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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. RISCH. Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may be reviewed. The provision stipulates that, in the Senate, the notification of proposed sales shall be sent to the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
information is still available to the full Senate, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the notifications that have been received. If the cover letter references a classified annex, then such an annex is available to all Senators in the office of the Foreign Relations Committee, room SD-423.
U.S. Department of State,
Washington, DC.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION TRANSMITTAL LETTER
Please find enclosed the following notification from the
Department of State.
Department Notification Number: RSAT 26-0J.
Pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section
36(b)(5)(C) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), as
amended, we are forwarding Transmittal No. 26-0J. This
notification relates to enhancements or upgrades from the
level of sensitivity of technology or capability described in
the Section 36(b)(1) AECA certification 22-51 of August 25,
Recipients:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Sincerely,
Paul D. Guaglianone,
Senior Bureau Official,
Bureau of Legislative Affairs.
Transmittal No. 26-0J
Report of Enhancement or Upgrade of Sensitivity of Technology
or Capability (Sec. 36(B)(5)(C), AECA)
(i) (U) Prospective Purchaser: Government of Australia.
(ii) (U) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal No.: 22-51; Date:
August 25, 2022; Implementing Agency: Army.
(iii) (U) Description: On August 25, 2022, Congress was
notified by congressional certification transmittal number
22-51 of the possible sale under Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms
Export Control Act, of defense services related to the future
purchase of forty (40) UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters; eighty-
eight (88) T700-GE 701D engines (80 installed, 8 spares);
forty-four (44) AN/AAR-57 Counter Missile Warning Systems
(CMWS) (40 installed, 4 spares); and ninety-six (96) H-764U
Embedded Global Position Systems (GPS)/Inertial Navigation
Systems (EGI) and Country Unique SAASM (or future
replacement) (80, installed, 16 spares). Also included were
AN/ARC-231 RT-1808A (or future replacement), very high
frequency/ultra-high frequency (VHF/UHF)/line-of-sight (LOS)
satellite communications (SATCOM) radios; APR-39C(V) 1/4
Radar Warning Receivers; AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets; APX-
123A Identification Friend or Foe Transponder; ARC-220 High
Frequency (HF) radio with KY-100M; VRC-100 Ground Stations;
AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader (SKL); KIV-77 Common
Identification Friend or Foe Applique Crypto Computers; KY-
100M COMSEC Encryption devices; AN/ARN-147(V) Very High
Frequency Omni-Directional Range/Instrument Landing System
receiver radio; AN/ARN-149(V) Low Frequency/Automatic
Direction Finder radio receiver; AN/ARN-153 Tactical Air
Navigation System receiver transmitter; AN/APN-209 radar
altimeter; AN/ARC-210 radios; EBC-406HM Emergency Locator
Transmitter; Encrypted Aircraft Wireless Intercommunications
Systems; Improved Heads Up Display (IHUD); Signal Data
Converters for IHUD; Blue Force Trackers (BFT-2); Improved
Data Modems; Color Weather Radars; MX-10D EO/IR with Laser
Designator; EO/IR Cabin Monitoring Systems; EO/IR Digital
Video Recorder; AN/ARC-201D RT-1478D; Engine Inlet Barrier
Filters; Ballistic Armor Protection Systems; Internal
Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems; Fast Rope Insertion Extraction
System; External Rescue Hoist; Rescue Hoist Equipment Sets;
Dual Patient Litter System Sets; Martin Baker Palletized Crew
Chief/Gunner Seats with crashworthy floor structural
modifications; External Stores Support System; Integrated Tow
Plates Production Assets; Universal Software Loading Kits;
60kVA Generator Kits; Instrument Panel sets; External Gun
Mount Systems; Black Hawk Aircrew Trainer; Black Hawk
Maintenance Trainer; Black Hawk Avionics Trainer; Maintenance
Blended Reconfigurable Avionics Trainer; training devices;
helmets; transportation; organizational equipment; spare and
repair parts; support equipment; tools and test equipment;
technical data and publications; personnel training and
training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor
engineering, technical, and logistics support services; and
other related elements of logistics support. The estimated
total case value was $1.95 billion. Major defense equipment
(MDE) constituted $850 million of this total.
This transmittal notifies the inclusion of the following
MDE items: up to fifty-six (56) AN/ARC-231A VHF/UHF radios
(40 installed, 16 spares); up to eighty-eight (88) EAGLE-M
EGIs and associated A kit provisions (80 installed, 8
spares); and up to fifty (50) Common Infrared Countermeasure
(CIRCM). The following non-MDE items will also be included:
windshield washer systems; Helicopter Emergency Egress
Lighting Systems; training devices and associated software
sustainment; technical support for the Full Operational
Capability retro-fit and integration, and other related
elements of logistics and program support. The estimated MDE
value will increase by $81 million to a revised total of $931
million. The estimated non-MDE value will increase by $100
million to a revised $1.2 billion. The projected total case
value is expected to increase by $181 million, with a revised
total of $2.131 billion.
(iv) (U) Significance: This notification accounts for
requested additional MDE and non-MDE items not included in
the original notification. The inclusion of this MDE and non-
MDE represents an increase in capability over what was
previously notified. The proposed articles and services will
support Australia's capability to meet current and future
threats and will enhance interoperability with the U.S. and
other allied forces.
(v) (U) Justification: This proposed sale will support the
foreign policy and national security objectives of the United
States. Australia is one of our most important 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) (U) Sensitivity of Technology:
The AN/ARC-231A is a software defined radio (SDR) that
implements a National Security Administration (NSA)
modernized, Type 1, embedded cryptographic solution. It
provides joint service standard LOS, HAVE QUICK, SATURN, and
Single Channel Ground to Air Radio System electronic counter-
counter measures, along with integrated waveform SATCOM. The
AN/ARC-231A has mobile user objective system capability and
provides extended coverage across 30 to 512 MHz frequency
with expandability up to two GHz. The AN/ARC-231A
programmable feature supports evolving waveform
communication requirements and equipment special mission
modifications for enhanced performance. The AN/ARC-231A
Software Communications Architecture SDR design allows for
software-only upgrades of future capability advancements.
Performance compliance is in accordance with military
waveforms and software that ensure interoperability for joint
force operations. The AN/ARC-231A is a drop-in replacement
for the RT-1808A and fully backward compatible with all
ancillaries. Multiple control interface options such as
independent red and black MIL-STD-1553, Ethernet, and
universal serial bus allows for flexible integration. AN/ARC-
231 provides ED-23C (8.33 kHz) international compliance air
traffic control communications.
The EAGLE M EGI is a self-contained, all-attitude
navigation system with embedded GPS receiver, controlled via
MIL-STD-1553B controller providing output navigation
precision approach capability, GPS timing data to support
ADS-B out, wide area augmentation system, and other platform
systems. EAGLE M EGI provides precise positioning system Y-
code and M-code operation when loaded with NSA approved
COMSEC keys via SKL. EAGLE M EGI supports the CH-47F, UH-60M,
UH-60V, Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft. Requires
written U.S. Space Force Release Authorization in General. No
technical manual for EAGLE M devices. EAGLE M devices follow
two-level maintenance, operator, and depot.
The CIRCM system is the next-generation lightweight, laser-
based, infrared countermeasure system for rotary-wing, tilt-
rotor, and small fixed-wing aircraft across the Department of
War. CIRCM provides near spherical coverage of the host
platform to defeat infrared-seeking threat missiles. CIRCM
receives an angular bearing hand-off from the CMWS and
employs a pointing and tracking system that acquires and
tracks an 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)
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 LOS
communication.
The Sensitivity of Technology Statement contained in the
original notification applies to additional items mentioned.
The highest level of classification of defense articles,
components, and services included in this potential sale is
SECRET.
(vii) (U) Date Report Delivered to Congress: April 27,