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Transmittal No. 18–26 

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 AEGIS Weapon System is a 

multi-mission combat system providing 

Integrated Air and Missile Defense 

(IAMD) capability for surface ship 

combatants. This sale involves the 

procurement of development site 

equipment to support the Australian 

Surface Combatant Program. The 

equipment will be installed in U.S.- 

based development and testing site 

locations to support the continued 

development of the AEGIS Combat 

System for the Australia Surface 

Combatant Programs. A subsequent LOR 

is anticipated for procurement of 

combat system equipment to be 

exported to Australia for installation on 

their future surface combatants. 

2. AEGIS Weapon System simulation 

software, documentation, training and 

study material will be provided a 

classification levels up to and including 

SECRET. 

3. No delivery of restricted 

information will be provided under this 

LOR. Delivery of sensitive technological 

information, up to and including 

SECRET, will be limited to the 

minimum level of information required 

to progress activities associated with the 

integration of indigenous combat system 

systems into the AEGIS Combat System. 

This consists primarily of AEGIS 

Combat System requirements and 

integration information to support early 

combat system development activities, 

in the form of documentation, 

simulation software, and technical 

specifications. This information is 

sensitive as it provides limited insight 

into AEGIS Combat System capabilities 

and requirements—as tailored to the 

Australian AEGIS Combat System 

configurations. 

4. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

specific hardware, the information 

could be used to develop 

countermeasures which might reduce 

weapons system effectiveness or be used 

in the development of a system with 

similar or advanced capabilities. 

5. A determination has been made 

that Australia can provide substantially 

the same degree of protection for 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This proposed 

sustainment program is necessary to the 

furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy 

and national security objectives 

outlined in the Policy Justification. 

6. All defense articles and services 

listed on this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to Australia. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 18–13] 

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: 

DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@

mail.mil or (703) 697–9709. 

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 

18–13 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: July 26, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 18–13 

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 Germany 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * $ .75 billion 

Other .................................... $ .65 billion 

TOTAL .............................. $1.40 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Three (3) C–130J–30 Aircraft with four 

(4) each Rolls Royce AE–2100D 

Turboprop Engines (installed) 

Three (3) KC–130J Aircraft with four (4) 

each Rolls Royce AE–2100D 

Turboprop Engines (installed) 

Four (4) Rolls Royce AE 2100D 

Turboprop Engines (spares) 

Eight (8) Link-16 MIDS Terminals (one 

(1) per aircraft, plus two (2) spares) 

Non-MDE: Also includes eight (8) AN/ 

ALE 47 Electronic Countermeasure 

Dispensers (1 per aircraft, plus 2 spares); 

eight (8) AN/AAR–47A(V)2 Missile 

Warning Systems (1 per aircraft, plus 

spares); eight (8) AN/ALR–56M Radar 

Warning Receivers (1 per aircraft, plus 

2 spares); eight (8) MX–20 ElectroOptical/Infrared Imaging Systems (1 per 

aircraft, plus 2 spares); AN/APX–114/ 

119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) 

Mode 5; Joint Mission Planning System 

(JMPS); secure communications; 

precision navigation and cryptographic 

equipment; night vision devices; 

support and test equipment; 

publications and technical 

documentation; personnel training and 

training equipment; 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 

(GY–D–SUA) 

(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: May 4, 2018 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Government of Germany—C–130J and 

KC–130J Aircraft 

The Government of Germany has 

requested to buy three (3) C–130J–30 

aircraft with four (4) each Rolls Royce 

AE–2100D turboprop engines 

(installed); three (3) KC–130J aircraft 

with four (4) each Rolls Royce AE– 

2100D turboprop engines (installed); 

four (4) Rolls Royce AE 2100D 

turboprop engines (spares); and eight (8) 

Link-16 MIDS Terminals (one (1) per 

aircraft, plus two (2) spares). Also 

includes eight (8) AN/ALE 47 Electronic 

Countermeasure Dispensers (1 per 

aircraft, plus 2 spares); eight (8) AN/ 

AAR–47A(V)2 Missile Warning Systems 

(1 per aircraft, plus spares); eight (8) 

AN/ALR–56M Radar Warning Receivers 

(1 per aircraft, plus 2 spares); eight (8) 

MX–20 Electro-Optical/Infrared Imaging 

Systems (1 per aircraft, plus 2 spares); 

AN/APX–114/119 Identification Friend 

or Foe (IFF) Mode 5; Joint Mission 

Planning System (JMPS); secure 

communications; precision navigation 

and cryptographic equipment; night 

vision devices; support and test 

equipment; publications and technical 

documentation; personnel training and 

training equipment; U.S. Government 

and contractor engineering; technical 

and logistics support services; and other 

related elements of logistical and 

program support. The total estimated 

value is $1.40 billion. 

This proposed sale will contribute to 

the foreign policy and national security 

of the United States by helping to 

improve the security of a NATO ally 

which is an important force for political 

and economic stability in Europe. The 

proposed sale will increase the airlift, 

air refueling, and air drop capabilities of 

the German Air Force. Providing these 

capabilities to the German Air Force 

will greatly increase interoperability 

between the U.S. Air Force and the 

German Air Force as well as other 

NATO allies. 

The German Air Force will use these 

aircraft to conduct airlift, air refueling, 

and air drop missions as part of a 

French-German allied squadron based 

in Evreux, France. This common air 

transport squadron will have 

unrestricted exchange of aircraft, air 

crews, and maintainers, as well as 

technical and logistical support based 

on a common pool of spare parts and a 

common service support contract. These 

exchanges would be carried out 

pursuant to separate authorizations from 

the United States. The C–130Js will 

provide crucial air refueling capability 

to German and French fighter and light 

transport aircraft, as well as helicopters. 

Germany requests these capabilities to 

provide for the support of its deployed 

troops, regional security, and 

interoperability with France and the 

United States. Germany will have no 

difficulty absorbing these aircraft 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, Ft Worth, TX. There 

are no known offset agreements 

proposed in connection with this 

potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

may require multiple trips but no longterm stationing for U.S. contractor 

representatives to Germany and 

potentially deployed locations to 

provide initial launch recovery, and 

maintenance support. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 18–13 

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 C–130J Hercules with Rolls 

Royce AE 2100D Turboprop Engines is 

a military airlift aircraft that performs 

primarily the tactical portion of the 

airlift mission. The aircraft is capable of 

operating from rough, dirt strips and is 

the prime transport for air dropping 

troops and equipment into hostile areas. 

The C–130J improvements over the C– 

130E include improved maximum 

speed, climb time, cruising altitude and 

range. The C–130J has 55 feet of cargo 

compartment length,—an additional 15 

feet over the original ‘‘short’’ aircraft. 

Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. Technical 

data and documentation to be provided 

is UNCLASSIFIED. 

2. The KC–130J is a tanker version of 

the C–130J Hercules aircraft modified to 

provide air-to-air refueling and assaultsupport. Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. 

Technical data and documentation to be 

provided is UNCLASSIFIED. 

3. Multifunctional Information 

Distribution System (MIDS) is an 

advanced Link-16 command, control, 

communications, and intelligence (C3I) 

system incorporating high-capacity, 

jam-resistant, digital communication 

links for exchange of near real-time 

tactical information, including both data 

and voice, among air, ground, and sea 

elements. The MIDS terminal hardware, 

publications, performance 

specifications, operational capability, 

parameters, vulnerabilities to 

countermeasures, and software 

documentation are classified 

CONFIDENTIAL. The classified 

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that which is necessary for the 

operation, maintenance, and repair 

(through intermediate level) of the data 

link terminal, installed systems, and 

related software. 

4. The AN/ALE–47 Counter-Measures 

Dispensing System (CMOS) is an 

integrated, threat-adaptive, softwareprogrammable dispensing system 

capable of dispensing chaff, flares, and 

active radio frequency expendables. The 

threats countered by the CMOS include 

radar-directed anti-aircraft artillery 

(AAA), radar command-guided missiles, 

radar homing guided missiles, and 

infrared (IR) guided missiles. The 

system is internally mounted and may 

be operated as a stand-alone system or 

may be integrated with other on-board 

EW and avionics systems. The AN/ 

ALE–47 uses threat data received over 

the aircraft interfaces to assess the threat 

situation and to determine a response. 

Expendable routines tailored to the 

immediate aircraft and threat 

environment may be dispensed using 

one of four operational modes. 

Hardware is UNCLASSIFIED. Technical 

data and documentation to be provided 

is UNCLASSIFIED. 

5. The AN/AAR–47A(V)2 Missile 

Warning System is a small, lightweight, 

passive, electro-optic, threat warning 

device used to detect surface-to-air 

missiles fired at helicopters and lowflying fixed-wing aircraft and 

automatically provide countermeasures, 

as well as audio and visual-sector 

warning messages to the aircrew. The 

basic system consists of multiple 

Optical Sensor Converter (OSC) units, a 

Computer Processor (CP) and a Control 

Indicator (Cl). The set of OSC units, 

which normally consist of four, is 

mounted on the aircraft exterior to 

provide omni-directional protection. 

The OSC detects the rocket plume of 

missiles and sends appropriate signals 

to the CP for processing. The CP 

analyses the data from each OSC and 

automatically deploys the appropriate 

countermeasures. The CP also contains 

comprehensive BIT circuitry. The CI 

displays the incoming direction of the 

threat, so that the pilot can take 

appropriate action. Hardware is 

UNCLASSIFIED. Technical data and 

documentation to be provided is 

UNCLASSIFIED. 

6. The AN/ALR–56M Advanced Radar 

Warning Receiver continuously detects 

and intercepts RF signals in certain 

frequency ranges and analyzes and 

separates threat signals from non-threat 

signals. It contributes to fulldimensional protection by providing 

individual aircraft probability of 

survival through improved aircrew 

situational awareness of the radar 

guided threat environment. The ALR– 

56M is designed to provide improved 

performance in a dense signal 

environment and improved detection of 

modern threats signals. Hardware is 

UNCLASSIFIED. Technical data and 

documentation to be provided is 

UNCLASSIFIED. 

7. An AN/APX–114/119 Identification 

Friend or Foe (IFF) combined 

transponder interrogator system is 

UNCLASSIFIED unless Mode 4 or 5 

operational evaluator parameters, which 

are SECRET, are loaded into the 

equipment. 

8. Joint Mission Planning System 

(JMPS) is a multi-platform PC based 

mission planning system. JMPS 

hardware is UNCLASSIFIED but the 

software is classified up to SECRET. 

9. This sale will involve the release of 

sensitive and/or classified cryptographic 

equipment for secure communications 

radios, precision navigation, and 

cryptographic appliques and keying 

equipment. The hardware is 

UNCLASSIFIED, except where systems 

are loaded with cryptographic software, 

which may be classified up to SECRET. 

10. 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. 

11. A determination has been made 

that the recipient country 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. 

12. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to the 

Government of Germany. 

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Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 18–12] 

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: 

DSCA at dsca.ncr.lmo.mbx.info@

mail.mil or (703) 697–9709. 

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 

18–12 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: July 26, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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