currently in service
in the U.S. Navy and in two other foreign nations. It provides a day,
night, and adverse weather, standoff air-to-surface capability. SLAM-ER
is a follow on to the SLAM missile that is no longer in production. It
is a variant of the Harpoon missile that uses the Maverick Imaging
Infrared (IIR) seeker, Global Positioning System--Precise Positioning
System (GPS/PPS) for improved navigation, proprietary automatic target
acquisition, planar wings, and a new warhead. SLAM-ER is effective
against a wide range of land-based targets and has a secondary anti-
ship mission capability. The missile is classified Confidential.
2. The SLAM-ER incorporates components, software, and technical
design information that are considered sensitive. The following SLAM-ER
components being conveyed by the proposed sale that are considered
sensitive and are classified Confidential include Imaging Infrared
(IIR) seeker, the Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System
(GPS/INS), Operational Flight Program (OFP) Software, Missile
operational characteristics and performance data.
3. The AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) is used by Navy, Marine
Corps, and Air Force, and allows aircraft to attack well-defended
targets in day, night, and adverse weather conditions. AGM-154C carries
a BROACH warhead. The BROACH warhead incorporates an advanced multi-
stage warhead. JSOW uses the GPS Precise Positioning System (PPS),
which provides for a more accurate capability than the commercial
version of GPS.
4. The JSOW incorporates components, software, and technical design
information that are considered sensitive. The following JSOW-C
components being conveyed by the proposed sale that are considered
sensitive and are classified Confidential include the GPS/INS, IIR
seeker, OFP software and missile operational characteristics and
performance data. These elements are essential to the ability of the
JSOW-C missile to selectively engage hostile targets under a wide range
of operational, tactical, and environmental conditions.
5. The GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) I weapon is a 250-lb
class, all-up round (AUR) that provides greater than 50nm standoff
range. SDB I is a day or night, adverse weather, precision engagement
capability against pre-planned fixed or stationary soft, non-hardened,
and hardened targets. The warhead has a high-strength steel penetration
design with a blast or fragmentation capability containing
approximately 36 pounds of high explosives. SDB I is a Global
Positioning System (GPS) guided weapon aided by Inertial Navigation
System (INS).
6. The SDB I include an integrated height of burst (HoB) sensor
that provides the weapon with an airburst capability.
7. A key component of the SDB system is the weapon planning module
(WPM). The module is hosted on the Joint Mission Planning System
(JMPS). The WPM provides unit-level planners and intelligence personnel
a means of importing target location data, programming desired fuzing
parameters, and computing release and impact conditions (or using
defaults) for the employment of each weapon. This weapon planning data
is saved to an aircraft data transfer device for download into the
aircraft avionics and subsequently passed to the carriage and weapon
upon initialization.
8. Logistics components consist of training equipment, technical
data, sustainment spares, shipping and storage containers, and a test
adapter unit for the Common Munitions BIT and Reprogramming Equipment
(CMBRE) or CMBRE Plus. The GBU-39/B (SBD I) hardware and software is
Unclassified.
9. The BRU-61/A carriage system consists of a four-place rack with
a self-
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contained pneumatic charging and accumulator section. Four ejector
assemblies hold the individual weapons. Internal avionics and wire
harnesses connect the carriage system to the aircraft and to the
individual weapons. The carriage avionics assembly provides the
interface between the individual stores and the aircraft for targeting,
GPS keys, alignment, fuze settings, and weapon release sequence
information. A MIL-STD-1760 umbilical using a MIL-STD-1760 Class II
primary interface signal set connects the carriage system to the
aircraft. Each ejector station has a Joint Miniature Munitions
Interface (JMMI) umbilical which provides the electrical and logical
interface to the individual weapons.
10. If a technologically advanced adversary were to obtain
knowledge of the specific hardware in the proposed sale, the
information could be used to develop countermeasures which might reduce
weapons system effectiveness or be used in the development of a system
with similar or advanced capabilities. In order to mitigate this
possibility, the USG, in conjunction with the UAE, has developed a
robust protocol of handling and storage procedures that maximizes
security of the munitions, minimizes the opportunity for unauthorized
disclosure of sensitive information, with the net effect of preserving
the capability and effectiveness of the munitions for the USG and our
international partners.
[FR Doc. 2013-24622 Filed 10-21-13; 8:45 am]
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