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Number of Respondents: 3,305. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 3,305. 

Average Burden per Response: 7 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Dated: February 18, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 21–16] 

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 

21–16 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: February 23, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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11954 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Notices 

Transmittal No. 21–16 

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 Finland 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * .. $81.0 million 

Other ...................................... $10.2 million 

TOTAL ............................... $91.2 million 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Twenty-Five (25) M30A2 Extended 

Range Guided Multiple Launch 

Rocket System–Alternative Warhead 

(ER GMLRS–AW) Pods 

Ten (10) M31A2 Extended Range 

Guided Multiple Launch Rocket 

Systems—Unitary (ER GMLRS–U) 

Pods 

Non-MDE: Also included is an ER 

GMLRS Materiel Release Package; 

Stockpile Reliability Program (SRP) 

support; Quality Assurance Testing 

(QAT) services; technical publications; 

U.S. Government and contractor 

technical and logistics support services; 

and other related elements of program 

and logistics support. 

(iv) Military Department: Army (FI–B– 

VBB) 

(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: February 17, 2021 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Finland—Extended Range Guided 

Multiple Launch Rocket System 

The Government of Finland has 

requested to buy twenty-five (25) 

M30A2 Extended Range Guided 

Multiple Launch Rocket Systems— 

Alternative Warhead (ER GMLRS–AW) 

Pods; and ten (10) M31A2 Extended 

Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket 

Systems—Unitary (ER GMLRS–U) Pods. 

Also included is an ER GMLRS Materiel 

Release Package; Stockpile Reliability 

Program (SRP) support; Quality 

Assurance Testing (QAT) services; 

technical publications; U.S. Government 

and contractor technical and logistics 

support services; and other related 

element of program and logistics 

support. The total estimated cost is 

$91.2 million. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy and national security of 

the United States by improving the 

security of a trusted partner which is an 

important force for political stability 

and economic progress in Europe. It is 

vital to the U.S. national interest to 

assist Finland in developing and 

maintaining a strong and ready selfdefense capability. 

Finland intends to use these defense 

articles and services to modernize its 

armed forces. Finland intends to expand 

its existing army architecture to counter 

potential threats. This will contribute to 

the Finland military’s goal to upgrade 

its capability while enhancing 

interoperability between Finland, the 

United States, and other allies. Finland 

will have no difficulty absorbing these 

missiles 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 

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Missile 

and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, TX. 

There are no known offsets associated 

with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of U.S. 

Government or contractor 

representatives to Finland. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 21–16 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The ER GMLRS provides a 

persistent, responsive, all-weather, 

rapidly deployed, long range, surface-tosurface, area- and point-precision strike 

capability. The AW variant (XM403, 

also referred to as M30A2) carries a 200- 

pound fragmentation assembly filled 

with high explosives which, upon 

detonation, accelerates two layers of 

preformed penetrators optimized for 

effectiveness against large area and 

imprecisely located targets. The Unitary 

variant (XM404, also referred to as 

M31A2) is a 200-pound class unitary 

with a steel blast-fragmentation case, 

designed for low collateral damage 

against point targets. The ER GMLRS 

maintains the accuracy and 

effectiveness demonstrated by the 

baseline GMLRS out to a maximum 

range of 150 km (double of GMLRS 

capability) while also including a new 

Height Of Burst (HOB) capability. 

2. The highest level of classified 

information associated with the sale of 

this equipment is SECRET. 

3. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures or 

equivalent systems that might reduce 

weapon system effectiveness or be used 

in the development of a system with 

similar or advanced capabilities. 

4. 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 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 

Government of Finland. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

[Transmittal No. 20–50] 

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 

20–50 with attached Policy Justification. 

Dated: February 23, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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