Notice2026-02059
Arms Sales Notification
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Published
February 2, 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 21 (Monday, February 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4514-4517]
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. 25-76]
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-
76, Policy Justification, and Sensitivity of Technology.
Dated: January 29, 2026.
Stephanie J. Bost,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 25-76
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 Canada
(ii) Total Case Estimated Value:
Major Defense Equipment *............... $1.58 billion
Other................................... $ 170 million
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TOTAL................................. $1.75 billion
(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or
Services under Consideration for Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Twenty-six (26) M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems
(HIMARS)
One hundred thirty-two (132) M31A2 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket
System (GMLRS) Unitary pods with Insensitive Munitions Propulsion
System (IMPS)
One hundred thirty-two (132) M30A2 GMLRS Alternative Warhead (AW)
pods with IMPS
Thirty-two (32) M403 Extended Range (ER) GMLRS AW pods with IMPS
Thirty-two (32) M404 ER GMLRS Unitary pods with IMPS
Sixty-four (64) M57 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) pods
Non-Major Defense Equipment:
The following non-MDE items will also be included: Low Cost Reduced
Range Practice Rocket pods; interactive electronic technical manuals;
integration support services; spare parts; tool kits; test equipment;
contractor logistics support; training; training equipment; technical
assistance; technical publications; transportation; Type 1 radios (AN/
PRC-160 and AN/PRC-167); 7800I intercom equipment; Simple Key Loaders
(SKL); United States (U.S.) Government and contractor technical,
engineering, and logistics personnel services; and other related
elements of logistics and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Army (CN-B-VBV)
(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None
(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 1, 2025
* as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.
POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Canada--M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems
The Government of Canada has requested to buy twenty-six (26) M142
High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); one hundred thirty-two
(132) M31A2 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary pods
with Insensitive Munitions Propulsion System (IMPS); one hundred
thirty-two
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(132) M30A2 GMLRS Alternative Warhead (AW) pods with IMPS; thirty-two
(32) M403 Extended Range (ER) GMLRS AW pods with IMPS; thirty-two (32)
M404 ER GMLRS Unitary pods with IMPS; and sixty-four (64) M57 Army
Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) pods. The following non-MDE items will
be included: Low Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket pods; interactive
electronic technical manuals; integration support services; spare
parts; tool kits; test equipment; contractor logistics support;
training; training equipment; technical assistance; technical
publications; transportation; Type 1 radios (AN/PRC-160 and AN/PRC-
167); 7800I intercom equipment; Simple Key Loaders (SKL); U.S.
Government and contractor technical, engineering, and logistics
personnel services; and other related elements of logistics and program
support. The estimated total cost is $1.75 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national
security objectives of the U.S. by helping to improve the military
capability of Canada, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ally
that is an important force for ensuring political stability and
economic progress and is a contributor to military, peacekeeping, and
humanitarian operations around the world.
The proposed sale will improve Canada's ability to meet current and
future threats by providing the M142 HIMARS long range precision strike
system and munitions. This capability will protect Canada by improving
Canada's contribution to collective hemispheric defense and to defense
and deterrence in Europe, as directed by NATO's defense plans. Canada
will have no difficulty absorbing these articles 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 Grand
Prairie, TX. At this time, the U.S. Government is not aware of any
offset agreement proposed in connection with this potential sale. Any
offset agreement will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser
and the contractor.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require multiple trips to
Canada involving up to twenty U.S. Government and up to fifteen
contractor representatives for program management reviews to support
the program. Travel is expected to occur approximately twice per year
as needed to support equipment fielding and training.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 25-76
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 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is a C-
130 transportable wheeled launcher mounted on a 5-ton Family of Medium
Tactical Vehicles truck chassis. HIMARS is the modern Army-fielded
version of the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) M270 launcher and
can fire all the MLRS Family of Munitions (FOM), including the Guided
Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and Army Tactical Missile System
(ATACMS). Utilizing the MLRS FOM, the HIMARS can engage targets between
15 and 300 kilometers with GPS-aided precision accuracy.
2. The GMLRS M31A2 Unitary (GMLRS-U) is the Army's primary munition
for units fielding the M142 HIMARS and M270A1 MLRS launchers. The M31
Unitary is a solid propellant artillery rocket that uses Global
Positioning System/Precise Positioning Service (GPS/PPS) aided inertial
guidance provided by Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module
(SAASM) or M-Code. It accurately and quickly delivers a single high-
explosive blast fragmentation warhead to targets at ranges from 15-70
kilometers. The rockets are fired from a launch pod container that also
serves as the storage and transportation container for the rockets.
Each rocket pod holds six rockets.
3. The M30A2 GMLRS Alternative Warhead (GMLRS-AW) shares a greater
than 90% commonality with the M31A1 Unitary. The GMLRS-AW replaces the
GMLRS-U's high explosive warhead with a 200-pound fragmentation warhead
of pre-formed tungsten penetrators to optimize for effectiveness
against large area and imprecisely located targets. The munitions
otherwise share a common motor, GPS/PPS-aided inertial guidance
provided by SAASM or M-Code, control system, fusing mechanism, multi-
option height of burst capability, and effective range between 15 and
70 kilometers.
4. The Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (ER
GMLRS) provides a persistent, responsive, all-weather, rapidly
deployed, long-range, surface-to-surface, area- and point-precision
strike capability. The M403 Alternative Warhead variant carries a 200-
pound fragmentation assembly filled with high explosives which are
optimized for effectiveness against large area and imprecisely located
targets. The M404 Unitary variant is a 200-pound class Unitary with a
steel blast fragmentation case designed for low collateral damage
against point targets. The ER GMLRS maintains the accuracy and
effectiveness demonstrated by the baseline GMLRS out to a maximum range
of 150 km (double that of the baseline GMLRS) while also including a
new height of burst capability.
5. The M57 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is a conventional,
semi-ballistic missile that utilizes a 500-pound high explosive
warhead. It has an effective range of between 70 and 300 kilometers and
has increased accuracy over previous versions of the ATACMS due to a
GPS/PPS aided navigation system provided by SAASM or M-Code.
6. The AN/PRC-160 is a high frequency tactical radio communications
for vehicular and dismounted command and control operations. The final
end-items are L3Harris AN/PRC-160 multi-channel manpack radios with a
Micro Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver application module
(MicroGRAM) receiver card and SAASM.
7. The AN/PRC-167 is a multi-domain, multi-channel, tactical,
narrow and wide-band dual transceiver radio system with Type 1
encryption and SAASM GPS location and timing capabilities. The system
can provide wide-band high-assurance self-healing networking
capabilities and Mobile User Objective System over-the-horizon
capabilities. Each transceiver is software programmable and operates in
the 30-512 MHz and 764-2600 MHz frequency ranges.
8. The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is SECRET.
9. 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.
10. A determination has been made that Canada can provide
substantially the same degree of protection for the sensitive
technology being released as the U.S. Government. This proposed sale is
necessary in furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy and national
security objectives outlined in the Policy Justification.
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11. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal
have been authorized for release and export to the Government of
Canada.
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