Notice2025-09363
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
May 27, 2025
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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 90, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22249-22253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09363]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 24-0B]
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)(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 24-
0B.
Dated: May 20, 2025.
Stephanie J. Bost,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 24-0B
REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF TECHNOLOGY OR
CAPABILITY (SEC. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of the United Kingdom
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 18-40
Date: October 19, 2018
Implementing Agency: Army
(iii) Description: On October 19, 2018, Congress was notified by
Congressional certification transmittal number 18-40 of the possible
sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of sixteen
(16) H-47 Chinook (Extended Range) helicopters; thirty-six (36) T-55-
GA-714A engines (32 installed, 4 spares); forty-eight (48) embedded GPS
inertial navigation units (32 installed, 16 spares); twenty (20) common
missile warning systems (16 installed, 4 spares); twenty-two (22)
radio-frequency countermeasures (16 installed, 6 spares); nineteen (19)
multi-mode radars (16 installed, 3 spares); nineteen (19) electro-
optical sensor systems (16 installed, 3 spares); forty (40) M-134D-T
miniguns, plus mounts and tools (32 installed, 8 spares); and forty
(40) M240H machine guns, plus mounts and tools (32 installed, 8
spares). Also included was communications equipment; navigation
equipment; aircraft survivability equipment; initial training equipment
and services; synthetic training equipment; support package including
spares and repair parts; special tools and test equipment; aviation
ground support equipment; safety and air worthiness certification;
technical support; maintenance support; technical and aircrew
publications; mission planning system equipment and support; project
management and governance; United States (U.S.) Government and
contractor engineering and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated
program cost was $3.5 billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE)
constituted $1.655 billion of this total.
This transmittal notifies the addition of the following MDE items:
--Seventeen (17) Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) Systems
--Seventeen (17) Limited Missile Warning Receiver Systems (LIMWS)
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--Seventeen (17) Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage Systems (DVEPS)
Also included are Man-Portable Night Vision Devices. The estimated
total value of these new items is $162 million, but their addition will
not cause an increase in the total case value. The estimated total case
value will remain at $3.5 billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) will
remain at $1.655 billion of this total.
(iv) Significance: The proposed sale will enhance the United
Kingdom's capabilities to provide national defense and contribute to
NATO and coalition operations.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign
policy goals and national security objectives of the U.S. by improving
the security of a NATO Ally that is a force for political stability and
economic progress in Europe.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology: CIRCM is the next-generation
lightweight, laser-based, infrared countermeasure system for rotary-
wing, tiltrotor, and small fixed-wing aircraft across the DoD. CIRCM
provides near-spherical coverage of the host platform to defeat
infrared (IR)-seeking threat missiles. CIRCM receives an angular
bearing hand-off from the Missile Warning System (Common Missile
Warning System (CMWS) or LIMWS) and employs a pointing and tracking
system that acquires and tracks the incoming missile. CIRCM jams the
missile by using modulated laser energy, thus degrading the tracking
capability of the missile and causing it to miss the aircraft.
LIMWS will protect aircraft from missiles by deploying flares and
by cueing laser-based countermeasure systems such as the CIRCM. The
LIMWS A-kit is backwards compatible with CMWS. LIMWS maintains
overmatch of quickly emerging threat technology and tactics by
providing increased detection range, improved detection in clutter, and
more agile algorithms to rapidly respond to emerging Man-Portable Air
Defense Systems (MANPADS) threats. LIMWS utilizes IR-based sensors to
detect incoming missiles and unguided hostile fire, fiber optic cables
for high-speed data transmission from the sensors to the system
processor and implements machine learning algorithms.
DVEPS provides overmatch by providing increased situational
awareness to the aircrew in Degraded Visual Environment (DVE)
conditions such as brownout, allowing Special Operations Aviation
assets to execute missions in almost any environmental condition. DVEPS
utilizes using three-dimensional (3D) imaging technology. DVEPS
produces imagery, 3D conformal symbology, and system alerts to aid
pilots in maintaining spatial awareness during and after transition
from visual meteorological conditions (VMC) to DVE conditions. DVEPS
includes a synthetic vision avionics backbone (SVAB), light detection
and ranging (LiDAR), removable storage device, infrared camera, power
distribution unit, and inertial measurement unit.
The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: March 12, 2024
[FR Doc. 2025-09363 Filed 5-23-25; 8:45 am]
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