Notice2026-04624

Arms Sales Notification

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Published
March 10, 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 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11519-11521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04624]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 25-79]


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, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#384d4a575752164259504a59165b514e785559515416555154"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed989f828287c3978c859f8cc38e849bad808c8481c3808481">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#56322535377838352478242524353b313b22783a3f2522783538257b3b342e163b373f3a783b3f3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="17736474763979746539656465747a707a63397b7e6463397479643a7a756f577a767e7b397a7e7b">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

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 25-79 
and Policy Justification.

    Dated: March 5, 2025.
Stephanie J. Bost,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 25-79
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 Lebanon
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *...............  $31.0 million
Other...................................  $ 3.5 million
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  TOTAL.................................  $34.5 million
 

    Funding Source: Foreign Military Financing
    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or 
Services under Consideration for Purchase: Foreign Military Sales (FMS) 
case LE-B-UAH was below congressional notification threshold at $12.26 
million ($10.85 million in major defense equipment) and included fifty 
M1151A1 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs). The 
Government of Lebanon has requested that the case be amended to include 
an additional ninety M1151A1 HMMWVs. This amendment thus exceeds the 
notification threshold, therefore notification of the entire program is 
required. The above notification requirements are combined as follows:

Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
    One hundred forty (140) M115A1 high mobility multipurpose wheeled 
vehicles (HMMWVs)
Non-Major Defense Equipment:
    The following non-MDE items will also be included: RF-7850M-HH 
multiband handheld radio; Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver; 
Quicklook electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) waveform; spare 
parts, repair parts, publications and technical documentation; 
training; United States (U.S.) Government and contractor engineering; 
technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of 
logistics and program support.

    (iv) Military Department: Army (LE-B-UAH)
    (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: None
    (viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: December 16, 2025
    * as defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

Lebanon--M1151A1 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles

    The Government of Lebanon has requested to buy an additional ninety 
(90) M1151A1 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) that 
will be added to a previously implemented case whose value was under 
the congressional notification threshold. The original Foreign Military 
Sales case, valued at $12.26 million ($10.85 million in MDE), included 
fifty M1151A1 HMMWVs. This notification

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is for a combined total of one hundred forty HMMWVs. The following non-
MDE items will also be included: RF-7850M-HH multiband handheld radio; 
Global Positioning System receiver; Quicklook electronic counter-
countermeasures waveform; spare parts, repair parts, publications and 
technical documentation; training; 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 $34.5 million.
    This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national 
security of the U.S. by improving the security of a partner country 
that continues to be an important force for political and economic 
stability in the Middle East.
    The proposed sale will provide a highly mobile and light combat 
vehicle capability enabling Lebanese Armed Forces to rapidly engage and 
defeat perimeter security threats and readily employ counter- and anti-
terrorism measures. This acquisition will afford additional military-
to-military tactics and operational training among the U.S. Army's and 
Lebanon's leadership and soldiers. Lebanon 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 AM General, located in South Bend, 
IN. 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 not require the 
assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor 
representatives to Lebanon.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.

[FR Doc. 2026-04624 Filed 3-9-26; 8:45 am]
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