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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–26] 

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 23–26, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY 

2800 DEFENSE PENTAGON 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy 

Speaker of the House 

u~s. House of Representatives 

ff.;,209. The Capitol 

Washington. DC 205 IS 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

WASHINGTON. O.C.20301•2800 

May 11,2023 

Pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(bXl) of the Arms Export Control 

Act. as amendedy we are fozwarding herewith Trarumittal No. 23-26, co~ng the Army's 

proposed Letter( s) of Offer and Acceptance to the Government of Germany for defense articles 

and servit%s estimated to cost $8.5 billion. We will issue a news release to notify the public of 

this proposed sale upon delivery of this letter to your office. 

Enclosures: 

l. Transmittal 

2. Policy Justification . 

3~ SerisitivityofTechnology 
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Transmittal No. 23–26 

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 * $3.35 billion 

Other ................................... $5.15 billion 

TOTAL ............................. $8.50 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Sixty (60) CH-47F Block II Cargo 

Helicopters with customer-unique 

modifications 

One hundred forty (140) T–55–GA– 

714A Engines (120 installed, 20 

spares) 

Seventy-two (72) AN/AAR–57 

Common Missile Warning Systems 

(CMWS) (60 installed, 12 spares) 

Two hundred eighty-four (284) AN/ 

ARC–231A Communications 

Security (COMSEC) Radios (240 

installed, 44 spares) 

Non-MDE: 

Also included are AN/AVR–2B Laser 

Detecting Sets; AN/APR–39C(V)1 

Radar Detecting Sets; AN/ARC–220 

High Frequency (HF) radios with 

Electronic CounterCountermeasures (ECCM); military 

Precise Positioning Service (PPS) 

(to include SAASM or M–Code); 

Digital Advanced Flight Control 

Systems (DAFCS); AN/APX–123A 

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) 

transponder; AN/ARN–147 Very 

High Frequency (VHS) 

Omnidirectional Range and 

Instrument Landing System (VOR/ 

ILS); AN/ARN–153 Tactical Air 

Navigation Systems (TACAN); air 

data computers; AN/APN–209 radar 

altimeter systems; AN/PYQ–10 

simple key loaders; KIV–77 Mode 

4/5 IFF Applique; KY–100M 

Narrowband/Wideband terminal 

COMSEC devices; AN/AVS–6 Night 

Vision Devices (NVD); IDM–401 

Improved Data Modem; Extended 

Range Fuel Systems (ERFS); air-toair refueling probes; M134 gun 

mounts; Infrared Suppression 

System (IRSS); Engine Air Particle 

Separator (EAPS); Ballistic 

Protection System (BPS) with 

Cockpit; cabin sides; Midas 

Underfloor COOLS; Extended 

Range Fuel System (ERFS) 800 gal 

and 500 gal; Forward Area 

Refueling Equipment (FARE); Tie 

Down Materiel and Helicopter 

Under-Slung Load Equipment 

(HUSLE) for internal and external 

loads; rotorbrake; rescue hoists; Fast 

Rope Insertion/Extraction System 

(FRIES); Electro Optical Infrared 

Sensors (EO/IR); crash resistant 

pilot and troop seats; skis; life rafts; 

litter straps and fittings; mission 

equipment (e.g., jungle penetrator; 

litter basket; Jacob’s Ladder; 

Airborne Tactical Extraction 

Platform (AirTEP); special tools and 

test equipment; ground support 

equipment; airframe and engine 

spare parts; technical data; 

publications; Maintenance Work 

Orders/Engineering Change 

Proposals (MWO/ECPs); Repair and 

Return (R&R); technical assistance; 

airworthiness assistance; 

transportation of aircraft; training; 

flight training and maintenance 

trainers; and other related elements 

of logistics and program support. 

(iv) Military Department: Army (GY– 

B–XBA) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None 

known at this time 

(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 11, 2023 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Germany—CH–47F Chinook Helicopters 

The Government of Germany has 

requested to buy sixty (60) CH–47F 

Block II Cargo Helicopters with 

customer-unique modifications; one 

hundred forty (140) T–55–GA–714A 

engines (120 installed, 20 spares); 

seventy-two (72) AN/AAR–57 Common 

Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (60 

installed, 12 spares); and two hundred 

eighty-four (284) AN/ARC–231A 

Communications Security (COMSEC) 

radios (240 installed, 44 spares). Also 

included are AN/AVR–2B Laser 

Detecting Sets; AN/APR–39C(V)1 Radar 

Detecting Sets; AN/ARC–220 High 

Frequency (HF) radios with electronic 

counter-countermeasures (ECCM); 

military Precise Positioning Service 

(PPS) (to include SAASM or M–Code); 

Digital Advanced Flight Control 

Systems (DAFCS); AN/APX–123A 

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) 

transponder; AN/ARN–147 very high 

frequency (VHS) omnidirectional range 

and instrument landing system (VOR/ 

ILS); AN/ARN–153 Tactical Air 

Navigation Systems (TACAN); air data 

computers; AN/APN–209 radar 

altimeter systems; AN/PYQ–10 simple 

key loaders; KIV–77 Mode 4/5 IFF 

Applique; KY–100M narrowband/ 

wideband terminal COMSEC devices; 

AN/AVS–6 Night Vision Devices (NVD); 

IDM–401 Improved Data Modem; 

Extended Range Fuel Systems (ERFS); 

air-to-air refueling probes; M134 gun 

mounts; Infrared Suppression System 

(IRSS); Engine Air Particle Separator 

(EAPS); Ballistic Protection System 

(BPS) with Cockpit; cabin sides; Midas 

Underfloor COOLS; Extended Range 

Fuel System (ERFS) 800 gal and 500 gal; 

Forward Area Refueling Equipment 

(FARE); Tie Down Materiel/Helicopter 

Under-Slung Load Equipment (HUSLE) 

for internal and external loads; 

rotorbrake; rescue hoists; Fast Rope 

Insertion/Extraction System (FRIES); 

Electro Optical Infrared Sensors (EO/IR); 

crash resistant pilot and troop seats; 

skis; life rafts; litter straps and fittings; 

mission equipment (e.g., jungle 

penetrator; litter basket; Jacob’s ladder; 

Airborne Tactical Extraction Platform 

(AirTEP); special tools and test 

equipment; ground support equipment; 

airframe and engine spare parts; 

technical data; publications; 

Maintenance Work Orders/Engineering 

Change Proposals (MWO/ECPs); Repair 

and Return (R&R); technical assistance; 

airworthiness assistance; transportation 

of aircraft; training; flight training and 

maintenance trainers; and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. The total estimated cost is $8.5 

billion. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy and national security of 

the United States by improving the 

security of a NATO Ally which is an 

important force for political and 

economic stability in Europe. 

The proposed sale will improve 

Germany’s heavy lift capability. 

Germany intends to use this enhanced 

capability to strengthen its homeland 

defense and deter regional threats. 

Germany will have no difficulty 

absorbing this equipment and services 

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 

Boeing Helicopter Company, 

Philadelphia, PA. There are no known 

offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require the temporary deployment 

of an estimated thirty (30) contractor 

representatives to Germany’s Main 

Operating Bases (MOBs) for onsite 

aircraft technical, maintenance, and 

logistics support as part of a 


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Performance Based Logistics (PBL) 

program; training support; and operator 

and maintenance support for the 

Transportable Flight Proficiency 

Simulators (TFPS). This support will be 

provided for three to five years. The 

temporary deployment of contractor 

representatives will include five (5) 

Field Service Representatives (FSRs), 

four (4) from Boeing and one (1) from 

Rockwell Collins. This proposed sale 

will also require Foreign Liaison 

Officers be located at Redstone Arsenal 

and at the Boeing facility. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 23–26 

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 Chinook CH–47F is a heavy 

lift, newly manufactured aircraft. The 

CH–47F has the Common Avionics 

Architecture System (CAAS) cockpit, 

which provides aircraft system, flight, 

mission, and communication 

management systems. The CAAS consist 

of two dual-redundant MIL–STD–1553B 

data busses and an Ethernet LAN 

capable of supporting both IEEE 802.3 

and ARINC 664. The CAAS includes 

five multifunction displays (MFDs), two 

general purpose processor units 

(GPPUs), two control display units 

(CDUs), and two data concentrator units 

(DCUs). 

2. The Navigation System will have 

two military PPS (to include SAASM or 

M-Code), two Digital Advanced Flight 

Control Systems (DAFCS), one ARN– 

147 Very High Frequency (VHS) 

Omnidirectional Range and Instrument 

Landing System (VOR/ILS) marker 

beacon system, one ARN–153 Tactical 

Air Navigation System (TACAN), two 

air data computers, and two AN/APN209 Radar Altimeter system. The 

communications suite is as follows: four 

each AN/ARC–231A multi-mode radios 

providing VHF FM, VHF–AM, UHF, HQ 

II and Demand Assigned Multiple 

Access (DAMA) Satellite 

Communications (SATCOM), and one 

each AN/ARC–220 High Frequency (HF) 

Radio. The Identifier, Friend or Foe 

(IFF) will be the APX–123A, which 

provides the additional functionality of 

MODE. Aircraft survivability equipment 

(ASE) will consist of the Common 

Missile Warning System (CMWS), AN/ 

AAR–57; the Radar Signal Detecting Set 

(RSDS), AN/APR–39C(V)1; and the 

Laser Detecting Set, AN/AVR–2B. 

3. Support and fielding for the CH– 

47F, Block II and installed CAAS would 

require one copy of technical 

documentation, along with two (2) 

Contractor Field Service 

Representatives. 

4. Sensitive technologies include: 

a. The AN/ARN–147 combines all 

VHF Omni Ranging/Instrument Landing 

System (VOR/ILS) functions into one 

compact, lightweight, VHF navigation 

receiver. 

b. The AN/ARN–153 is an airborne 

receiver-transmitter component of the 

Tactical Airborne Navigation (TACAN) 

avionics system. The AN/ARN–153(V) 

supports four modes of operation 

modes; receive, transmit, air-to-air 

receive, air-to-air transmit-receive. 

c. The AN/APN–209 is a pules type, 

absolute (radar) altimeter that provides 

an accurate indication of aircraft 

altitude over all types or terrain surfaces 

such as foliage, deep snow, water, and 

land. 

d. The AN/ARC–231A is a softwaredefinable radio for military aircraft that 

provides two-way, multi-mode voice 

and data communications over a 30 Hz 

to 512 MHz frequency range. It supports 

both line-of-sight Ultra High Frequency 

(UHF) and Very High Frequency (VHF) 

bands with AM, FM, and SATCOM 

capabilities and includes embedded 

frequency agile modes, Electronic 

Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM), and 

anti-jam waveforms such as HAVE 

QUICK and SINCGARS, Demand 

Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA), and 

Integrated Waveform (IW). It provides 

simultaneous, real-time participation in 

tactical voice and data communications 

networks. The embedded RT–1987 radio 

transceiver will provide National 

Security Agency (NSA) Tactical Secure 

Voice Cryptographic Interoperability 

Specification (TSVCIS) 3.1.1 

cryptographic modernization 

compliance. It also allows for operatorselectable Air Traffic Control (ATC) 

channel spacing of 5, 8.33, 12.5, and 

25kHz steps and other data link and 

secure communications features, 

providing battlefield interoperability. 

e. The AN/ARC–220 High Frequency 

(HF) airborne communications system 

provides embedded Automatic Link 

Establishment (ALE), serial tone data 

modem, text messaging, and GPS 

position reporting functions. 

f. The AN/APX–123A Identification 

Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponder is a 

space diversity transponder and is 

installed on various military platforms. 

It provides identification, altitude, and 

surveillance reporting in response to 

interrogations from airborne, groundbased, and surface interrogators. 

g. The AN/AAR–57 Common Missile 

Warning System (CMWS) is an 

integrated infrared (IR) countermeasures 

suite utilizing five ultraviolet (UV) 

sensors to display accurate threat 

location and dispense decoys and 

countermeasures either automatically or 

under pilot or crew control to defeat 

incoming missile threats. 

h. The AN/APR–39 Radar Warning 

System detects radar-based 

rangefinders, target designators and 

beam rider systems targeting an aircraft 

or vehicle. It is a detection component 

of the suite of countermeasures 

designed to increase survivability of 

current generation combat aircraft and 

specialized special operations aircraft 

against the threat posed by laser 

designated or guided weapons. 

i. The AN/AVR–2B Laser Warning Set 

is a passive laser warning system that 

receives, processes, and displays threat 

information resulting from aircraft 

illumination by lasers on the multifunctional display. 

j. The KIV–77 is a Common Crypto 

Applique for IFF that provides Mode 4/ 

5 capability. The KIV–77 Applique 

physical dimensions are 3.5 in. × 4.25 

in. × 1 in., 16-oz. The KIV–77 can be 

removed from the host. 

k. The TSEC KY–100M is a radio 

encryptor. 

l. The AN/PYQ–10 (C) Simple Key 

Loader (SKL) is a ruggedized, portable, 

hand-held fill device used for securely 

receiving, storing, and transferring 

electronic key material and data 

between compatible end cryptographic 

units (ECU) and communications 

equipment. It supports both the DS–101 

and DS–102 interfaces, as well as the 

Crypto Ignition Key, and is compatible 

with existing ECUs. 

m. The Improved Data Modem (IDM) 

is a multi-channel receive and transmit 

terminal that interoperates with other 

digital message systems by processing 

Variable Message Format (VMF) and Air 

Force Applications Program 

Development message traffic on the 

Tactical internet (TI) and Private 

Network (PN). The IDM provides the 

essential routing and gateway 

functionality necessary to support 

seamless data communication over 

combat-net radio (CNR) systems and 

across multiple tactical networks 

simultaneously. The IDM provides this 

functionality on a multi-service basis, 

supporting Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 

and Air Force operations. The IDM 

provides a means to participate in Joint 

Battle Command—Platform/Air (JBC–P/ 

A) communications through the 

exchange of digital Command and 

Control (C2) and Situational Awareness 

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Private Net communications providing 

connectivity across Army Aviation 

platforms and connectivity with digital 

ground systems. The unit is 

interoperable with the following radio 

terminals: AN/ARC–164, AN/ARC–186, 

AN/ARC–201D, AN/ARC–231, Joint 

Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Airborne 

and Maritime/Fixed Station (AMF) SA, 

Blue Force Tracker (BFT) 1 (AVX–06, 

MT–2011, and KGV–72), and BFT 2 

(KGV–72). 

n. The AN/AVS–6 Military Grade 

Night Vision Goggles (NVG) are helmet 

mounted, optoelectronic devices that 

allow images to be produced in levels of 

light approaching total darkness. The 

image may be a conversion to visible 

light of both visible light and nearinfrared. 

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 the Government of Germany 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 have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

Government of Germany. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22241 Filed 9–26–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–37] 

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 23–37, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: September 24, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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