Notice2024-21057
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
September 17, 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 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76100-76103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21057]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 23-32]
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: Pamela Young at (703) 953-6092,
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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 with attached Transmittal 23-
32, Policy Justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: September 11, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 23-32
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 Norway
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *............... $ .550 billion
Other................................... $ .450 billion
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TOTAL................................. $1.000 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Six (6) MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters
Fifteen (15) T-700-GE-401C Engines (12 installed, 3 spares)
Nine (9) Link 16 Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems Joint
Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS JTRS) (6 installed, 3 spares)
Eighteen (18) Embedded Global Positioning System/Precise Positioning
Service (GPS/PPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with Selective
Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) (12 installed, 6 spares)
Six (6) Airborne Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (aircraft provisions only)
Non-MDE:
Also included are M514 impulse cartridge/cartridge actuated devices;
MJ20 cartridge actuated thruster/
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cartridge actuated devices; WB53 fire extinguisher cartridge/cartridge
actuated devices; CCU-136A/A impulse cartridge; GAU-21 crew-served guns
(including pintle and laser pointer); AN/ARC-210 RT-2036 radios with
Communications Security (COMSEC); AN/AAR-47 missile warning systems;
AN/APX-123 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; AN/ALE-47
dispensers; Electronic Countermeasures; Advanced Data Transfer Systems
(ADTS); AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems; Identification
Friend or Foe Mode 4/5 Cryptographic Applique, KIV-78; Joint Mission
Planning Systems (JMPS); AN/ARQ-59 Hawklink radio terminals; Training
Simulators/Operational Machine Interface Assistants (ATS/OMIA);
Aviation Maintenance Weapons Loading Trainer (AMWLT); Tactical
Operational Flight Trainer (TOFT); AN/ALQ-210 Electronic Support
Measures (ESM) systems; APS-153(V) multi-mode radars; spare engine
containers; spare and repair parts; support and test equipment;
communications equipment; ferry support; publications and technical
documentation; personnel training and training equipment; U.S.
Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services; obsolescence engineering, integration, and test activities
required to ensure readiness for the production of the Norwegian MH-60R
helicopters; and other related elements of logistics and program
support.
(iv) Military Department: Navy (NO-P-SAR)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: NO-P-GFF
(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: April 26, 2023
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Norway--Defense Articles and Services Related to the MH-60R Multi-
Mission Helicopters
The Government of Norway has requested to buy six (6) MH-60R Multi-
Mission Helicopters; fifteen (15) T-700-GE-401C engines (12 installed,
3 spares); nine (9) Link 16 Multifunctional Information Distribution
Systems Joint Tactical Radio Systems (MIDS JTRS) (6 installed, 3
spares); eighteen (18) Embedded Global Positioning System/Precise
Positioning Service (GPS/PPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (EGI) with
Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) (12 installed, 6
spares); and six (6) Airborne Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS) (aircraft
provisions only). Also included are M514 impulse cartridge/cartridge
actuated devices; MJ20 cartridge actuated thruster/cartridge actuated
devices; WB53 fire extinguisher cartridge/cartridge actuated devices;
CCU-136A/A impulse cartridges; GAU-21 crew served guns (including
pintle and laser pointer); AN/ARC-210 RT-2036 radios with
Communications Security (COMSEC); AN/AAR-47 missile warning systems;
AN/APX-123 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; AN/ALE-47
dispensers; Electronic Countermeasures; Advanced Data Transfer Systems
(ADTS); AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems; Identification
Friend or Foe Mode 4/5 Cryptographic Applique, KIV-78; Joint Mission
Planning Systems (JMPS); AN/ARQ-59 Hawklink radio terminals; Training
Simulators/Operational Machine Interface Assistants (ATS/OMIA);
Aviation Maintenance Weapons Loading Trainer (AMWLT); Tactical
Operational Flight Trainer (TOFT); AN/ALQ-210 Electronic Support
Measures (ESM) systems; APS-153(V) multi-mode radars; spare engine
containers; spare and repair parts; support and test equipment;
communications equipment; ferry support; publications and technical
documentation; personnel training and training equipment; U.S.
Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services; obsolescence engineering, integration, and test activities
required to ensure readiness for the production of the Norwegian MH-60R
helicopters; and other related elements of logistics and program
support. The total estimated program cost is $1 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and
national security objectives of the United States by improving the
security of a NATO Ally that is an important force for political
stability and economic progress in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve Norway's capability to perform
search and rescue, anti-surface, and anti-submarine warfare missions
along with the ability to perform secondary missions, including
vertical replenishment and communications relay. Norway will use the
enhanced capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to
strengthen its homeland defense. Norway will have no difficulty
absorbing these helicopters and support 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 Rotary and Mission
Systems, Owego, New York. The purchaser has requested offsets. Any
offset agreement will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser
and the contractor.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require multiple trips by
U.S. Government representatives and the assignment of contractor
representatives to Norway on an intermittent basis over the life of the
case to support delivery and integration of items and to provide supply
support management, inventory control, and equipment familiarization.
In addition, there will be up to four (4) contractor representatives in
Norway full-time for the duration of the case.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 23-32
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 MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter focuses primarily on anti-
submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) missions. The
MH-60R also performs search and rescue, naval gunfire support,
surveillance, communications relay, logistics support, personnel
transfer, and vertical replenishment missions. The MH-60R carries
several sensors and data links to enhance its ability to work in a
network centric battle group and as an extension of its home ship or
main operating base. The mission equipment subsystem consists of the
following sensors and subsystems: an acoustics system capable of, but
not configured for, future dipping sonar and sonobuoy operations,
Multi-Mode Radar (MMR) with integral Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
interrogator, radios with COMSEC, Electronic Support Measures (ESM),
Integrated Self-Defense (ISD), and Multi-Spectral Targeting System
(MTS). The aircraft processes sensor data onboard, and transmits data
via Common Data Link (CDL) (also referred to as Hawklink). The aircraft
is night vision compatible. It can carry AGM-114A/B/K/N Hellfire
missiles, as well as MK 46/54 torpedoes to engage surface
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and sub-surface targets. The MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter is capable
of carrying the Airborne Low Frequency Sonars (ALFS), GAU-61 Digital
Rocket Launchers, Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APKWS), GAU-
21 crew-served guns, and M240 crew-served guns.
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 Norway 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
have been authorized for release and export to the Government of
Norway.
[FR Doc. 2024-21057 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am]
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