Notice2024-23550
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
October 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Defense Department
Abstract
The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82591-82593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23550]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 23-16]
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,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2a2b3bfb7beb3fcb3fcabbda7bcb5e3e6fcb1bba492bfb3bbbefcbfbbbe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="592938343c353877387720362c373e686d773a302f193438303577343035">[email protected]</span></a>, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b0f18080a450508194519181908060c061f450702181f45080518460609132b060a020745060207"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="07637464662969647529757475646a606a73296b6e7473296469742a6a657f476a666e6b296a6e6b">[email protected]</span></a>.
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-
16, Policy Justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: October 7, 2024.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 23-16
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 Poland
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *................ $13 billion
Other.................................... $ 2 billion
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TOTAL.................................. $15 billion
Funding Source: National Funds.
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase: The Government of Poland has
requested to buy phase two of a two-phase program for an Integrated Air
and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System (IBCS) enabled PATRIOT
Configuration-3+ with modernized sensors and components. The request is
for the following equipment:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Forty-eight (48) PATRIOT M903 Launch Stations
Up to six hundred forty-four (644) PATRIOT Advanced Capability
(PAC) 3 Missile Segment Enhanced (MSE) Missiles
Forty-eight (48) Launcher Interface Network Kits (LINKs)
Twelve (12) Lower Tier Air and
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Missile Defense Sensors (LTAMDS)
Twelve (12) Large Tactical Power Systems (LTPS) for the LTAMDS
Non-MDE:
Also included is communications equipment; tools and test
equipment; support equipment; generators; spare parts; repair parts;
Selective Availability Anti-spoofing Module (SAASM) Global Positioning
System Precise Positioning Service receivers; modification kits; U.S.
Government and contractor technical, engineering, and logistics support
services for planning, execution, Systems Integration and Checkout
(SICO), flight test activities, field office support, and training; and
other related elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (PL-B-UEJ, PL-B-UEK, PL-B-UEL, PL-B-
UEM)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: PL-B-UCW
(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:
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Poland--Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System
(IBCS)
The Government of Poland has requested to buy phase two of a two-
phase program for an Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command
System (IBCS) enabled PATRIOT Configuration-3+ with modernized sensors
and components. The request is for the following equipment: forty-eight
(48) PATRIOT M903 Launch Stations; up to six hundred forty-four (644)
PATRIOT Advanced Capability (PAC) 3 Missile Segment Enhanced (MSE)
missiles; forty-eight (48) Launcher Interface Network Kits (LINKs);
twelve (12) Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensors (LTAMDS); and
twelve (12) Large Tactical Power Systems (LTPS) for the LTAMDS. Also
included is communications equipment; tools and test equipment; support
equipment; generators; spare parts; repair parts; Selective
Availability Anti-spoofing Module (SAASM) Global Positioning System
Precise Positioning Service receivers; modification kits; U.S.
Government and contractor technical, engineering, and logistics support
services for planning, execution, Systems Integration and Checkout
(SICO), flight test activities, field office support, and training; and
other related elements of logistics and program support. The total
estimated program cost is $15 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and
national security objectives of the United States (U.S.) by improving
the security of a NATO Ally that is a force for political stability and
economic progress in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve Poland's missile defense capability
and contribute to Poland's military goals of updating capability while
further enhancing interoperability with the U.S. and other allies.
Poland will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed
forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the
basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractors will be Raytheon Corporation, Andover,
MA; Lockheed-Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, TX; and
another original equipment manufacturer to be selected to develop and
produce generator sets for the LTPS. The purchaser has requested
offsets. Any offset agreement will be defined in negotiations between
the purchaser and the contractor(s).
Implementation of this proposed sale will require approximately
forty (40) U.S. Government and/or forty-five (45) contractor
representatives to travel to Poland for an extended period for
equipment de-processing/fielding, system checkout, training, and
technical and logistics support.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 23-16
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 PATRIOT Advanced Capability (PAC) 3 Missile Segment Enhanced
(MSE) missile is a small, highly agile, kinetic kill interceptor for
defense against tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and air-
breathing threats. The MSE variant of the PAC-3 missile represents the
next generation in hit-to-kill interceptors and provides expanded
battlespace against evolving threats. The PAC-3 MSE improves upon the
original PAC-3 capability with a higher performance solid rocket motor,
modified lethality enhancer, more responsive control surfaces, upgraded
guidance software, and insensitive munitions improvements.
2. M903 launcher stations are capable of launching the entire
family of PATRIOT missiles. All new U.S. launchers are M903
configuration.
3. The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
4. 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.
5. A determination has been made that the Government of Poland 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.
6. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal
have been authorized for release and export to the Government of
Poland.
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