Notice2026-01500
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
January 27, 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 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3462-3463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01500]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 25-1F]
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-
1F.
Dated: January 22, 2026.
Stephanie J. Bost,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 25-1F
REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF TECHNOLOGY OR
CAPABILITY (SEC. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Australia
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 21-42
Date: June 3, 2021
Implementing Agency: Army
(iii) Description: On June 3, 2021, Congress was notified by
congressional certification transmittal number 21-42 of the possible
sale, under Section
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36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of twenty-nine (29) AH-64E
Apache attack helicopters; sixty-four (64) T700-GE 701D engines (58
installed, 6 spares); twenty-nine (29) AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target
Acquisition and Designation Sight/AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night
Vision Sensors (M-TADS/PNVS); sixteen (16) AN/APG-78 Fire Control
Radars (FCR) with Radar Electronic Units; twenty-nine (29) AN/APR-48B
Modernized Radar Frequency Interferometers (MRFI); seventy (70)
Embedded Global Positioning Systems with Inertial Navigation Systems
plus Multi-Mode Receiver (EGI+MMR) (58 installed, 12 spares); thirty-
five (35) AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (29 installed, 6
spares); seventy (70) AN/ARC-231A Very High Frequency/Ultra High
Frequency (VHF/UHF) radios (58 installed, 12 spares); eighty-five (85)
AGM-114R Hellfire missiles; twenty-nine (29) M36E8 Hellfire Captive Air
Training Missiles (CATM); and two thousand (2,000) Advanced Precision
Kill Weapon System Guidance Sections (APKWS-GS). Also included were AN/
APR-39 Radar Signal Detecting Sets; AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets; AN/
APX-123A Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders; IDM-401
Improved Data Modems; Link-16 Small Tactical Terminal KOR-24-A;
Improved Countermeasure Dispensing System (ICMD); AN/ARN-149 (V)3
Automatic Direction Finders; Doppler ASN-157 Doppler Radar Velocity
Sensors; AN/APN-209 Radar Altimeters Common Core (RACC); AN/ARN-153
Tactical Air Navigation Set (TACAN); AN/PYQ-10(C) Simple Key Loader;
M230E1 + M139 AWS Automatic Gun; M261 Rocket Launchers; M299 missile
launchers; 2.75 inch rockets; 30mm rounds; High Explosive Warhead for
airborne 2.75 rockets, inert; MK66-4 2.75 inch rocket High Explosive
warhead M151 fuze M423 motor; MK66-4 2.75 inch rocket warhead M274
motor; MK66-4 2.75 inch rocket motor; M151HE 2.75 inch warhead; Manned-
Unmanned Teaming-2 (MUMT-X) video receivers; Manned-Unmanned Teaming-2
(MUMT-X) Air-Air-Ground kits; training devices; communication systems;
helmets; simulators; generators; transportation and organization
equipment; spare and repair parts; support equipment; tools and test
equipment; technical data and publications; personnel training and
training equipment; United States (U.S.) Government and contractor
technical assistance; technical and logistics support services; and
other related elements of program and logistical support. The total
estimated value was $3.5 billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE)
constituted $2.5 billion of this total.
This transmittal notifies the inclusion of up to thirty-three (33)
Common Infrared Countermeasure (CIRCM) systems (29 installed, 4
spares). The following non-MDE items are also included: Blue force
tracking 2 (BFT-2) systems and KGV-72 programmable encryption devices.
The estimated total cost of the new items is $150 million. The
estimated MDE value will increase by $140 million. The estimated non-
MDE value will increase by $10 million to a revised $1.01 billion. The
estimated total case value will increase by $150 million to a revised
$3.65 billion. Major Defense Equipment (MDE) will constitute $2.64
billion of this total.
(iv) Significance: This notification is being provided as the MDE
items for CIRCM systems were not enumerated in the original
notification. The proposed articles and services will support
Australia's capability to meet current and future threats and will
enhance interoperability with U.S. and other allied forces.
(v) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign
policy and national security objectives of the U.S. Australia is one of
the most important U.S. allies in the Western Pacific. The strategic
location of this political and economic power contributes significantly
to ensuring peace and economic stability in the Western Pacific. It is
vital to the U.S. national interest to assist our ally in developing
and maintaining a strong and ready self-defense capability.
(vi) Sensitivity of Technology:
The CIRCM system 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-seeking threat
missiles. CIRCM receives an angular bearing hand-off from the Common
Missile Warning System 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.
The KGV-72 programmable encryption device provides traffic
encryption for Force Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) Blue
force tracking (BFT) satellite network multicast and unicast
transmission of mapping, short messaging, and geolocation application
data. Designed for use in tactical ground and rotary wing platforms,
the KGV-72 connects to a commercial L band transceiver and FBCB2 BFT
computer to secure beyond line-of-sight communication.
The Sensitivity of Technology statement contained in the original
notification applies to additional items mentioned.
The highest level of information that may be transferred in support
of this proposed sale is classified SECRET.
(vii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: September 15, 2025
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