Notice2026-00305
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
January 12, 2026
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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 91, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1168-1169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-00305]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 25-0G]
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) 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 25-
0G.
Dated: January 7, 2026.
Stephanie J. Bost,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 25-0G
REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF TECHNOLOGY OR
CAPABILITY (SEC. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of Germany
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 23-26
Date: May 11, 2023
Implementing Agency: Army
(iii) Description: On May 11, 2023, Congress was notified by
congressional certification transmittal number 23-26 of the possible
sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of sixty
(60) CH-47F Block II Cargo Helicopters with customer-unique
modifications; one hundred forty (140) T-55-GA-714A engines (120
installed, 20 spares); seventy-two (72) AN/AAR-57 Common Missile
Warning Systems (CMWS) (60 installed, 12 spares); and two hundred
eighty-four (284) AN/ARC-231A Communications Security (COMSEC) radios
(240 installed, 44 spares). Also included were AN/AVR-2B Laser
Detecting Sets; AN/APR-39C(V)1 Radar Detecting Sets; AN/ARC-220 High
Frequency (HF) radios with electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM);
military Precise Positioning Service (PPS) (to include SAASM or M-
Code); Digital Advanced Flight Control Systems (DAFCS); AN/APX-123A
Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder; AN/ARN-147 very high
frequency (VHS) omnidirectional range and instrument landing system
(VOR/ILS); AN/ARN-153 Tactical Air Navigation Systems (TACAN); air data
computers; AN/APN-209 radar altimeter systems; AN/PYQ-10 simple key
loaders; KIV-77 Mode 4/5 IFF Applique; KY-100M narrowband/wideband
terminal COMSEC devices; AN/AVS-6 Night Vision Devices (NVD); IDM-401
Improved Data Modem; air-to-air refueling probes; M134 gun mounts;
Infrared Suppression System (IRSS); Engine Air Particle Separator
(EAPS); Ballistic Protection System (BPS) with Cockpit; cabin sides;
Midas Underfloor COOLS; Extended Range Fuel System (ERFS) 800 gal and
500 gal; Forward Area Refueling Equipment (FARE); Tie Down Materiel/
Helicopter Under-Slung Load Equipment (HUSLE) for internal and external
loads; rotorbrake; rescue hoists; Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System
(FRIES); Electro Optical Infrared Sensors (EO/IR); crash resistant
pilot and troop seats; skis; life rafts; litter straps and fittings;
mission equipment (e.g., jungle penetrator; litter basket; Jacob's
ladder; Airborne Tactical Extraction Platform (AirTEP); special tools
and test equipment; ground support equipment; airframe and engine spare
parts; technical data; publications; Maintenance Work Orders/
Engineering Change Proposals (MWO/ECPs); Repair and Return (R&R);
technical assistance; airworthiness assistance; transportation of
aircraft; training; flight training and maintenance trainers; and other
related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated
cost was $8.5 billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $3.35
billion of this total.
This transmittal notifies the inclusion of the following MDE items:
forty-seven (47) OT-228/U Common Infrared Countermeasures (CIRCM) and
one hundred forty-four (144) ``EAGLE-M'' aviation navigation systems
comprised of Enhanced Aviation Global Air Traffic Management (GATM)
systems, Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance (LPV)
instruments, and Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial
Navigation Systems (INS) (EGIs) with M-code. The following non MDE
items will also be included: Multi-Platform Anti-Jam GPS Navigation
Antenna-Federated (MAGNA-F), Type Designator: AS-4840; communications
systems; and other related elements of logistics and program support.
The estimated total cost of the new items is $0.63 billion. The
estimated MDE value will increase by $0.63 billion to a revised $3.98
billion but will not require an increase in the estimated total case
value. Instead, $0.63 billion of the available, previously notified
non-MDE value will be transferred to the MDE value, causing a decrease
in non-MDE value to $4.52 billion. The estimated total case value will
remain at $8.50 billion.
(iv) Significance: This notification is being provided because the
additional MDE items were not enumerated in the original notification.
The inclusion of this MDE represents an increase in capability over
what was previously notified. The proposed sale will improve Germany's
capability to meet current and future regional threats, reinforce its
ability to maintain regional stability, and increase the defensive
capabilities of its military. The sale supports U.S. national security
interests by bolstering land defense in Europe.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign
policy and national security of the United States by improving the
security of a NATO Ally that is an important force for political and
economic stability in Europe.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology:
CIRCM is the next-generation lightweight, laser-based, infrared
countermeasure system for rotary-wing, tilt-rotor, and small fixed-wing
aircraft. CIRCM provides near spherical coverage of the host platform
to defeat infrared-seeking missiles. It receives an angular bearing
hand-off from the CMWS or Limited Interim Missile Warning System
(LIMWS), and employs a pointing and tracking system that acquires and
tracks the incoming missile, and jams the missile using modulated laser
energy to degrade the tracking capability of the missile, causing it to
miss the aircraft.
The EAGLE-M, also known as EAGLE M+429, contains sensitive
technology that provides GPS hardening when loaded with COMSEC keys.
The MAGNA-F antenna nulls unwanted signals using digital processing
technology.
The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is
UNCLASSIFIED.
(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: April 23, 2025
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