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technological collection techniques or 

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responses. 

All comments submitted in response 

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Kimberly Hardy, 

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Chief Administrative Officer, United States 

Patent and Trademark Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 20–75] 

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 

20–75 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. 20–75 

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 *.$ 0 million 

Other ................................. $367.2 million 

TOTAL .......................... $367.2 million 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

None. 

Non-MDE: 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. 

(iv) Military Department: Air Force 

(TW–D–QAS). 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None. 


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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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