Notice2024-25114
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 29, 2024)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 23-48]
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-
48, Policy Justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: October 24, 2024.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 23-48
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 *................ $ 7.5 billion
Other.................................... $ 4.5 billion
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TOTAL.................................. $12.0 billion
Funding Source: National Funds
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Ninety-six (96) AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters
Two hundred ten (210) T700-GE 701D Engines (192 installed, 18 spares)
Ninety-seven (97) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and
Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (M-
TADS/PNVS) (96 installed, 1 spare)
Thirty-seven (37) AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars (FCR) Mast Mounted
Assembly (MMA) (36 installed, 1 spare)
Thirty-seven (37) Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR) Radar Electronic
Units (REU), (36 installed, 1 spare)
Ninety-six (96) AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers
(MRFI)
One hundred two (102) AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS)
(96 installed, 6 spares)
Two hundred four (204) AN/ARC-231A, with RT-1987 Receivers
Transmitters, Very High Frequency/Ultra High Frequency (VHF/UHF) Radios
(192 installed, 12 spares)
One thousand eight hundred forty-four (1,844) AGM-114R2 Hellfire
Missiles
Ninety-six (96) M36E8 Hellfire Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM)
Four hundred sixty (460) AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM)
Five hundred eight (508) Stinger 92K Block I Missiles
Seven thousand six hundred fifty (7,650) WGU-59/B Advanced Precision
Kill Weapon System II (APKWS-II) Guidance Sections (GS)
Non-MDE:
Also included are Radar Signal Detecting Sets; Laser Detecting
Sets; Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; Improved Data
Modems; Small Tactical Terminals; Improved Countermeasure Dispensing
Systems (ICMD); Automatic Direction Finders; Doppler Radar Velocity
Sensors; Radar Altimeter Common Cores (RACC); Tactical Air Navigation
Set (TACAN); Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; Simple Key
Loader; Advanced Weapon System Automatic Machine Guns; rocket
launchers; missile launchers; rockets; ammunition; Manned-Unmanned
Teaming (MUMT) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Receiver; MUMT Air-Air-
Ground kits; training devices; communication systems; helmets;
simulators; generators; aircrew survivability equipment; transportation
and organization 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
technical assistance; technical and logistics support services; and
other related elements of program and logistical support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (PL-B-UEH)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(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: August 21, 2023
* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Poland--AH-64E Apache Helicopters
The Government of Poland has requested to buy ninety-six (96) AH-
64E Apache Attack Helicopters; two hundred ten (210) T700-GE 701D
engines (192 installed, 18 spares); ninety-seven (97) AN/ASQ-170
Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11
Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors (M-TADS/PNVS) (96 installed, 1
spare); thirty-seven (37) AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars (FCR) Mast
Mounted Assembly (MMA) (36 installed, 1 spare); thirty-seven (37)
Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR) Radar Electronic Units (REU), (36
installed, 1 spare); ninety-six (96) AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar
Frequency Interferometers (MRFI); one hundred two (102) AN/AAR-57
Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (96 installed, 6 spares); two
hundred four (204) AN/ARC-231A, with RT-1987 Receiver Transmitters,
Very High Frequency/Ultra High Frequency (VHF/UHF) radios (192
installed, 12 spares); one thousand eight hundred forty-four (1,844)
AGM-114R2 Hellfire Missiles; ninety-six (96) M36E8 Hellfire Captive Air
Training Missiles (CATM); four hundred sixty (460) AGM-179A Joint Air-
to-Ground Missiles (JAGM); five hundred eight (508) Stinger 92K Block I
Missiles; and seven thousand six hundred fifty (7,650) WGU-59/B
Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS-II) Guidance Sections
(GS). Also included are Radar Signal Detecting Sets; Laser Detecting
Sets; Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; Improved Data
Modems; Small Tactical Terminals; Improved Countermeasure Dispensing
Systems (ICMD); Automatic Direction Finders; Doppler Radar Velocity
Sensors; Radar Altimeter Common Cores (RACC); Tactical Air Navigation
Set (TACAN); Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers; Simple Key
Loader; Advanced Weapon System Automatic Machine Guns; rocket
launchers; missile launchers; rockets; ammunition; Manned-Unmanned
Teaming (MUMT) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Receiver; MUMT Air-Air-
Ground kits; training devices; communication systems; helmets;
simulators; generators; aircrew survivability equipment; transportation
and organization 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
technical assistance; technical and logistics support services; and
other related elements of program and logistical support. The estimated
total cost is $12.0 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and
national security objectives of the United States by improving the
security of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ally that is a
force for political stability and economic progress in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve Poland's capability to meet current
and future threats by providing a credible force that is capable of
deterring adversaries and participating in NATO operations. 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 Boeing, Mesa, AZ, and Lockheed
Martin, Orlando, FL. 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 temporary duty
travel of five to eight U.S. Government and contractor representatives
to Poland for a duration of up to five years to support equipment
fielding and training.
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There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 23-48
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 AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter is the Army's advanced
attack helicopter, equipped for performing close air support, anti-
armor, and armed reconnaissance missions. The aircraft contains the
following communications and target identification equipment,
navigation equipment, aircraft survivability equipment, displays, and
sensors:
a. The AN/ARC-231A (RT 1987) Very High Frequency/Ultra High
Frequency (VHF/UHF) radio is a multi-mode software-defined radio
providing line of sight VHF/UHF secure and non-secure voice and data
communications in the 30.000-941.000 MHz frequency range and Satellite
Communications (SATCOM) beyond line of sight secure and non-secure
voice and data, including Demand Assigned Multiple ACCESS (DAMA)
communications in the 240-320 MHz frequency range on manned and
unmanned aviation platforms. ARC-231A (RT 1987) 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) waveform, 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.
b. The AN/APX-123A Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) digital
transponder set provides pertinent platform information in response to
an IFF interrogator. The digital transponder provides cooperative Mark
XII IFF capability using full diversity selection, as well as Mode
Select (Mode S) capability. In addition, the transponder is capable of
interfacing with the aircraft's Traffic Collision and Avoidance System
(TCAS). The transponder receives pulsed radio frequency interrogation
signals in any of six modes (1, 2, 3/A, S, and 5), decodes the signals,
and transmits a pulsecoded reply. The Mark XII IFF operation includes
Selective Identification Feature (SIF) Modes 1, 2, 3/A and C, as well
as secure cryptographic Mode 5 operational capability.
c. Link 16 Datalink is a military tactical data link network. Link
16 provides aircrews with enhanced situational awareness and the
ability to exchange target information to Command and Control (C2)
assets via Tactical Digital Information Link-Joint (TADIL-J). Link 16
can provide a range of combat information in near-real time to U.S. and
allied combat aircraft and C2 centers. The AH-64E uses the Harris Small
Tactical Terminal (STT) KOR-24A to provide Airborne and Maritime/Fixed
Station (AMF) Small Airborne Link 16 Terminal (SALT) capability. The
STT is the latest generation of small, two-channel, Link 16 and VHF/UHF
radio terminals. While in flight, the STT provides simultaneous
communication, voice or data, on two key waveforms.
d. The AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receiver Signal Detecting Set is a
system that provides warning of a radar-directed air defense threat and
allows for the employment of appropriate countermeasures. This is the
1553 data bus compatible configuration.
e. The AN/AVR-2B Laser Warning Set is a passive laser warning
system that receives, processes, and displays threat information on the
aircraft's multi-functional display when the system detects lasers
illuminating the aircraft.
f. The AAR-57 Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) detects energy
emitted by threat missiles in-flight, evaluates potential false alarm
emitters in the environment, declares validity of threats, and selects
appropriate countermeasures for defeat. The CMWS consists of an
Electronic Control Unit (ECU), Electro-Optic Missile Sensors (EOMSs),
and Sequencer and Improved Countermeasures Dispenser (ICMD).
g. The AH-64E uses two EAGLE+MMR Embedded Global Positioning System
(GPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) (EGI) with Multi-Mode Receiver.
The EAGLE+MMR is a self-contained, all-attitude navigation system with
an embedded GPS receiver controlled via MIL-STD-1553B controller and
provides output navigation and GPS timing data to support ADS-B out and
other platform systems. The EAGLE's EGI unit houses a 24 channel GPS
receiver capable of operating in either Standard Positioning Service
(SPS) C/A-code (non-encrypted) or Precise Positioning Service (PPS) Y-
code (encrypted).
h. The AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation
Sight/AN/AAQ-11 Pilot Night Vision Sensor (MTADS/PNVS) provides day,
night, and limited adverse weather target information, as well as night
navigation capabilities. The PNVS provides thermal imaging that permits
nap-of-the-earth flight to, from, and within the battle area, while
MTADS provides the copilot gunner with search, detection, recognition,
and designation capabilities by means of Direct View Optics (DVO),
television, and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sighting systems that
may be used singularly or in combinations.
i. The AN/APR-48B Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometer (M-RFI)
is an updated version of the passive radar detection and direction-
finding system. It utilizes a detachable User Data Module (UDM) on the
M-RFI processor, which contains the Radar Frequency (RF) threat
library.
j. The AN/APG-78 Longbow Fire Control Radar (FCR) with Radar
Electronics Unit (REU) is an active, low-probability-of-intercept,
millimeter wave radar. The active radar is combined with a passive
Radar Frequency Interferometer (RFI) mounted on top of the helicopter
mast. The FCR Ground Targeting Mode detects, locates, classifies, and
prioritizes stationary or moving armored vehicles, tanks, and mobile
air defense systems, as well as hovering helicopters and helicopters
and fixed-wing aircraft in normal flight. If desired, the radar data
can be used to refer targets to the regular electro-optical Modernized
Target Acquisition and Designation Sight (MTADS).
k. The Manned-Unmanned Teaming X (MUMT-X) data link system provides
cross-platform communication and teaming between Apache, unmanned
aerial systems (UAS), and other interoperable aircraft and ground
platforms. It provides the ability to display real-time UAS sensor
information and MTADs full motion video feeds across MUMT-equipped
platforms and ground stations.
l. The M299 Missile Launcher, commonly known as the Longbow
Hellfire Launcher (LBHL), is a four-rail launcher designed to carry the
complete family of AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles.
m. The AGM-114R Hellfire is a semi-active laser guided missile with
a multi-purpose warhead that can engage and defeat both high and
heavily armored targets, personnel, bunkers, caves, and urban
structures.
n. The JAGM-179A is an Air-to-Ground Missile (AGM) consisting of
the Hellfire Romeo (AGM-114R) back-end (i.e., propulsion, warhead, and
control sections) mated to a newly designed dual-mode guidance section
(GS). The dual-mode GS is a combination of
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Millimeter Wave (MMW) and Semi-Active Laser (SAL) sensors co-axially
aligned on a steerable gimbal. The combination of MMW and SAL sensors
provide improved Precision Point (PP) and Fire-and-Forget (FF)
capabilities in a single munition. This combination allows for
targeting of fast moving and stationary targets in countermeasure and
intensive battlefield environments, and in low cloud ceiling and
adverse weather. Firing modes include Lock-On Before Launch (LOBL) and
Lock-On After Launch (LOAL). Engagement modes include Point Designation
(PD)--SAL only, Target Designation (PD)--SAL initiated with MMW
engagement completion, Active Fire & Forget/Laser Queuing (AFF-LQ)--MMW
initiated with SAL override capability, and Active Fire & Forget
(AFF)--MMW only. Hosting platforms include select rotary-wing and
fixed-wing aircraft, wheeled or tracked vehicles, ground-based pedestal
launchers, and patrol boats. Targets include tactical armor, boats,
bunkers, buildings, caves, personnel in the open, rotary-wing and slow
fixed-wing aircraft, UAS, and fast-moving non-tactical vehicles. The
MMW is capable of hitting low radar cross section targets.
o. The Hellfire M36E9 Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) is a
flight-training missile that consists of a functional guidance section
coupled to an inert missile bus. It functions like a tactical missile
during captive carry on the aircraft, absent launch capability, making
it suitable for training the aircrew in simulated Hellfire Missile
target acquisition and lock.
p. The M261 2.75 Inch Rocket Launcher is a nineteen tube, three
zone rocket launcher utilized on heavy attack aircraft. It fires the
Hydra 70 2.75-inch rocket, an unguided, fin-stabilized air-to-ground
rocket that can utilize a variety of warhead and fuze combinations to
achieve a range of effects.
q. The AGR-20A Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APWKS) is a
conversion of the 2.75-inch Hydra 70 rocket which adds a laser guidance
kit to enable precision targeting.
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 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.
5. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal
have been authorized for release and export to Poland.
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