[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12130-12132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04481]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 21-0D]
Arms Sales Notification
AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense
(DoD).
ACTION: Arms sales notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text
of an arms sales notification.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil Hedlund at
[email protected] or (703) 697-9214.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 36(b)(5)(C) 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, Transmittal 21-0D with
attached Policy Justification.
Dated: February 25, 2022.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 21-0D
REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF TECHNOLOGY OR
CAPABILITY (SEC. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) Purchaser: Government of Finland
(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 20-66
Date: October 9, 2020.
Military Department: Air Force.
(iii) Description: On October 9, 2020, Congress was notified by
Congressional certification transmittal number 20-66 of the possible
sale, under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act, of sixty-
four (64) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter CTOL aircraft; sixty-six (66) Pratt
& Whitney F-135 engines (64 installed and 2 spares); five hundred (500)
GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) All-Up Round (AUR); twelve
(12) GBU-53/B SDB II Guided Test Vehicles (GTV); twelve (12) GBU-53/B
SDB II Captive Carry Vehicles (CCV); one hundred fifty (150) Sidewinder
AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Tactical Missiles; thirty-two (32) Sidewinder
AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs); thirty
(30) AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus) Sidewinder Tactical Guidance Units; eight
(8) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder CATM Guidance Units; one hundred (100)
AGM-154C-1 Joint Stand Off Weapon (JSOW-C1) Tactical Missiles; two
hundred (200) Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range
(JASSM-ER) AGM-158B-2 Missiles; two (2) AGM-158B-2 JASSM-ER Separation
Test Vehicles; two (2) AGM-158B-2 JASSM-ER Instrumented Test Vehicles;
two (2) AGM-158B-2 JASSM-ER Jettison Test Vehicles; two (2) AGM-158B-2
Inert JASSM w/Intelligent Telemetry Instrumentation Kits; two (2) AGM-
158 Dummy Air Training Missiles; one hundred twenty (120) KMU-556 JDAM
Guidance Kits for GBU-31; three hundred (300) FMU-139D/B Fuzes; two (2)
KMU-556(D-2)/B Trainer JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-31; thirty (30) KMU-
557 JDAM
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Guidance Kits for GBU-31; one hundred fifty (150) KMU-572 JDAM Guidance
Kits for GBU-38/54; one hundred twenty (120) BLU-117, General Purpose
Bombs; thirty-two (32) BLU-109, General Purpose Bomb; one hundred fifty
(150) BLU-111, General Purpose Bomb; six (6) MK-82, Inert Bomb; one (1)
FMU-139D/B (D-1) Inert Fuze. Also included were Electronic Warfare
Systems; Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence/
Communications, Navigational, and Identification (C4I/CNI); Autonomic
Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Operational Data Integrated
Network (ODIN); Air System Training Devices; Weapons Employment
Capability and other Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities; F-35
unique infrared flares; reprogramming center access; F-35 Performance
Based Logistics; software development/integration; aircraft ferry and
tanker support; Detector Laser DSU-38A/B, Detector Laser DSU-38A(D-2)/
B, KMU-572(D-2)/B Trainer (JDAM), 40 inch Wing Release Lanyard; GBU-53/
B SDB II Weapon Load Crew Trainers (WLCT); GBU-53/B SDB II Practical
Explosive Ordnance Disposal System Trainers (PEST); AGM-154C-1 JSOW
Captive Flight Vehicles; AGM-154C-1 JSOW Dummy Air Training Missiles;
AGM-154C-1 JSOW mission planning, integration support and testing,
munitions storage security and training, weapon operational flight
program software development; integration of the Joint Strike Missile;
weapons containers; aircraft and munitions support and test equipment;
communications equipment; provisioning, spares and repair parts;
weapons repair and return support; personnel training and training
equipment; weapon systems software, publications and technical
documents; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and
logistics support services; and other related elements of logistical
and program support. The estimated total cost was $12.5 billion. Major
Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted $8.4 billion of this total.
(iv) This transmittal reports the inclusion of the following
additional MDE items: Fifty (50) Sidewinder AIM-9X Block II+ (Plus)
tactical missiles; six hundred (600) AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range
Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); up to twelve (12) AMRAAM Guidance
Sections (spares); one thousand five hundred (1,500) GBU-39 Small
Diameter Bomb Increment 1 (SDB I) munitions; two (2) GBU-39 (T-1)/B
inert practice bombs; three hundred (300) FMU-139D/B fuzes; twenty (20)
KMU-557 JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-31; two hundred seventy-five (275)
KMU-572 JDAM Guidance Kits for GBU-38/54; twenty (20) BLU-109, general
purpose bombs; and two hundred seventy-five (275) BLU-111, general
purpose bombs. The following non-MDE items will also be included:
AMRAAM Control Sections; AMRAAM Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs);
GBU-39 Tactical Training Rounds; containers; weapon system support
equipment; support and test equipment; site surveys; spare and repair
parts; repair and return support; publications and technical data;
maintenance and aircrew training; and other related elements of
logistics support.
The total cost of the new MDE articles is $1.5 billion, and the
total cost of the new non-MDE articles is $80 million. The total
notified cost of MDE will increase to $9.9 billion, and the total
notified case value will increase to $14.08 billion.
(v) Significance: This notification is being provided to report the
inclusion of MDE and non-MDE articles and services not previously
notified. Their inclusion represents an increase in capability over
what was originally notified. Finland requested the additional
munitions as potential requirements for operational usage during the
life of the proposed F-35 program.
(vi) Justification: This proposed sale will support the foreign
policy and national security of the United States by improving the
security of a trusted partner which is an important force for political
stability and economic progress in Europe. It is vital to the U.S.
national interest to assist Finland in developing and maintaining a
strong and ready self-defense capability.
(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: The AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium
Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is a supersonic, air-launched, aerial
intercept, guided missile featuring digital technology and micro-
miniature solid-state electronics. The potential sale will include
AMRAAM Guidance Sections. AMRAAM capabilities include look-down/shoot-
down, multiple launches against multiple targets, resistance to
electronic countermeasures, and interception of high- and low-flying
and maneuvering targets. The AIM-120C-8 is a form, fit, function
refresh of the AIM-120C-7 and is the next generation to be produced.
The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Increment 1 (SDB I) is a 250-pound
GPS-aided inertial navigation system, small autonomous, day or night,
adverse weather, conventional, air-to-ground precision glide weapon
able to strike fixed and stationary re-locatable non-hardened targets
from standoff ranges. It is intended to provide aircraft with an
ability to carry a high number of bombs. Aircraft are able to carry
four SDB I's in place of one 2,000-pound bomb. The SDB I GBU-39 (T-1)/B
Inert Practice Bombs and GBU-39/B Tactical Training Round (TTR) are SDB
I configurations with an inert fill used testing of the SDB I weapon
system and flight training, respectively.
The Sensitivity of Technology Statement contained in the original
notification applies to the other items reported here. The highest
level of classification of information included in this potential sale
is SECRET.
(viii) Date Report Delivered to Congress: March 19, 2021.
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