Notice2025-20038
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
November 18, 2025
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Defense Department
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The DoD is publishing the unclassified text of an arms sales notification.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51679-51681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20038]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 23-79]
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: Urooj Zahra at (703) 695-6233,
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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-
79, Policy Justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: November 13, 2025.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 23-79
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 Slovakia
(ii) Total Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *................ $250 million
Other.................................... $350 million
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TOTAL.................................. $600 million
Funding Source: FMF Grant and National Funds
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Twelve (12) AH-1Z attack helicopters
Twenty-six (26) T-700 GE 401C engines (24 installed, 2 spares)
One thousand six hundred eighty (1,680) Advanced Precision Kill
Weapon Systems (APKWS), WGU-59/B
Fourteen (14) Honeywell embedded global positioning systems (GPS)/
inertial navigation systems (INS) (EGIs) (12 installed, 2 spares)
Non-Major Defense Equipment:
The following non-MDE items will also be included: support and test
equipment; aircraft; weapons and munitions; countermeasures;
integration and test support; spare and repair parts; communications
equipment; mission planning; software delivery and support; Helmet
Mounted Display System/Optimized TopOwl, Target Sight Systems and
containers, technical refresh mission computers; ANVIS-9 night vision
cueing displays; AN/ARC-210 Generation 6 receiver-transmitter 2036
radio equipment; AN/APX-123A identification friend or foe (IFF) Mode 5
mounting trays and batteries; cartridge actuated devices/propellant
actuated devices (CAD/PADs); facilities and construction support;
transportation; publications and technical documentation; personnel
training and training equipment; countermeasures, including M299
launchers, LAU-61C/A and LAU-68F/A rocket launchers, M151 high
explosive warheads for airborne 2.75 inch rockets; MK66 MOD 4, 2.75-
inch rocket motors; WTU-1B warheads; M197 20 mm armament pod gun
assemblies; 20 mm PGU-27A/B target practice rounds; 20 mm PGU-28A/B
semi armor piercing high explosive incendiary rounds; AN/ALE-47 chaff
and flare countermeasures system; MJU-32A/B and MJU-49B decoy flares;
SMB875B/ALE flare simulators; RR-129A/AL chaff cartridges; RR-144A/AL
training chaff cartridges; CCU-136A/A impulse cartridges; AN/AAR-47
missile warning system; AN/APR-39C radar warning receiver and
conversion
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kits; KIV-78A cryptographic appliques; AN/PYQ-10C Simple Key Loader
with KOV-21 cryptographic card; U.S. Government and contractor
engineering; field service representative services; technical and
logistical support services; studies and surveys; and other related
elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Navy (LO-P-SAB)
(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: July 31, 2024
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Slovakia--AH-1Z Attack Helicopters
The Government of Slovakia has requested to buy twelve (12) AH-1Z
attack helicopters; twenty-six (26) T-700 GE 401C engines (24
installed, 2 spares); one thousand six hundred eighty (1,680) Advanced
Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS), WGU-59/B; and fourteen (14)
Honeywell embedded global positioning systems (GPS)/inertial navigation
systems (INS) (EGIs) (12 installed, 2 spares). The following non-MDE
items will also be included: support and test equipment; aircraft;
weapons and munitions; countermeasures; integration and test support;
spare and repair parts; communications equipment; mission planning;
software delivery and support; Helmet Mounted Display System/Optimized
TopOwl, Target Sight Systems and containers; technical refresh mission
computers; ANVIS-9 night vision cueing displays; AN/ARC-210 Generation
6 receiver-transmitter 2036 radio equipment; AN/APX-123A identification
friend or foe (IFF) Mode 5 mounting trays and batteries; cartridge
actuated devices/propellant actuated devices (CAD/PADs); facilities and
construction support; transportation; publications and technical
documentation; personnel training and training equipment;
countermeasures, including M299 launchers, LAU-61C/A and LAU-68F/A
rocket launchers, M151 high explosive warheads for airborne 2.75 inch
rockets; MK66 MOD 4, 2.75-inch rocket motors; WTU-1B warheads; M197 20
mm armament pod gun assemblies; 20 mm PGU-27A/B target practice rounds;
20 mm PGU-28A/B semi armor piercing high explosive incendiary rounds;
AN/ALE-47 chaff and flare countermeasures system; MJU-32A/B and MJU-49B
decoy flares; SMB875B/ALE flare simulators; RR-129A/AL chaff
cartridges; RR-144A/AL training chaff cartridges; CCU-136A/A impulse
cartridges; AN/AAR-47 missile warning system; AN/APR-39C radar warning
receiver and conversion kits; KIV-78A cryptographic appliques; AN/PYQ-
10C Simple Key Loader with KOV-21 cryptographic card; U.S. Government
and contractor engineering; field service representative services;
technical and logistical support services; studies and surveys; and
other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated
total cost is $600 million.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national
security objectives of the United States by helping to improve the
security of a NATO Ally that is a force for political stability and
economic progress in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve Slovakia's capability to meet
current and future threats by providing the Slovak Air Force with
aircraft to meet its national defense needs. Slovakia 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 Bell Textron, located in Fort
Worth, TX; and the General Electric Company, located in Lynn, MA. There
are no known offset agreements in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require multiple trips by
U.S. Government and contractor representatives to Slovakia to
participate in program and technical reviews, as well as training and
maintenance support in-country, on a temporary basis, for a period of
twenty-four (24) months. It will also require approximately two (2)
contractor support representatives to reside in-country for a period of
two (2) years to support this program.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 23-79
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-1Z has an integrated avionics system which includes two
mission computers and an automatic flight control system. Each crew
station has two 8x6-inch multifunction liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
and one 4.2x4.2-inch dual function LCD. The communications suite will
have COMSEC ARC 210 ultra high frequency/very high frequency (UHF/VHF)
radios with associated communications equipment. The navigation suite
includes a Precise Positioning System (PPS), Honeywell embedded global
positioning systems (GPS)/inertial navigation systems (INS) (EGIs)
provided by Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) or M-
Code, a digital map system, and a low-airspeed air data subsystem.
The crew is equipped with the Optimized TopOwl (OTO) helmet-mounted
sight and display system. The OTO has a Day Display Module (DDM) and a
Night Display Module (NDM). The H-1 has survivability equipment
including the AN/AAR-47 missile warning and laser detection system, AN/
ALE-47 countermeasure dispensing system, and the AN/APR-39 radar
warning receiver to provide radar and laser warning, and dispense
countermeasures.
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 the Government of Slovakia
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
Slovakia.
[FR Doc. 2025-20038 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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