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Transmittal No. 11–50 

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: Kingdom of 

Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Defense and 

Aviation (MODA) 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment* $ 0 million 

Other .................................... 120 million 

Total .............................. 120 million 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms 

Export Control Act. 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Continuation of services for the 

PATRIOT Systems Engineering Services 

Program (ESP). Also included: 

Modification kits, engineering changes, 

spare and repair parts, 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: Army (UAJ) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: 

FMS Case JBV—$2.74 billion—28 Jul 

08 

FMS Case VNX—$991 million—21 

May 11 

(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: 

None 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: 22 December 2011 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Saudi Arabia—Engineering Services 

Program (ESP) 

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has 

requested a possible sale of the 

continuation of services for the 

PATRIOT Systems Engineering Services 

Program (ESP). Also included: 

Modification kits, engineering changes, 

spare and repair parts, 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 estimated cost is 

$120 million. 

This proposed sale will contribute to 

the foreign policy and national security 

of the United States by helping to 

improve the security of a friendly 

country that has been, and continues to 

be, an important force for political 

stability and economic progress in the 

Middle East. 

The proposed sale will facilitate the 

continuation of existing services that 

Saudi Arabia has had under the Shared 

Engineering Services Program (SESP) for 

the past 20 years. The ESP provides 

material support to Saudi’s defense and 

serves U.S. interests in the region. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The prime contractor will be 

Raytheon Integrated Defense in 

Andover, Massachusetts. There are no 

known offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. Government or 

contractor representatives to Saudi 

Arabia. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Renewal of Federal Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972 (5 U.S.C. Appendix, as amended), 

the Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102– 

3.50d (agency authority), the DoD gives 

notice that it is renewing the charter for 

the Defense Business Board (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘the Board’’). 

The Board is a discretionary Federal 

advisory committee that at the direction 

of the Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense, and 

according to DoD policy shall examine 

and advise on overall DoD management 

and governance. 

The Board shall report to the 

Secretary of Defense or the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, and the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense is authorized to act 

upon the Board’s advice and 

recommendations. 

The Board shall be composed of not 

more than twenty-five members, who 

possess: (a) A proven track record of 

sound judgment in leading or governing 

large, complex private or public sector 

corporations or organizations; and (b) a 

wealth of top-level, global business 

experience in the areas of executive 

management, corporate governance, 

audit and finance, human resources, 

economics, technology and healthcare. 

Board members shall be appointed by 

the Secretary of Defense, with annual 

renewals. 

Board members appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense, who are not fulltime or permanent part-time Federal 

officers or employees, shall be 

appointed to serve as experts and 

consultants under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, and to serve as special 

government employees. Board members, 

with the approval of the Secretary of 

Defense, may serve a term of service on 

the Board of one to four years; however, 

no member shall serve more than two 

consecutive terms of service on the 

Board. Regardless of the individual’s 

approved term of service, all 

appointments to the Board shall be 

renewed on an annual basis. 

The Secretary of Defense shall select 

and appoint the Board’s chairperson 

from the total membership. With the 

exception of travel and per diem for 

official travel, Board members shall 

serve without compensation. 

Board members are appointed to 

provide advice on behalf of the 

government on the basis of their best 

judgment without representing any 

particular point of view and in a manner 

that is free from conflict of interest. 

The Chairpersons of the Defense 

Policy Board and the Defense Science 

Board may serve as non-voting exofficio members of the Board. These 

individuals, when they attend, may 

provide advice to the Board 

membership only on the areas governed 

by their respective Boards and provided 

the information has been voted on by 

their membership and it is available to 

the general public. 

The Secretary of Defense or the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense may 

appoint former Board members to serve 

as non-voting Senior Fellows. These 

individuals are appointed based upon 

their subject matter expertise and based 

upon the matters under deliberation by 

the Board. The Board may utilize nonvoting Senior Fellows who, as former 

members, assist with institutional 

knowledge and provide continuity of 

operations. 

The Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget and the 

Comptroller General of the General 

Accounting Office shall serve as nonvoting observers of the Board. 

According to DoD policy and 

procedures, the Secretary of Defense 

may invite or appoint experts or 


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consultants, with special expertise, to 

assist the Board on an ad hoc basis. 

These experts and consultants, 

appointed under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, shall serve as special 

government employees; however, they 

shall have no voting rights on the Board. 

Non-voting ex-officio members, nonvoting senior fellows, non-voting 

observers and those non-voting experts 

and consultants appointed by the 

Secretary of Defense shall not count 

toward the Board’s total membership. 

The Department, when necessary, and 

consistent with the Board’s mission and 

DoD policies and procedures may 

establish subcommittees, task groups, or 

working groups deemed necessary to 

support the Board. 

These subcommittees or working 

groups shall operate under the 

provisions of the FACA, the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

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

governing Federal statutes and 

regulations, and governing DoD policies 

and procedures. 

Such subcommittees or task groups 

shall not work independently of the 

chartered Board, and shall report all 

their recommendations and advice to 

the Board for full deliberation and 

discussion. Subcommittees have no 

authority to make decisions on behalf of 

the chartered Board; nor can any 

subcommittee or its members update or 

report directly to the Department of 

Defense or any Federal officers or 

employees. 

All subcommittee members shall be 

appointed in the same manner as the 

Board members; that is, the Secretary of 

Defense shall appoint subcommittee 

members even if the member in 

question is already a Board member. 

Subcommittee members, with the 

approval of the Secretary of Defense, 

may serve a term of service on the 

subcommittee of one to four years; 

however, no member shall serve more 

than two consecutive terms of service 

on the subcommittee. Subcommittee 

members, if not full-time or part-time 

government employees, shall be 

appointed to serve as experts and 

consultants under the authority of 5 

U.S.C. 3109, and to serve as special 

government employees, whose 

appointments must be renewed on an 

annual basis. With the exception of 

travel and per diem for official travel, 

subcommittee members shall serve 

without compensation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Freeman, Acting Advisory Committee 

Management Officer for the Department 

of Defense, (703) 692–5952. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

shall meet at the call of the Board’s 

Designated Federal Officer, in 

consultation with the Chairperson. The 

estimated number of Board meetings is 

four per year. 

The Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer, pursuant to DoD policy, shall be 

a full-time or permanent part-time DoD 

employee, and shall be appointed in 

accordance with governing DoD policies 

and procedures. 

The Board’s Designated Federal 

Officer is required to be in attendance 

at all Board and subcommittee meetings 

for the entire duration of each and every 

meeting. However, in the absence of the 

Board’s Designated Federal Officer, an 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

duly appointed to the Board according 

to DoD policies and procedures, shall 

attend the entire duration of the Board 

or subcommittee meetings. 

The Designated Federal Officer, or the 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, 

shall call all of the Board’s and 

subcommittee’s meetings, prepare and 

approve all meeting agendas, and 

adjourn any meeting, when the 

Designated Federal Officer, or the 

Alternated Designated Federal Officer, 

determines adjournment to be in the 

public’s interest or required by 

governing regulations or DoD policies/ 

procedures. 

Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.105(j) and 

102–3.140, the public or interested 

organizations may submit written 

statements to the Defense Business 

Board’s membership about the Board’s 

mission and functions. Written 

statements may be submitted at any 

time or in response to the stated agenda 

of planned meeting of Defense Business 

Board. 

All written statements shall be 

submitted to the Designated Federal 

Officer for the Defense Business Board, 

and this individual will ensure that the 

written statements are provided to the 

membership for their consideration. 

Contact information for the Defense 

Business Board Designated Federal 

Officer can be obtained from the GSA’s 

FACA Database—https://www.fido.gov/ 

facadatabase/public.asp. 

The Designated Federal Officer, 

pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.150, will 

announce planned meetings of the 

Defense Business Board. The Designated 

Federal Officer, at that time, may 

provide additional guidance on the 

submission of written statements that 

are in response to the stated agenda for 

the planned meeting in question. 

Dated: January 3, 2012. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Notice of Availability for Exclusive, 

Non-Exclusive, or Partially-Exclusive 

Licensing of an Invention Concerning 

a Method and Device for Detection of 

Bioavailable Drug Concentration in a 

Fluid Sample 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The invention provides a 

method for the controlled delivery of a 

drug as a function of bioavailable drug 

concentration, a sensor device for 

detecting bioavailable drug 

concentration, and a delivery device 

that controls delivery of the drug based 

on the real-time detection of 

bioavailable drug concentration. 

Announcement is made of the 

availability for licensing of the 

invention set forth in International 

Patent Application No. PCT/US2009/ 

060852 entitled, ‘‘Method and Device 

for Detection of Bioavailable Drug 

Concentration in a Fluid Sample,’’ filed 

on October 15, 2009 (which claims the 

benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent 

Application Serial No. 651/105,604 filed 

October 15, 2008). The United States 

Government, as represented by the 

Secretary of the Army, has rights to this 

invention. U.S. and selected foreign 

rights are available. 

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army 

Medical Research and Materiel 

Command, ATTN: Command Judge 

Advocate, MCMR–JA, 504 Scott Street, 

Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702– 

5012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

patent issues, Ms. Elizabeth Arwine, 

Patent Attorney, (301) 619–7808. For 

licensing issues, Dr. Paul Mele, Office of 

Research and Technology Applications 

(ORTA), (301) 619–6664, both at telefax 

(301) 619–5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

invention relates to the method of 

electrochemical detection of 

bioavailable drug concentration 

intended to be used to modify the 


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