Notice2024-10385
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
May 13, 2024
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Defense Department
Abstract
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41405-41407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10385]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 22-0C]
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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb5beb2b7f5bcf5b3bebfb7aeb5bff5b8b2ad9bb6bab2b7f5b6b2b7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="503e35393c7e377e3835343c253e347e333926103d31393c7e3d393c">[email protected]</span></a> 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-
0C.
Dated: May 8, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 22-0C
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology or
Capability (Sec. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of Switzerland
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 20-35
Date: September 30, 2020
Implementing Agency: Air Force, Navy
(iii) Description: On September 30, 2020, Congress was notified by
Congressional certification transmittal number 20-35 of the possible
sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of up to
forty (40) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing
(CTOL) aircraft; forty-six (46) Pratt & Whitney F-135 engines; forty
(40) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Missiles; fifty (50)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs); six
(6) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Special Air Training Missiles (NATMS);
four (4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units; ten (10)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II CATM Guidance Units; eighteen (18) KMU-572
JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-54; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82 500LB, General
Purpose; twelve (12) Bomb MK-82, Inert; twelve (12) GBU-53/B Small
Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR); and eight (8) GBU-53/B
SDB II Guided Test Vehicle (GTV). Also included are Electronic Warfare
Systems; Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence/
Communications, Navigational, and Identification (C4I/CNI); Autonomic
Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Autonomic Logistics Information
System (ALIS); Full Mission Trainer; Weapons Employment Capability and
other Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities; F-35 unique infrared
flares; reprogramming center access; F-35
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Performance Based Logistics; software development/integration; flight
test instrumentation; aircraft ferry and tanker support; Detector Laser
DSU-38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/B, FMU-139D/B Fuze, KMU-572(D-
2)/B Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch Wing Release Lanyard; GBU-53/B SDB II
Weapon Load Crew Trainers (WLCT); Cartridge, 25 mm PGU-23/U; weapons
containers; aircraft and munitions support and test equipment;
communications equipment; spares and repair parts; repair and return
support; personnel training and training equipment; publications and
technical documents; U.S. Government and contractor engineering,
technical, and logistics support services; and other related elements
of logistical and program support. The total estimated cost was $6.58
billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $4.08 billion of
this total.
On December 4, 2020, Congress was notified by Congressional
certification transmittal number 0B-21 of a clarification of eighteen
(18) FMU-139D/B Fuzes as MDE items. This transmittal further reported a
clarification of the description for AIM-9X Guidance Units from ``four
(4) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II Tactical Guidance Units'' to ``four (4)
Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (plus) Tactical Guidance Units.'' The total
MDE remained $4.08 billion. The total case value remained $6.58
billion.
This transmittal reports an extension of operation and sustainment
costs for Switzerland's F-35 (non-MDE articles and services). There is
no additional MDE being reported with this notification; as such, the
total MDE value remains $4.08 billion. The total cost of the new non-
MDE articles and services is $1.95 billion. The total case value will
increase to $8.53 billion.
(iv) Significance: This notification is provided due to the
increased costs associated with the request for a longer period of
Operations and Sustainment costs, as modified by the Swiss government
from their original request.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign
policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve
the security of a friendly European nation that continues to be an
important force for political stability and economic progress in
Europe.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology: The Sensitivity of Technology
Statement contained in the original notification applies to articles
and services here.
(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: February 18, 2022.
[FR Doc. 2024-10385 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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