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Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140d, the 

subcommittee is not obligated to allow 

the public to speak or otherwise address 

the subcommittee during the meeting. 

However, interested persons may 

submit a written statement or a request 

to speak for consideration by the 

subcommittee. After reviewing any 

written statements or requests 

submitted, the subcommittee 

Chairperson and the Designated Federal 

Officer may choose to invite certain 

submitters to present their comments 

verbally during the open portion of this 

meeting or at a future meeting. The 

Designated Federal Officer in 

consultation with the subcommittee 

Chairperson, may allot a specific 

amount of time for submitters to present 

their comments verbally. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 18–0B] 

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)(5)(C) 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 

18–0B. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Shelly E. Finke, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 18–0B 

REPORT OF ENHANCEMENT OR 

UPGRADE OF SENSITIVITY OF 

TECHNOLOGY OR CAPABILITY (SEC. 

36(B)(5)(C)), (AECA) 

(i) Purchaser: Government of France 

(ii) Sec. 36(b)(1), AECA Transmittal 

No.: 13–40 

Date: 27 June 2013 

Military Department: U.S. Air Force 

(iii) Description: On 27 June 2013, 

Congress was notified by Congressional 

certification transmittal number 13–40 

of the possible sale under Section 

36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act 

of 16 MQ–9 Reaper Remotely Piloted 

Aircraft, 8 Mobile Ground Control 

Stations (GCS), 48 Honeywell TPE331– 

10T Turboprop Engines (16 installed 

and 32 Spares), 24 Satellite Earth 

Terminal Substations, 40 Ku Band LinkAirborne Communication Systems, 40 

General Atomics Lynx (exportable) 

Synthetic Aperture Radar/Ground 

Moving Target Indicator (SAR/GMTI) 

Systems, 40 AN/DAS–1 Multi-Spectral 

Targeting System (MTS)–B, 40 Ground 

Data Terminals, 40 ARC–210 Radio 

Systems, 40 Embedded Global 

Positioning System/Inertial Navigation 

Systems, and 48 AN/APX–119 and KIV– 


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119 Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) 

Systems. Also provided are spare and 

repair parts, communication, test, and 

support equipment, publications and 

technical documentation, airworthiness 

and maintenance support, site surveys 

and bed down planning, personnel 

training and training equipment, 

operational flight test, U.S. Government 

and contractor technical and logistics 

personnel services, and other related 

elements of logistics support. The 

estimated cost was $1.5 billion. Major 

Defense Equipment (MDE) constituted 

$765 million of this total. 

This transmittal reports the retrofit of 

MQ–9s to become weapons capable, and 

the inclusion of 100 GBU–49 Enhanced 

Paveway dual mode GPS and laser 

guided bomb kits comprised of MXU– 

650 Air Foil Group (AFG) and MAU– 

210 Enhanced Computer Control Group 

(ECCG); 200 FMU–152 fuzes; 650 AGM– 

114R Hellfire missiles, with active 

warheads; 45 AGM–114R Hellfire 

training missiles, without active 

warheads; and 6 Hellfire Captive Air 

Training Missiles. 

The retrofit and inclusion of MDE not 

enumerated in the original notification 

will result in an increase in the cost of 

MDE by $210 million. The total case 

value will increase to $1.71 billion. 

(iv) Significance: This notification is 

being provided as the retrofit of the 

MQ–9 systems to become weapons 

capable, and the inclusion of MDE items 

not originally notified represents an 

increase in capability. Enhancement of 

France’s MQ–9 will provide strike 

capability to augment the current 

intelligence, surveillance, and 

reconnaissance (ISR) capability. 

(v) Justification: Enhancement of 

France’s MQ–9 to provide strike 

capability will contribute to the foreign 

and national security policies of the 

United States by enhancing the ISR and 

strike capability of a NATO ally. This 

creates a multi-role capability to provide 

rapid response to neutralize threats 

without having to employ secondary 

aircraft from French, U.S., or coalition 

partners, in support of national, NATO, 

and UN-mandated operations. This 

further contributes to commonality 

between ISR, weapons, and munitions 

capabilities which will greatly increase 

the interoperability between the U.S., 

French militaries and other 

peacekeeping forces. 

(vi) Sensitivity of Technology: France 

currently owns and operates an 

unarmed version of the MQ–9 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 

system. No new Critical Program 

Information or Technology is involved 

in the weaponization process. In 

addition to weaponization kits and 

pylons, software and hardware 

upgrades, survey and test, and training 

and training equipment, sensitive or 

classified elements of the upgrade will 

include: 

a. The AGM–114R Hellfire is a raillaunched guided missile. The guidance 

system employs a Semi-Active Laser 

(SAL) seeker and an analogue autopilot. 

The SAL missiles home on the laser 

energy reflected off a target that has 

been illuminated by a laser designator. 

The laser designator can be on either the 

launch platform or another platform. 

The Hellfire uses a pulse-coded laser 

illumination so that the missile will 

only lock on to its chosen target, and 

has a multi-purpose selectable warhead. 

The weapon system hardware, as an ‘‘all 

Up Round’’ is UNCLASSIFIED. The 

highest level of classified information to 

be disclosed regarding the AGM–114R 

Hellfire missile is SECRET, based upon 

the software. 

b. The Captive Air Training Missiles 

(CATM) consists of a functional 

guidance section coupled to an inert 

missile bus and is used for flight 

training but cannot be launched. The 

missile has an operational SAL seeker 

that can search for and lock-on to laserdesignated targets. It functions like a 

tactical missile (without launch 

capability) during captive carry on the 

aircraft, making it suitable for training 

aircrew in simulated Hellfire missile 

target acquisition and lock. 

c. GBU–49 Enhanced Paveway II (EP 

II) is a maneuverable, free-fall Laser 

Guided Bomb (LGB) that guides to the 

target using a GPS-aided INS and dual 

mode laser seeker. The GBU–49 consists 

of an Electronic Computer Control 

Group (ECCG) with laser detector sensor 

and a warhead specific Air Foil Group 

(AFG) that attaches to the nose and tail 

of a GP bomb body respectively. The 

GBU–49 uses a 5001b (Mk–82 or BLU– 

111) GP bomb body fitted with the 

MXU–650 AFG and MAU–210 ECCG to 

guide to its laser designated target. The 

hardware is UNCLASSIFIED; technical 

data and documents are classified up to 

SECRET. 

d. FMU–152 is the Joint 

Programmable Bomb Fuze; a multifunction hard/soft target fuze that is 

used on for multiple different Mk-series 

bombs. The fuze can be programmed on 

the wing or in flight and is used with 

the JDAM, Paveway, and Enhanced 

Paveway bombs. The hardware is 

UNCLASSIFIED; technical data and 

documents are UNCLASSIFED. 

(vii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: July 26, 2018 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Investigation, Prosecution, and 

Defense of Sexual Assault in the 

Armed Forces; Notice of Federal 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: General Counsel of the 

Department of Defense, Defense 

Advisory Committee on Investigation, 

Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual 

Assault in the Armed Forces, 

Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense 

(DoD) is publishing this notice to 

announce that the following Federal 

Advisory Committee meeting of the 

Defense Advisory Committee on 

Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense 

of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces 

will take place. 

DATES: Open to the public Thursday 

August 23, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: One Liberty Center, 875 N 

Randolph Street, Suite 1432, Arlington, 

Virginia 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dwight Sullivan, 703–695–1055 (Voice), 

703–693–3903 (Facsimile), 

dwight.h.sullivan.civ@mail.mil (Email). 

Mailing address is DACIPAD, One 

Liberty Center, 875 N Randolph Street, 

Suite 150, Arlington, Virginia 22203. 

Website: http://dacipad.whs.mil/. The 

most up-to-date changes to the meeting 

agenda can be found on the website. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 

circumstances beyond the control of the 

Department of Defense (DoD) and the 

Designated Federal Officer, the Defense 

Business Board was unable to provide 

public notification required by 41 CFR 

102–3.150(a) concerning the meeting on 

August 8, 2018 of the Defense Business 

Board. Accordingly, the Advisory 

Committee Management Officer for the 

Department of Defense, pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.150(b), waives the 15- 

calendar day notification requirement. 

This meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: In section 546 

of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub. L. 113– 

291), as modified by section 537 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2016 (Pub. L. 114–92), 


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