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improved accuracy. The JDAM weapon 

can be delivered from modest standoff 

ranges at high or low altitudes against 

a variety of land and surface targets 

during the day or night. After release, 

JDAM autonomously guides to a target, 

using the resident GPS-aided INS 

guidance system. The JDAM is capable 

of receiving target coordinates via 

preplanned mission data from the 

delivery aircraft, by onboard aircraft 

sensors (i.e., FLIR, Radar, etc.) during 

captive carry, or from a third-party 

source via manual or automated aircrew 

cockpit entry. 

(a) The KMU-572 is the guidance set 

for a GBU-38 (500-pound) JDAM. 

18. The Laser JDAM (GBU-54) 

converts existing unguided free-fall 

bombs into precision guided ‘‘smart’’ 

munitions by adding a new tail section 

containing Inertial Navigation System 

(INS) guidance/Global Positioning 

System (GPS) guidance, as well as adds 

a semi-active laser seeker. This allows 

the weapon to strike targets moving at 

up to 70 mph. The LJDAM weapon 

consists of a DSU-38 sensor, a warheadspecific JDAM guidance set installed on 

the bomb body, and a fuze. 

19. MK-82 Inert General Purpose (GP) 

bomb is a 500-pound, free-fall, 

unguided, low-drag inert weapon used 

for integration testing. There is no 

explosive fill. 

20. GBU-12/58 Paveway II (PW-II) 

500-pound (GBU-12) and 250-pound 

(GBU-58) are maneuverable, free-fall, 

laser-guided bombs (LGBs) that guides 

to reflected laser energy from the 

desired target. Employment of the LGB 

is the same as a normal general purpose 

(GP) warhead, except the semi-active 

guidance corrects for employment errors 

inherent in any delivery system. Laser 

designation for the weapon can be 

provided by a variety of laser target 

markers or designators from the air or 

ground. The Paveway system consists of 

a laser guidance kit, a computer control 

group (CCG), a warhead-specific Air 

Foil Group (AFG) that attach to the nose 

and tail of MK-81 and MK-82 General 

Purpose (GP) bombs, and a fuze. The 

weapon is primarily used for precsion 

bombing aganst non-hardened targets. 

(a) The MAU-169 or the MAU-209 are 

the CCG for the GBU-12 and GBU-58. 

(b) The MXU-650 is the AFG for the 

500-pound GBU-12. 

(c) MXU-1006/B is the AFG for the 

250-pound GBU-58. 

21. AGM-114-R2 Hellfire II SemiActive Laser (SAL) Missiles are raillaunched guided missiles developed 

and produced by Lockheed Martin. The 

guidance system employs a SAL seeker. 

The SAL missile homes in on the laser 

energy reflected off a target that has 

been illuminated by a laser designator. 

The laser can be on either the launch 

platform or another platform that can be 

separated from it by several kilometers. 

The target sets are armor, bunkers, 

caves, enclosures, boats, and enemy 

personnel. The AGM-114-R2 Hellfire II 

missiles use pulse-coded laser 

illumination. The R2 variant includes a 

Height-of-Burst (HOB)/proximity sensor. 

The AGM-114 R2 missiles each have a 

multi-purpose selectable warhead and 

inertial measurement unit (IMU)-Aided 

Trajectories. 

22. The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb 

Increment 1 (SDB-1) 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 nonhardened 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 SDBs in 

place of one 2,000-pound bomb. 

(a) SDB I Guided Test Vehicle (GTV) 

is an SDB II configuration used for land 

or sea range-based testing of the SDB I 

weapon system. The GTV has common 

flight characteristics of an SDB I All Up 

Round (AUR), but in place of the multieffects warhead is a Flight Termination, 

Tracking, and Telemetry (FTTT) 

subassembly that mirrors the AUR 

multi-effects warhead’s size and mass 

properties, yet provides safe flight 

termination, free flight tracking, and 

telemetry of encrypted data from the 

GTV to the data receivers. The SDB I 

GTV can have either inert or live fuses. 

All other flight control, guidance, datalink, and seeker functions are 

representative of the SDB I AUR. 

23. The Joint Programmable Fuze 

(JPF) FMU-139 is a multi-delay, multiarm and proximity sensor compatible 

with general purpose blast, frag, and 

hardened-target penetrator weapons. 

The JPF settings are cockpit selectable 

in flight when used numerous 

precision-guided weapons. It can 

interface with numerous weapons 

including GBU-12, GBU-58, GBU-54, 

and GBU-38. 

24. The highest level of classification 

of defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

25. 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. 

26. A determination has been made 

that the United Arab Emirates 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. 

27. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to the 

Government of the United Arab 

Emirates. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 21–01] 

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 

21–01 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 21–01 

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: Government 

of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * .. $5.8 billion 

Other ...................................... $4.6 billion 

Total ................................... $10.4 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Fifty (50) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter 

Conventional Take-Off and Landing 

(CTOL) Aircraft 

Fifty-four (54) Pratt & Whitney F-135 

Engines (up to 50 installed and 4 

spares) 

Non-MDE: Also included are 

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 


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System Training Devices; Weapons 

Employment Capability and other 

Subsystems, Features, and Capabilities; 

F-35 unique chaff and infrared flares; 

reprogramming center access; F-35 

Performance Based Logistics; software 

development/integration; aircraft ferry 

and tanker support; 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. 

(iv) Military Department: Air Force 

(AE–D–SAC) 

(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: November 09, 2020 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

Policy Justification 

United Arab Emirates—F-35 Joint Strike 

Fighter 

The Government of the United Arab 

Emirates (UAE) has requested to buy up 

to fifty (50) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter 

Conventional Take-Off and Landing 

(CTOL) aircraft and fifty-four (54) Pratt 

& Whitney F-135 Engines (up to 50 

installed and 4 spares). Also included 

are 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 

chaff and infrared flares; reprogramming 

center access; F-35 Performance Based 

Logistics; software development/ 

integration; aircraft ferry and tanker 

support; 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 total estimated cost is 

$10.4 billion. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy and national security of 

the United States by helping to improve 

the security of an important regional 

partner. The UAE has been, and 

continues to be, a vital U.S. partner for 

political stability and economic progress 

in the Middle East. 

The proposed sale of F-35s will 

provide the Government of the UAE 

with a credible defense capability to 

deter aggression in the region and 

ensure interoperability with U.S. forces. 

The UAE has demonstrated a 

commitment to modernizing its military 

and will have no difficulty absorbing 

these aircraft into their armed forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support represents a significant 

increase in capability and will alter the 

regional military balance. 

The prime contractors will be 

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, 

Fort Worth, TX; and Pratt & Whitney 

Military Engines, East Hartford, CT. 

There are no known offset agreements 

proposed in connection with this 

potential sale. However, the purchaser 

typically requests offsets. Any offset 

agreements will be defined in 

negotiations between the purchaser and 

the contractor(s). 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

may require the assignment of U.S. 

Government or contractor 

representatives to the UAE. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require multiple trips to the UAE 

involving U.S. Government and 

contractor representatives for technical 

reviews/support, program management, 

and training over the life of the program. 

U.S. contractor representatives will be 

required in the UAE to conduct 

Contractor Engineering Technical 

Services (CETS) and Autonomic 

Logistics and Global Support (ALGS) for 

after-aircraft delivery. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 21–01 

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 F-35A Conventional Take Off 

and Landing (CTOL) aircraft is a singleseat, single engine, all-weather, stealth, 

fifth-generation, multirole aircraft. The 

F-35A contain sensitive technology, 

including the low observable airframe/ 

outer mold line, the Pratt & Whitney 

F135 engine, AN/APG–81 radar, an 

integrated core processor central 

computer, a mission systems/electronic 

warfare suite, a multiple sensor suite, 

technical data/documentation, and 

associated software. Sensitive elements 

of the F-35A are also included in 

operational flight and maintenance 

trainers. Sensitive elements of the F-35A 

CTOL aircraft include hardware, 

accessories, components, and associated 

software for the following major 

subsystems: 

a. The Pratt and Whitney F135 engine 

is a single 40,000-pound thrust class 

engine designed for the F-35 and assures 

highly reliable, affordable performance. 

The engine is designed to be utilized in 

all F-35 variants, providing unmatched 

commonality and supportability 

throughout the worldwide base of F-35 

users. 

b. The AN/APG–81 Active 

Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) is 

a high processing power/high 

transmission power electronic array 

capable of detecting air and ground 

targets from a greater distance than 

mechanically scanned array radars. It 

also contains a synthetic aperture radar 

(SAR), which creates high-resolution 

ground maps and provides weather data 

to the pilot, and provides air and ground 

tracks to the mission system, which uses 

it as a component to fuse sensor data. 

c. The Electro-Optical Targeting 

System (EOTS) provides long-range 

detection and tracking, as well as an 

infrared search and track (IRST) and 

forward-looking infrared (FLIR) 

capability for precision tracking, 

weapons delivery, and bomb damage 

assessment (BDA). The EOTS replaces 

multiple separate internal or podded 

systems typically found on legacy 

aircraft. 

d. The Electro-Optical Distributed 

Aperture System (EODAS) provides the 

pilot with full spherical coverage for airto-air and air-to-ground threat 

awareness, day/night vision 

enhancements, a fire control capability, 

and precision tracking of wingmen/ 

friendly aircraft. The EODAS provides 

data directly to the pilot’s helmet as 

well as the mission system. 

e. The Electronic Warfare (EW) system 

is a reprogrammable, integrated system 

that provides radar warning and 

electronic support measures (ESM), 

along with a fully integrated 

countermeasures (CM) system. The EW 

system is the primary subsystem used to 

enhance situational awareness, targeting 

support and self-defense through the 

search, intercept, location and 

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automatically counter infrared (IR) and 

radio frequency (RF) threats. 

f. The Command, Control, 

Communications, Computers and 

Intelligence/Communications, 

Navigation, and Identification (C4I/CNI) 

system provides the pilot with 

unmatched connectivity to flight 

members, coalition forces, and the 

battlefield. It is an integrated subsystem 

designed to provide a broad spectrum of 

secure, anti-jam voice and data 

communications, precision radio 

navigation and landing capability, selfidentification, beyond visual range 

target identification, and connectivity to 

off-board sources of information. It also 

includes an inertial navigation and 

global positioning system (GPS) for 

precise location information. The 

functionality is tightly integrated within 

the mission system to enhance 

efficiency. 

g. The aircraft C4I/CNI system 

includes two data links, the MultiFunction Advanced Data Link (MADL) 

and Link 16. The MADL is designed 

specifically for the F-35 and allows for 

stealthy communications between F35s. Link 16 data link equipment allows 

the F-35 to communicate with legacy 

aircraft using widely-distributed J-series 

message protocols. 

h. The F-35 Autonomic Logistics 

Global Sustainment (ALGS) provides a 

fully integrated logistics management 

solution. ALGS integrates a number of 

functional areas, including supply chain 

management, repair, support 

equipment, engine support, and 

training. The ALGS infrastructure 

employs a state-of-the-art information 

system that provides real-time, decisionworthy information for sustainment 

decisions by flight line personnel. 

Prognostic health monitoring 

technology is integrated with the air 

system and is crucial to predictive 

maintenance of vital components. 

i. The F-35 Operational Data 

Integrated Network (ODIN) provides an 

intelligent information infrastructure 

that binds all the key concepts of ALGS 

into an effective support system. ODIN 

establishes the appropriate interfaces 

among the F-35 Air Vehicle, the 

warfighter, the training system, 

government information technology (IT) 

systems, and supporting commercial 

enterprise systems. Additionally, ODIN 

provides a comprehensive tool for data 

collection and analysis, decision 

support and action tracking. 

j. The F-35 Training System includes 

several training devices to provide 

integrated training for pilots and 

maintainers. The pilot training devices 

include a Full Mission Simulator (FMS) 

and Mission Rehearsal Trainer (MRT). 

The maintainer training devices include 

an Aircraft Systems Maintenance 

Trainer (ASMT), Ejection System 

Maintenance Trainer (ESMT), Outer 

Mold Line (OML) Lab, Flexible Linear 

Shaped Charge (FLSC) Trainer, F135 

Engine Module Trainer, Weapons 

Loading Trainer (WLT), and other 

training devices. The F-35 Training 

System can be integrated, where both 

pilots and maintainers learn in the same 

Integrated Training Center (ITC). 

k. Other subsystems, features, and 

capabilities include the F-35’s low 

observable air frame, Integrated Core 

Processor (ICP) Central Computer, 

Helmet Mounted Display System 

(HMDS), Pilot Life Support System 

(PLSS), Mission Planning System 

Environment (MPSE), and publications/ 

maintenance manuals. The HMDS 

provides a fully sunlight readable, biocular display presentation of aircraft 

information projected onto the pilot’s 

helmet visor. The use of a night vision 

camera integrated into the helmet 

eliminates the need for separate Night 

Vision Goggles. The PLSS provides a 

measure of Pilot Chemical, Biological, 

and Radiological Protection through use 

of an OnBoard Oxygen Generating 

System (OBOGS) and an escape system 

that provides additional protection to 

the pilot. OBOGS takes the Power and 

Thermal Management System (PTMS) 

air and enriches it by removing gases 

(mainly nitrogen) by adsorption, thereby 

increasing the concentration of oxygen 

in the product gas and supplying 

breathable air to the pilot. The MPSE 

provides a mission planning, mission 

briefing, and a maintenance/ 

intelligence/tactical debriefing platform 

for the F-35. 

2. The Reprogramming Center is 

located in the United States and 

provides F-35 customers a means to 

update F-35 electronic warfare 

databases. 

3. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

4. 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. 

5. A determination has been made 

that the United Arab Emirates 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. 

6. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to the 

Government of the United Arab 

Emirates. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice Reopening the Application 

Period for Certain Applicants Under 

the Higher Education Emergency 

Relief Fund (HEERF), Sections 

18004(a)(1), 18004(a)(2), and 

18004(a)(3); Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 

and Economic Security (CARES) Act 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is reopening 

the application period for certain 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

that previously applied for HEERF, 

CARES Act funds. The Secretary takes 

this action to specifically allow those 

eligible applicants that previously 

submitted timely applications but were 

denied funding due to technical errors 

with their submission, additional time 

to submit their Certifications and 

Agreements (applications), and 

associated data submissions for 

approved information collections under 

OMB control numbers 1801–0005, 

1840–0842, and 1840–0843. This 

reopening also permits prior applicants 

that did not apply for the full amount 

of their allocation within a particular 

funding stream to resubmit their 

applications, in order to receive the full 

allocation amount they were eligible to 

receive. This reopening does not apply 

to any IHE that did not apply for 

HEERF, CARES Act funds during a 

previous open period, or allow an IHE 

to apply to a new CARES Act funding 

stream. 

DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 11, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Epps, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 250–64, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: The Department of 

Education HEERF Call Center at (202) 

377–3711. Email: HEERF@ed.gov. Please 

also visit our HEERF website at: https:// 

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ 

caresact.html. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

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