Notice2025-22755
Arms Sales Notification
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December 15, 2025
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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 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
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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. 24-102]
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 24-
102, Policy Justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: December 10, 2025.
Stephanie J. Bost,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 24-102
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 *............... $2.00 billion
Other................................... $5.30 billion
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TOTAL................................. $7.30 billion
Funding Source: Foreign Military Financing and National Funds
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Fifty-eight (58) Improved Programmable Display Generators (48
installed, 10 spares)
Three (3) AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)
Flight Test Vehicles, Captive Carry
Three (3) Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II), GBU53/B Guided Test
Vehicles (GTV)
Eight (8) SDB II, GBU-53/B Captive Carry Reliability Trainers
Two (2) SDB I, GBU-39(T-1)/B GTV
Fifty-eight (58) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial
Navigation Systems (INS) (EGI) with Selective Availability Anti-
Spoofing Module (SAASM) or M-Code capability and Precise Positioning
Service (48 installed, 10 spares)
Fifty-eight (58) AN/APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array
(AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radars (SABR) (48 installed, 10 spares)
Sixty (60) Modular Mission Computer (MMC) 7000AH upgrades, or
equivalent (48 installed, 12 spares)
Sixty (60) Next Generation Mission Computer (XMC), or next
generation equivalent (48 installed,
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12 spares)
Seventy-three (73) AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare
Suites (IVEWS), or seventy-three (73) AN/ALQ-254V(1) Viper Shield
advanced electronic warfare (EW) suites, or equivalent (63 installed,
10 spares)
Two (2) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Special Air Training Missiles
Two (2) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Captive Air Training Missiles
(CATM)
Non-Major Defense Equipment:
The following non-MDE items will also be included: major
modifications and maintenance equipment; Phased Array Warning System
(PAWS-2) missile warning systems; Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems
(JHMCS II); AN/ARC-238 radios (or equivalent); AN/APX-126/127 Advanced
Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) with combined interrogator/
transponder (CIT) and Mode 5 (or equivalent); AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure
Dispenser Systems (CMDS), classified countermeasure processors,
sequencer switching units, and control display units; AN/ALQ-254V(1)
Viper Shield advanced EW suites, including lab assets (or equivalent);
KY-58, KIV-78, or equivalent, KGV-135A, AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loaders
(SKLs), MS-110 reconnaissance pods, communications security (COMSEC)
cables, and cryptographic devices; tactical synthetic aperture radars;
Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) with unique planning components
and software; AGM-158 JASSM classified test equipment; aircraft
components, parts, and accessories; spare parts, accessories and
consumables, and repair and return support; classified and unclassified
software delivery and support; classified and unclassified publications
and technical documentation; studies and surveys; U.S. Government and
contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and
other related elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force (PL-D-QBF)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: PL-D-SAC, PL-D-QBC
(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be
Paid: None known at this time
(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: October 23, 2024
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Poland--F-16 Viper Midlife Upgrade
The Government of Poland has requested to buy fifty-eight (58)
Improved Programmable Display Generators (48 installed, 10 spares);
three (3) AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) Flight
Test Vehicles, Captive Carry; three (3) Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB
II), GBU53/B Guided Test Vehicles (GTV); eight (8) SDB II, GBU-53/B
Captive Carry Reliability Trainers; two (2) SDB I, GBU-39(T-1)/B Guided
Test Vehicles (GTV); fifty-eight (58) Embedded Global Positioning
System (GPS) Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) (EGI) with Selective
Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) or M-Code capability and
Precise Positioning Service (PPS) (48 installed, 10 spares); fifty-
eight (58) AN/APG-83 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA)
Scalable Agile Beam Radars (SABR) (48 installed, 10 spares); sixty (60)
Modular Mission Computer (MMC) 7000AH upgrades, or equivalent (48
installed, 12 spares); sixty (60) Next Generation Mission Computer
(XMC), or next generation equivalent (48 installed, 12 spares);
seventy-three (73) AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare
Suites (IVEWS), or seventy-three (73) AN/ALQ-254V(1) Viper Shield
advanced electronic warfare (EW) suites, or equivalent (63 installed,
10 spares); two (2) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Special Air Training
Missiles; and two (2) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Captive Air Training
Missiles (CATM). The following non-MDE items will also be included:
major modifications and maintenance equipment; Phased Array Warning
System (PAWS-2) missile warning systems; Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing
Systems (JHMCS II); AN/ARC-238 radios (or equivalent); AN/APX-126/127
Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) with combined
interrogator/transponder (CIT) and Mode 5 (or equivalent); AN/ALE-47
Countermeasure Dispenser Systems (CMDS), classified countermeasure
processors, sequencer switching units, and control display units; AN/
ALQ-254V(1) Viper Shield advanced EW suites, including lab assets (or
equivalent); KY-58, KIV-78, or equivalent, KGV-135A, AN/PYQ-10 Simple
Key Loaders (SKLs), MS-110 reconnaissance pods, communications security
(COMSEC) cables, and cryptographic devices; tactical synthetic aperture
radars; Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) with unique planning
components and software; AGM-158 JASSM classified test equipment;
aircraft components, parts, and accessories; spare parts, accessories
and consumables, and repair and return support; classified and
unclassified software delivery and support; classified and unclassified
publications and technical documentation; studies and surveys; U.S.
Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support
services; and other related elements of logistics and program support.
The estimated total cost is $7.30 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and
national security of the United States by improving the security of a
NATO Ally that is a force for political and economic stability in
Europe.
The proposed sale will allow Poland to modify and upgrade its
existing F-16 aircraft to the new Viper configuration. The F-16 Viper
Midlife Upgrade (MLU) will bolster Poland's air defense and
surveillance capabilities, support national security, and strengthen
Poland's defense and contributions to NATO. The Government of Poland
already has the F-16 aircraft in its inventory and will have no
difficulty absorbing this aircraft and services 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, located in
Greenville, SC. The purchaser typically requests offsets. Any offset
agreement will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the
contractor.
Implementation of this proposed sale will not require the
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor
representatives to Poland.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 24-102
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 Improved Programmable Display Generator and color
multifunction displays utilize ruggedized commercial liquid crystal
display technology that is designed to withstand the harsh environment
found in modern fighter cockpits. The display
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generator is the fifth-generation graphics processor for the F-16.
2. The Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation
System (GPS/INS) (EGI) with Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module
(SAASM)--or M-Code receiver when available--and Precise Positioning
Service is a self-contained navigation system that provides the
following: acceleration, velocity, position, attitude, platform
azimuth, magnetic and true heading, altitude, body angular rates, time
tags, and coordinated universal time (UTC) synchronized time. SAASM or
M-Code enables the GPS receiver access to an encrypted P signal,
providing protection against active spoofing attacks.
3. The AN/APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) is an Active
Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar upgrade for the F-16. It
includes higher processor power, higher transmission power, more
sensitive receiver electronics, and synthetic aperture radar, which
creates higher-resolution ground maps from a greater distance than
existing mechanically scanned array radars.
4. The Modular Mission Computer (MMC) 7000A or AH is the central
aircraft computer of the F-16. It serves as the hub for all aircraft
subsystems and avionics data transfer. The Next Generation Mission
Computer (XMC) will replace the MMC and resolve diminished
manufacturing source issues.
5. The Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare (EW) Suite (IVEWS)
provides passive radar warning, wide spectrum radio frequency (RF)
jamming, and control and management of the entire EW system. This
system is anticipated to be internal to the aircraft although mounted
pod variants are used in certain circumstances.
6. PAWS-2 missile warning system is an infrared passive airborne
warning system. The system detects, identifies, and tracks incoming
missiles, alerts the aircrew with audio-visual warning signals,
initiates timely [fllig]are dispensing, and precisely cues directional
infrared countermeasures (DIRCM).
7. Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II (JHMCS II) or Scorpion
Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker (HObIT) is a device used in
aircraft to project information to the pilot's eyes and aids in tasks
such as cueing weapons and aircraft sensors to air and ground targets.
This system projects visual targeting and aircraft performance
information on the back of the helmet's visor, enabling the pilot to
monitor this information without interrupting his field of view through
the cockpit canopy. This provides improvement for close combat
targeting and engagement.
8. AN/ARC-238 radio with HAVE QUICK II and Second Generation
Antijam Tactical Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Radio for NATO (SATURN) is
a voice communications radio system which employs cryptographic
technology. Other waveforms may be included as needed.
9. The AN/APX-126/127 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (IFF)
combined interrogator/transponder (CIT) is a system capable of
transmitting and interrogating Mode 5. The AN/APX-127 is a form, fit,
and function refresh of the AN/APX-126 and is the next generation to be
produced.
10. The AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Set (CMDS) provides an
integrated threat-adaptive, computer-controlled capability for
dispensing chaff, flares, and active radio frequency expendables. The
AN/ALE-47 uses threat data received over the aircraft interfaces to
assess the threat situation and determine a response.
11. The KY-58 is a secure voice module primarily used to encrypt
radio communication to and from military aircraft and other tactical
vehicles.
12. The KIV-78 is a cryptographic appliqu[eacute] for IFF. It can
be loaded with Mode 5 classified elements.
13. The KGV-135A is a high-speed, general purpose encryptor/
decryptor module used for wide-band data encryption.
14. The AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader is a handheld device used for
securely receiving, storing, and transferring data between compatible
cryptographic and communications equipment.
15. The MS-110 reconnaissance pod is a multispectral airborne
reconnaissance system. It greatly enhances airborne reconnaissance
mission capabilities by providing a longer range and wider area of
surveillance in contested and peacetime scenarios against peer and
near-peer adversaries. The system's advanced imagery and multispectral
capabilities detect targets with a higher degree of confidence, even
through poor weather and atmospheric conditions, and may be rapidly
disseminated via high-bandwidth datalink and ground intelligence-
sharing architecture.
16. The Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) is a multi-platform,
PC-based mission planning system.
17. The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
18. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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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