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(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)—MS–110 Recce Pod 

System 

TECRO has requested to buy six (6) 

MS–110 Recce Pods; three (3) 

Transportable Ground Stations; one (1) 

Fixed Ground station; spare and repair 

parts; repair and return; site surveys; 

integration and test equipment; system 

support and equipment; personnel 

training and training equipment; 

publications and technical 

documentation; U.S. Government and 

contractor engineering, technical, and 

logistical support services; and other 

related elements of logistical and 

program support. The total estimated 

program cost is $367.2 million. 

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 by providing timely 

Intelligence, Surveillance, and 

Reconnaissance (ISR), capabilities for its 

security and defense. The enhanced 

capability is a deterrent to regional 

threats and will strengthen the 

recipient’s self-defense. 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 

Collins Aerospace, Westford, MA. The 

purchaser typically requests offsets. 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 the 

recipient. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 20–75 

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 MS–110 is a Non-Program of 

Record electro-optic and infrared 

airborne reconnaissance system with 

long range, day/night, multi-spectral 

sensor technology. The multi-spectral 

sensor lets the end user see color and 

better distinguish subtle features that 

traditional gray-scale imagery cannot. 

The pod can transmit imagery via a 

datalink to ground-stations for near-real 

time analysis and exploitation. 

2. The highest level of classification of 

information included in this potential 

sale is UNCLASSIFIED. 

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. 20–77] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

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 

20–77 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 20–77 

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 *.$357.5 million 

Other ................................. $ 78.6 million 

TOTAL .......................... $436.1 million 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Eleven (11) High Mobility Artillery 

Rocket Systems (HIMARS) M142 

Launchers 

Sixty-four (64) Army Tactical Missile 

Systems (ATACMS) M57 Unitary 

Missiles 

Seven (7) M1152Al High Mobility 

Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles 

(HMMWVs) 

Eleven (11) M240B Machine Guns, 

7.62MM 


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Seventeen (17) International Field 

Artillery Tactical Data Systems 

(IFATDS) 

Non-MDE: Also included are fifty-four 

(54) M28A2 Low Cost Reduced Range 

Practice Rocket Pods (LCRRPR); eleven 

(11) M2Al machine guns, .50 caliber; 

twenty-two (22) AN/NRC-92E dual radio 

systems; seven (7) AN/NRC-92E dual 

radio ground stations; fifteen (15) AN/ 

VRC-90E single radio systems; eleven 

(11) M1084A2 cargo Family of Medium 

Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) Resupply 

Vehicles (RSV); two (2) M1089A2 cargo 

wrecker FMTV RSV; eleven (11) M1095 

trailer cargo FMTV, 5-ton; support 

equipment; communications equipment; 

spare and repair parts; test sets; laptop 

computers; training and training 

equipment; publication; systems 

integration support; technical data; 

Stockpile Reliability Program (SRP); 

Quality Assurance and Technical 

Assistance Teams; U.S. Government and 

contractor technical, engineering, and 

logistics support services; and other 

related elements of logistical and 

program support. 

(iv) Military Department: Army (TWB-ZDJ) 

(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)—HIMARS, Support, 

and Equipment 

TECRO has requested to buy eleven 

(11) High Mobility Artillery Rocket 

Systems (HIMARS) M142 Launchers; 

sixty-four (64) Army Tactical Missile 

Systems (ATACMS) M57 Unitary 

Missiles; seven (7) M1152Al High 

Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled 

Vehicles (HMMWVs); eleven (11) 

M240B Machine Guns, 7.62MM; and 

seventeen (17) International Field 

Artillery Tactical Data Systems 

(IFATDS). Also included are fifty-four 

(54) M28A2 Low Cost Reduced Range 

Practice Rocket Pods (LCRRPR); eleven 

(11) M2Al machine guns, .50 caliber; 

twenty-two (22) AN/NRC-92E dual radio 

systems; seven (7) AN/NRC-92E dual 

radio ground stations; fifteen (15) AN/ 

VRC-90E single radio systems; eleven 

(11) M1084A2 cargo Family of Medium 

Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) Resupply 

Vehicles (RSV); two (2) M1089A2 cargo 

wrecker FMTV RSV; eleven (11) M1095 

trailer cargo FMTV, 5-ton; support 

equipment; communications equipment; 

spare and repair parts; test sets; laptop 

computers; training and training 

equipment; publication; systems 

integration support; technical data; 

Stockpile Reliability Program (SRP): 

Quality Assurance and Technical 

Assistance Teams; U.S. Government and 

contractor technical, engineering, and 

logistics support services; and other 

related elements of logistical and 

program support. The total estimated 

program cost is $436.1 million. 

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. 

The recipient will use this capability 

as a deterrent to regional threats and to 

strengthen homeland defense. 

Acquisition of HIMARS will contribute 

to the recipient’s goal of updating its 

military capability while further 

enhancing interoperability with the 

United States and other allies. 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 prime contractor will be 

Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire 

Control, Grand Prairie, TX. The 

purchaser typically requests offsets. Any 

offset agreement will be defined in 

negotiations between the purchaser and 

the contractor. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require the assignment of U.S. 

Government and U.S. contractor 

representatives in-country; seven (7) 

U.S. Government and thirteen (13) U.S. 

contractor representatives for a period of 

1 month; two (2) U.S. Government and 

seven (7) U.S. contractor representatives 

for a period of two months; and five (5) 

U.S. contractor representatives for a 

period of one year. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 20–77 

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 of the MLRS Family of 

Munitions (FOM) including Guided 

Multiple Launch Rocket System 

(GMLRS) variants and the 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 M57 Army Tactical Missile 

System (ATACMS)—Unitary 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 lethality and accuracy over 

previous versions of the AT ACMS due 

to a GPS/Precise Position System (PPS) 

aided navigation system. 

3. The International Field Artillery 

Tactical Data System is the international 

export version of the Army’s Advanced 

Field Artillery Tactical Data System 

(AFATDS). It provides networked and 

fully automated support for the 

planning, coordination, control, and 

execution of fires and effects such as 

mortars, field artillery, rockets and 

missiles, and close air support. 

International versions are developed for 

each customer unique to the weapon 

and targeting systems in their inventory. 

4. The M1152Al High Mobility 

Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle 

(HMMWV) is a two-man wheeled 

vehicle primarily used for the transport 

of personnel or as a shelter carrier. 

5. The M240B Machine Gun is a 

family of belt-fed gas-operated medium 

machine guns that chamber the 7.62x51 

mm NATO cartridge. It has been used 

extensively by the U.S. Army in infantry 

companies and as a mounted weapon on 

ground vehicles. 

6. The highest level of information 

required to facilitate sale, training, 

operation, and maintenance of these 

systems is classified SECRET. 

7. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the hardware and software elements, the 

information could be used to develop 

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countermeasures or equivalent systems, 

which might reduce system 

effectiveness or be used in the 

development of a system with similar or 

advanced capabilities. 

8. 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. 

9. 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. 20–74] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

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 

20–74 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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