76092 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 180 / Tuesday, September 17, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 21–27] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the 

unclassified text of an arms sales 

notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young at (703) 953–6092, 

pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil, or 

dsca.ncr.rsrcmgmt.list.cns-mbx@

mail.mil. 

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 with attached 

Transmittal 21–27, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: September 11, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 21–27 

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 Morocco 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * $445.4 million 

Other ................................... $ 78.8 million 

TOTAL ............................. $524.2 million 

Funding Source: National Funds 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

(iv) Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Eighteen (18) M142 High Mobility 

Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) 

Launchers 

Forty (40) M57 Army Tactical Missile 

Systems (ATACMS) 

Thirty-six (36) M31A2 Guided Multiple 

Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) 

Unitary 

Thirty-six (36) M30A2 Guided Multiple 

Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) 

Alternative Warhead 

Nine (9) M1152A1 High Mobility 

Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles 

(HMMWV) 


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DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY 

2800 DefettN P•ntagon 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy 

Speaker of the House 

U.S. House of Representatives 

H.;.209, The Capitol 

Washington, DC. 20515 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

Washington, OC 20301•2800 

APR 1 l 7023 

Pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(b)(l} of the Arms Export Control 

Act, as amended, we are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. 21-27, concerning the Army's 

proposed Letter(s} of Offer and Acceptance to the Government of Morocco for defense articles 

and services estimated to cost $524.2 million. After this letter is delivered to your offi~ we 

plan to issue a news release to notify the public of this proposed sale. 

Siooerely1 

ki~~ 

Director 

Enclosures: 

1. Transmittal 

2. Policy Justifiaition 

3. Sensitivity of Technology 

4. Regional Balance(Classifiec:idc,cument·pr<>~under separate oo\ier) 
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Eighteen (18) International Field 

Artillery Tactical Data Systems 

(IFATDS) 

(v) Non-MDE: 

Also included are forty (40) M28A2 Low 

Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket 

Pods (LCRRPR); radios with similar 

‘‘SINCGARS’’ capability; thirty-five 

(35) Vehicular Dual Long-Range Radio 

Systems w/GPS; twenty-four (24) 

Single Radio, Long Range Vehicular 

System w/GPS; eighteen (18) 

M1084A2 cargo truck, Family of 

Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 

Resupply Vehicles (RSV); three (3) 

M1089A2 wrecker truck, FMTV, RSV; 

eighteen (18) M1095 5-ton trailer, 

FMTV; twenty-three (23) Simple Key 

Loader (SKL), AN/PYQ–10; fifty (50) 

Defense Advanced Global Positioning 

System Receivers (DAGR); camouflage 

screen and support systems; support 

equipment; communications 

equipment; spare and repair parts; test 

sets; laptop computers; training and 

training equipment; publications; 

systems integration support; technical 

data; Stockpile Reliability, Quality 

Assurance and Technical Assistance 

teams; U.S. Government and 

contractor technical, engineering, and 

logistics support services; and other 

related elements of logistical and 

program support. 

(vi) Military Department: Army (MO– 

B–UUA) 

(vii) Prior Related Cases, if any: None 

(viii) Sales Commission, Fee, etc. 

Paid, Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: 

None 

(ix) Sensitivity of Technology 

Contained in Defense Article or Defense 

Services Proposed to be Sold: See 

Attached Annex 

(x) Date Report Delivered to Congress: 

April 11, 2023 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Morocco—High Mobility Artillery 

Rocket Systems (HIMARS) 

The Government of Morocco has 

requested to buy eighteen (18) M142 

High Mobility Artillery Rocket System 

(HIMARS) launchers; forty (40) M57 

Army Tactical Missile Systems 

(ATACMS); thirty-six (36) M31A2 

Guided Multiple Launch Rocket 

Systems (GMLRS) Unitary; thirty-six 

(36) M30A2 Guided Multiple Launch 

Rocket Systems (GMLRS) Alternative 

Warhead; nine (9) M1152A1 High 

Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled 

Vehicles (HMMWV); and eighteen (18) 

International Field Artillery Tactical 

Data Systems (IFATDS). Also included 

are forty (40) M28A2 Low Cost Reduced 

Range Practice Rocket Pods (LCRRPR); 

radios with similar ‘‘SINCGARS’’ 

capability; thirty-five (35) Vehicular 

Dual Long-Range Radio Systems w/GPS; 

twenty-four (24) Single Radio, Long 

Range Vehicular System w/GPS; 

eighteen (18) M1084A2 cargo truck, 

Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles 

(FMTV) Resupply Vehicles (RSV); three 

(3) M1089A2 wrecker truck, FMTV, 

RSV; eighteen (18) M1095 5-ton trailer, 

FMTV; twenty-three (23) Simple Key 

Loader (SKL), AN/PYQ–10; fifty (50) 

Defense Advanced Global Positioning 

System Receivers (DAGR); camouflage 

screen and support systems; support 

equipment; communications equipment; 

spare and repair parts; test sets; laptop 

computers; training and training 

equipment; publications; systems 

integration support; technical data; 

Stockpile Reliability, Quality Assurance 

and Technical Assistance teams; U.S. 

Government and contractor technical, 

engineering, and logistics support 

services; and other related elements of 

logistical and program support. The 

estimated total cost is $524.2 million. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy and national security of 

the United States by helping to improve 

the security of a Major Non-NATO Ally 

that continues to be an important force 

for political stability and economic 

progress in North Africa. 

The proposed sale will improve 

Morocco’s capability to meet current 

and future threats and will contribute to 

Morocco’s ability to detect threats and 

control its borders, contributing to the 

maintenance of regional stability and 

security. It will also enhance the 

interoperability of the Royal Armed 

Forces (FAR), which routinely exercises 

with U.S. forces, focusing on countering 

terrorism and Violent Extremist 

Organizations (VEOs) in the Maghreb 

and Sahel region. Morocco will have no 

difficulty absorbing these articles into 

its armed forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the military 

balance in the region. 

The principal contractors will be 

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire 

Control, Camden, AK; L3 Harris 

Communications, Inc., Rochester, NY; 

Raytheon, Waltham, MA; COBHAM 

Aerospace Connectivity, 

Buckinghamshire, UK; Oshkosh 

Defense, LLC, Oshkosh, WI; AAR 

Corporation AAR Manufacturing, Inc., 

Cadillac, MI; and AM General LLC, 

South Bend, IN. There are no known 

offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require the assignment of U.S. 

Government and U.S. contractor 

representatives in Country: one (1) 

Contractor Field Service Representative 

(HIMARS) for a period of two years; two 

(2) U.S. Government personnel; and 

seven (7) U.S. contractor representatives 

(13M HIMARS Crewmember Training) 

for a period of five (5) months; one (1) 

Contractor Field Service Representative 

(IFATDS) for a period of one year; one 

(1) Contractor Field Service 

Representative (FMTV) for a period of 

one year; and one (1) Contractor Field 

Service Representative (HMMWV) for a 

period of one year. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 21–27 

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 M142 High Mobility Artillery 

Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher is a 

C–130 transportable wheeled version of 

the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket 

System (MLRS) launcher. It integrates 

the launch system on a five-ton Family 

of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 

chassis. The system is capable of firing 

all of the MLRS Family of Munitions. 

The Universal Fire Control System 

(UFCS) provides the command and 

control interface, man-machine 

interface, weapon interface, launcher 

interface and embedded training, the 

UFCS enables the launcher to interoperate with compatible national fire 

direction systems to navigate to specific 

fire and reload points, compute the 

technical firing solution, and orient the 

Launcher Module on the target to 

deliver the weapon accurately and 

effectively. The UFCS also provides 

position navigation and processing 

necessary to direct and maintain control 

of the launcher system to allow for 

accurate firing and loading of weapons. 

2. The Guided Multiple Launch 

Rocket System—Unitary (GMLRS–U) is 

a solid propellant artillery rocket fires 

from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket 

System (HIMARS). GMLRS uses GPSaided inertial guidance to accurately 

and quickly deliver a single highexplosive blast fragmentation warhead 

to targets. The GMLRS–U has an 

operational range of 15–70km. 

3. The Guided Multiple Launch 

Rocket System—Alternative Warhead 

(GMLRS–AW) is a Department of 

Defense alternative munition for a 

‘‘cluster-type’’ effect of the GMLRS 

munition, which is in compliance with 


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cluster munitions statute and policy. 

The AW carries a 200-pound 

fragmentation assembly filled with high 

explosives which, upon detonation, 

accelerates two layers of preformed 

tungsten penetrators toward a target 

location. This provides an effective 

capability against imprecisely located 

targets over a wide area without the risk 

of leaving behind the unexploded 

ordinance associated with legacy cluster 

munitions. The GMLRS–AW is a 

material change to the GMLRS–U, but 

the two systems share a greater than 

90% commonality. 

4. The M57 Army Tactical Missile 

Systems (ATACMS)—Unitary is a 

conventional, semi-ballistic missile 

which utilizes a 500-pound high 

explosive warhead which can be fired 

from the HIMARS. ATACMS is a guided 

by GPS-aided inertial navigation 

systems to provide precise targeting 

over ranges of up to 270km. 

5. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

6. 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. 

7. A determination has been made 

that Morocco 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. 

8. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal are authorized 

for release and export to the 

Government of Morocco. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–04] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the 

unclassified text of an arms sales 

notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young at (703) 953–6092, 

pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil, or 

dsca.ncr.rsrcmgmt.list.cns-mbx@

mail.mil. 

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 with attached 

Transmittal 23–04, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: September 11, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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