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DL design includes a DL for 2-way 

platform communication. The AOTD/ 

DL communicates with the GU over a 

serial interface which allows the GU to 

receive and transmit data so that a target 

position and status communication with 

a launching platform is possible during 

missile flight. 

6. The GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack 

Munition (JDAM) is a 2,000 pound 

Inertial Navigation System/Global 

Positioning System (INS/GPS) guided 

precision air to ground munition. The 

GBU-31 has two JDAM tailkit variants, 

KMU-556 and the KMU-557. Each tailkit 

is bomb body specific. The KMU-556 is 

assembled to the MK-84 or BLU-117 

bomb body to make the GBU-31v1, and 

the KMU-557 is assembled with BLU109 bomb body to make the GBU-31v3. 

7. The GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack 

Munition (JDAM) is a 500 pound INS/ 

GPS guided precision air to ground 

munition. The GBU-38 consists of a 

KMU-572 bomb body specific tail kit, 

and MK-82 or BLU-111 bomb body. 

8. The GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct 

Attack Munition (LJDAM) is a 500 

pound JDAM which incorporates all the 

capabilities of the JDAM guidance tail 

kit and adds a precision laser guidance 

set. The LJDAM gives the weapon 

system an optional semi-active laser 

guidance in addition to INS/GPS 

guidance. This provides the optional 

capability to strike moving targets. The 

GBU-54 consists of a DSU-38 laser 

guidance set, and a KMU-572 bomb 

body specific tail kit, and MK-82 or 

BLU-111 bomb body. 

9. The GBU-53/B Small Diameter 

Bomb Increment II (SDB II) is a 250-lb 

class precision-guided, semiautonomous, conventional, air-toground munition used to defeat moving 

targets through adverse weather from 

standoff range. The SDB II has 

deployable wings and fins and uses 

GPS/INS guidance, network-enabled 

datalink (Link-16 and UHF), and a 

multi-mode seeker (millimeter wave 

radar, imaging infrared, semi-active 

laser) to autonomously search, acquire, 

track, and defeat targets from a standoff 

range. The SDB II employs a multieffects warhead (Blast, Fragmentation, 

and Shaped-Charge) for maximum 

lethality against armored and soft 

targets. The SDB II weapon system 

consists of the tactical all-up round 

(AUR) weapon, a 4-place common 

carriage system, and mission planning 

system munitions application program 

(MAP). The carriage system is the BRU61B/A. Two other operable 

configurations and two maintenance 

training configurations are described as 

follows: 

a. SDB II Guided Test Vehicle (GTV) 

is an SDB II configuration used for land 

or sea range-based testing of the SDB II 

weapon system. The GTV has common 

flight characteristics of an SDB II AUR, 

but in place of the multi-effects warhead 

is a Flight Termination, Tracking, and 

Telemetry (FTTT) subassembly that 

mirrors the AUR multi-effects warhead’s 

size and mass properties, but provides 

safe flight termination, free flight 

tracking and telemetry of encrypted data 

from the GTV to the data receivers. The 

SDB II GTV can have either inert or live 

fuses. All other flight control, guidance, 

data-link, and seeker functions are 

representative of the SDB II AUR. 

b. SDB II Captive Carry Vehicles 

(CCV), formerly known as Captive Carry 

Reliability Test (CCRT) vehicles, are an 

SDB II configuration primarily used for 

reliability data collection during 

carriage. The CCV has common 

characteristics of an SDB II AUR but 

with an inert warhead and fuze. The 

CCV has an inert mass in place of the 

warhead that mimics the warhead’s 

mass properties. 

c. The SDB II Weapon Load Crew 

Trainer (WLCT) is a mass mockup of the 

tactical AUR used for load crew and 

maintenance training. It does not 

contain energetics, a live fuze, any 

sensitive components, or hazardous 

material. It is not flight certified. 

d. The SDB II Practical Explosive 

Ordnance Disposal Trainer (PEST) is an 

EOD training unit with sections and 

internal subassemblies which are 

identical to, or correlate to, the external 

hardware, sections and internal 

subassemblies of the tactical AUR. The 

PEST does not contain energetics, a live 

fuze, any sensitive components, or 

hazardous material. It is not flight 

certified. 

10. The highest level of classification 

of information included in this potential 

sale is SECRET. 

11. 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. 

12. A determination has been made 

that Finland can provide substantially 

the same degree of protection for the 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This sale is 

necessary in furthering U.S. foreign 

policy and national security objectives 

outlined in the Policy Justification. 

13. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to 

Finland. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 20–69] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karma Job at karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil 

or (703) 697–8976. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) 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 

20–69 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 8, 2020. 

Kayyonne T. Marston, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 20–69 

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: Taipei 

Economic and Cultural Representative 

Office in the United States (TECRO) 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * $ .608 billion 

Other .................................... $ .400 billion 

Total ................................. $1.008 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

One hundred thirty-five (135) AGM– 

84H Standoff Land Attack Missile 

Expanded Response (SLAM–ER) 

Missiles 

Four (4) ATM–84H SLAM–ER 

Telemetry Missiles 

Twelve (12) CATM–84H Captive Air 

Training Missiles (CATM) 

Non-MDE: 

Also included are one hundred fiftyone (151) containers, spare and 

repair parts, support and test 

equipment, publications and 

technical documentation, personnel 

training and training equipment, 

U.S. Government and contractor 

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assistance, engineering and logistics 

support services, and other related 

elements of logistics support. 

(vi) Military Department: Navy (TW– 

P–LIB) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None 

(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 21, 2020 

*As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Taipei Economic and Cultural 

Representative Office in the United 

States (TECRO)—AGM–84H Standoff 

Land Attack Missile-Expanded 

Response (SLAM–ER) Missiles 

TECRO has requested to buy one 

hundred thirty-five (135) AGM–84H 

Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded 

Response (SLAM–ER) Missiles; four (4) 

ATM–84H SLAM–ER Telemetry 

Missiles; and twelve (12) CATM–84H 

Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM). 

Also included are one hundred fifty-one 

(151) containers, spare and repair parts, 

support and test equipment, 

publications and technical 

documentation, personnel training and 

training equipment, U.S. Government 

and contractor representatives’ technical 

assistance, engineering and logistics 

support services, and other related 

elements of logistics support. The total 

estimated program cost is $1.008 billion. 

This proposed sale is consistent with 

U.S. law and policy as expressed in 

Public Law 96–8. 

This proposed sale serves U.S. 

national, economic, and security 

interests by supporting the recipient’s 

continuing efforts to modernize its 

armed forces and to maintain a credible 

defensive capability. The proposed sale 

will help improve the security of the 

recipient and assist in maintaining 

political stability, military balance, 

economic and progress in the region. 

This proposed sale will improve the 

recipient’s capability to meet current 

and future threats as it provides allweather, day and night, precision attack 

capabilities against both moving and 

stationary targets. The recipient will be 

able to employ a highly reliable and 

effective system to increase their 

warfighting effectiveness as needed, 

which can counter or deter aggressions 

by demonstrated precision against 

surface targets. This capability will 

easily integrate into existing force 

infrastructure as it will only improve 

defense against opposing threats. The 

recipient will have no difficulty 

absorbing these systems 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 the 

Boeing Company, St. Louis, MO. There 

are no known offset agreements 

proposed in connection with this 

potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require the assignment of two (2) 

U.S. contractor representatives to the 

recipient for a duration of 8 years to 

support technical reviews, support, and 

oversight. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 20–69 

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 AGM–84H Standoff Land 

Attack Missile-Expanded Response 

(SLAM–ER) is a non-nuclear tactical 

weapon system currently in service in 

the U.S. Navy and three other foreign 

nations. SLAM–ER is a follow on to the 

SLAM missile that is no longer in 

production. It is a variant of the 

Harpoon missile that uses an Imaging 

Infrared (IIR) seeker, planar wings, and 

a penetrating warhead. SLAM–ER is 

effective against a wide range of landbased targets and has a secondary antiship mission capability. The following 

components are being conveyed by the 

proposed sale and are essential to the 

ability of the SLAM–ER missile to 

selectively engage hostile targets under 

a wide range of operations, tactical and 

environmental conditions. 

• The Imaging Infrared Seeker, 

• The GPS/INS System, 

• Operational Flight Program 

Software, and 

• Missile operational characteristics 

and performance data. 

2. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is CONFIDENTIAL. 

3. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the hardware and software elements, the 

information could be used to develop 

countermeasures or equivalent systems, 

which might reduce system 

effectiveness or be used in the 

development of a system with similar or 

advanced capabilities. 

4. A determination has been made 

that the recipient can provide 

substantially the same degree of 

protection for the sensitive technology 

being released as the U.S. Government. 

This sale is necessary in furtherance of 

the U.S. foreign policy and national 

security objectives outlined in the 

Policy Justification. 

5. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

recipient. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 20–67] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karma Job at karma.d.job.civ@mail.mil 

or (703) 697–8976. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) 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 

20–67 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 8, 2020. 

Kayyonne T. Marston, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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