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Transmittal No. 22–54 

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 Egypt 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * $0 million 

Other .................................... $200 million 

TOTAL .......................... $200 million 

Funding Source: Foreign Military 

Financing (FMF) 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: Foreign 

Military Sales case EG–B–VIT was 

below congressional notification 

threshold at $41.9 million for non-Major 

Defense Equipment (MDE) light tactical 

vehicle chassis and fleet build. The 

Government of Egypt requested that the 

case be amended to include additional 

chassis and non-MDE items and 

services. This case amendment will 

increase the total case value above the 

non-MDE notification threshold, and 

thus notification of the entire case is 

required. 

Major Defense Equipment: 

None 

Non-MDE: 

Included are 4-Man REV1–B Rolling 

Chassis with 190 horsepower (HP) 

diesel engines upgraded to 205HP 

Turbo-charged engines; training for 

chassis assembly process, 

operations, and maintenance; spare 

and repair parts; testing 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 (EG– 

B–VIT) 

(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: January 10, 2024 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Egypt—Light Tactical Vehicle Chassis 

and Fleet Build 

The Government of Egypt has 

requested to buy additional light tactical 

vehicle chassis and fleet build that will 

be added to a previously implemented 

case. The original Foreign Military Sales 

case, valued at $41.9 million, included 

4-Man REV1–B Rolling Chassis with 190 

horsepower (HP) diesel engines 

upgraded to 205HP turbo-charged 

engines; training for chassis assembly 

process, operations, and maintenance; 

spare and repair parts; testing 

equipment; United States (U.S.) 

Government and contractor engineering, 

technical, and logistics support services; 

and other related elements of logistical 

and program support. The estimated 

total cost is $200 million. 

This proposed sale will support U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives by helping to improve the 

security of a Major Non-NATO Ally that 

continues to be an important force for 

political stability and economic growth 

in the Middle East. 

The proposed sale will contribute to 

the modernization of Egypt’s Light 

Tactical Vehicle fleet, enhancing its 

ability to meet current and future 

threats. These chassis will contribute to 

Egypt’s goal of updating its military 

capability while further enhancing 

interoperability with the U.S. and other 

allies. Egypt 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 AM 

General, LLC, of Mishawaka, IN. There 

are no known offset agreements 

proposed in connection with this 

potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require the assignment of up to five 

(5) additional U.S. Government and 

three (3) contractor representatives to 

Egypt for a duration of five (5) years to 

support fielding and training for the 

program. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 22–54 

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 High Mobility Multipurpose 

Wheeled Vehicle 13-Series 4-Man 

REV1–B Rolling Chassis will support 

the assembly production of the Egyptian 

vehicle (TEMSAH 3) to increase the 

capabilities of the Light Tactical Vehicle 

fleet. 

2. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is UNCLASSIFIED. 

3. 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. 

4. A determination has been made 

that the Government of Egypt 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. 

5. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

Government of Egypt. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–01] 

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 23–01, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: December 20, 2024. 

Stephanie J. Bost, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 


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Transmittal No. 23–01 

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 Greece 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * .. $6.0 billion 

Other ...................................... $2.6 billion 

TOTAL ............................ $8.6 billion 

Funding Source: National Funds 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Forty (40) F–35 Joint Strike Fighter 

Conventional Take Off and Landing 

(CTOL) Aircraft 

Forty-two (42) Pratt & Whitney F135– 

PW–100 Engines (40 installed, 2 

spares) 

Non-MDE: 

Also included are AN/PYQ–10 

Simple Key Loaders; KGV–135A 

embedded secure communications 

devices; Cartridge Actuated 

Devices/Propellant Actuated 

Devices (CAD/PAD); impulse 

cartridges, chaff, and flares; Full 

Mission Simulators and system 

trainers; electronic warfare systems 

and Reprogramming Lab support; 

logistics management and support 

systems; threat detection, tracking, 

and targeting systems; Contractor 

Logistics Support (CLS); classified 

software and software development, 

delivery and integration support; 

transportation, ferry, and refueling 

support; weapons containers; 

aircraft and munitions support and 

support equipment; integration and 

test support and equipment; aircraft 

engine component improvement 

program (CIP) support; secure 

communications, precision 

navigation, and cryptographic 

systems and equipment; 

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) 

equipment; spare and repair parts, 

consumables, and accessories, and 

repair and return support; minor 

modifications, maintenance, and 

maintenance support; personnel 

training and training equipment; 

classified and unclassified 

publications and technical 

documents; warranties; and United 

States (U.S.) Government and 

engineering, technical, and logistics 

support services, studies, and 

surveys; and other related elements 

of logistics and program support. 

(iv) Military Department: Air Force 

(GR–D–SAD) 

(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: January 26, 2024 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Greece—F–35 Aircraft 

The Government of Greece has 

requested to buy up to forty (40) F–35 

Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take 

Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft; and 

forty-two (42) Pratt & Whitney F135– 

PW–100 engines (40 installed, 2 spares). 

Also included are AN/PYQ–10 Simple 

Key Loaders; KGV–135A embedded 

secure communications devices; 

Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant 

Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD); impulse 

cartridges, chaff, and flares; Full 

Mission Simulators and system trainers; 

electronic warfare systems and 

Reprogramming Lab support; logistics 

management and support systems; 

threat detection, tracking, and targeting 

systems; Contractor Logistics Support 

(CLS); classified software and software 

development, delivery and integration 

support; transportation, ferry, and 

refueling support; weapons containers; 

aircraft and munitions support and 

support equipment; integration and test 

support and equipment; aircraft engine 

component improvement program (CIP) 

support; secure communications, 

precision navigation, and cryptographic 

systems and equipment; Identification 

Friend or Foe (IFF) equipment; spare 

and repair parts, consumables, and 

accessories, and repair and return 

support; minor modifications, 

maintenance, and maintenance support; 

personnel training and training 

equipment; classified and unclassified 

publications and technical documents; 

warranties; and U.S. Government and 

engineering, technical, and logistics 

support services, studies, and surveys; 

and other related elements of logistics 

and program support. The estimated 

total cost is $8.6 billion. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy goals and national 

security of the U.S. by improving the air 

capabilities and interoperability of a 

NATO Ally that is a force for political 

and economic stability in Europe. 

The proposed sale will allow Greece 

to modernize its air force and improve 

Greece’s ability to provide for the 

defense of its airspace, contribute to 

NATO missions to preserve regional 

security and defend NATO Allies, and 

maintain interoperability with U.S. and 

NATO forces. The F–35 will offset the 

increasing obsolescence of other 

Hellenic Air Force aircraft such as the 

F–4 and Mirage 2000. Greece will have 

no difficulty absorbing these articles 

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 contractors will be 

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, 

Fort Worth, TX, and Pratt & Whitney 

Military Engines, East Hartford, CT. The 

purchaser typically requests offsets. Any 

offset agreement will be defined in 

negotiations between the purchaser and 

the contractor. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. Government or 

contractor representatives to Greece. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 23–01 

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 F–35A Conventional Take Off 

and Landing (CTOL) aircraft is a single 

seat, single engine, all-weather, stealth, 

fifth-generation, multirole aircraft. It 

contains sensitive technology including 

the low observable airframe/outer mold 

line, the Pratt and Whitney F135 engine, 

AN/APG–81 radar, an integrated core 

processor central computer, a mission 

systems/electronic warfare suite, a 

multiple sensor suite, technical data/ 

documentation, and associated software. 

a. The Pratt and Whitney F135 engine 

is a single 40,000-lb thrust class engine 

designed for the F–35 and assures 

highly reliable, affordable performance. 

The engine is designed to be utilized in 

all F–35 variants, providing unmatched 

commonality and supportability 

throughout the worldwide base of F–35 

users. 

b. The AN/APG–81 Active 

Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) is 

a high processing power/high 

transmission power electronic array 

capable of detecting air and ground 

targets from a greater distance than 

mechanically scanned array radars. It 

also contains a synthetic aperture radar 

(SAR), which creates high-resolution 

ground maps, provides weather data to 

the pilot, and provides air and ground 

tracks to the mission system, which uses 

it as a component to fuse sensor data. 


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c. The Electro-Optical Targeting 

System (EOTS) provides long-range 

detection and tracking as well as an 

infrared search and track (IRST) and 

forward-looking infrared (FLIR) 

capability for precision tracking, 

weapons delivery, and bomb damage 

assessment (BDA). The EOTS replaces 

multiple separate internal or podded 

systems typically found on legacy 

aircraft. 

d. The Electro-Optical Distributed 

Aperture System (EODAS) provides the 

pilot with full spherical coverage for airto- air and air-to-ground threat 

awareness, day/night vision 

enhancements, a fire control capability 

and precision tracking of wingmen/ 

friendly aircraft. The EODAS provides 

data directly to the pilot’s helmet as 

well as the mission system. 

e. The F–35 Electronic Warfare (EW) 

system is a reprogrammable, integrated 

system that provides radar warning and 

electronic support measures (ESM) 

along with a fully integrated 

countermeasures (CM) system. The EW 

system is the primary subsystem used to 

enhance situational awareness, targeting 

support and self-defense through the 

search, intercept, location, and 

identification of in-band emitters and to 

automatically counter IR and RF threats. 

f. The F–35 Command, Control, 

Communications, Computers and 

Intelligence/Communications, 

Navigation, and Identification (C4I/CNI) 

system provides the pilot with 

unmatched connectivity to flight 

members, coalition forces and the 

battlefield. It is an integrated subsystem 

designed to provide a broad spectrum of 

secure, anti-jam voice and data 

communications, precision radio 

navigation and landing capability, selfidentification, beyond visual range 

target identification, and connectivity to 

off-board sources of information. It also 

includes an inertial navigation and 

global positioning system (GPS) for 

precise location information. The 

functionality is tightly integrated within 

the mission system to enhance 

efficiency. 

g. The F–35 C4I/CNI system includes 

two data links: the Multi-Function 

Advanced Data Link (MADL) and Link 

16. The MADL is designed specifically 

for the F–35 and allows for stealthy 

communications among F–35s. Link 16 

is an advanced command, control, 

communications, and intelligence (C3I) 

system incorporating jam-resistant, 

digital communication links for 

exchange of near real-time tactical 

information, including both data and 

voice, among air, ground, and sea 

elements. It provides the warfighter key 

theater functions such as surveillance, 

identification, air control, weapons 

engagement coordination, and direction 

for all services and allied forces. Link16 equipment allows the F–35 to 

communicate with legacy aircraft using 

widely distributed J-series message 

protocols. 

h. The F–35 Autonomic Logistics 

Global Sustainment (ALGS) provides a 

fully integrated logistics management 

solution. ALGS integrates a number of 

functional areas, including supply chain 

management, repair, support 

equipment, engine support, and 

training. The ALGS infrastructure 

employs a state-of-the-art information 

system that provides real-time, decisionworthy information for sustainment 

decisions by flight line personnel. 

Prognostic health monitoring 

technology is integrated with the air 

system and is crucial to predictive 

maintenance of vital components. 

i. The F–35 Autonomic Logistics 

Information System (ALIS) provides an 

intelligent information infrastructure 

that binds all the key concepts of ALGS 

into an effective support system. ALIS 

establishes the appropriate interfaces 

among the F–35 Air Vehicle, the 

warfighter, the training system, 

government information technology (IT) 

systems, and supporting commercial 

enterprise systems. Additionally, ALIS 

provides a comprehensive tool for data 

collection and analysis, decision 

support, and action tracking. 

j. The F–35 Training System includes 

several training devices to provide 

integrated training for pilots and 

maintainers. The pilot training devices 

include a Full Mission Simulator (FMS) 

and Deployable Mission Rehearsal 

Trainer (DMRT). The maintenance 

training devices include an Aircraft 

Systems Maintenance Trainer (ASMT), 

Ejection System Maintenance Trainer 

(ESMT), Outer Mold Line (OML) Lab, 

Flexible Linear Shaped Charge (FLSC) 

Trainer, F135 Engine Module Trainer 

and Weapons Loading Trainer (WLT). 

The F–35 Training System can be 

integrated so both pilots and 

maintainers learn in the same Integrated 

Training Center (ITC). Alternatively, the 

pilots and maintainers can train in 

separate facilities (Pilot Training Center 

and Maintenance Training Center). 

k. Other subsystems, features, and 

capabilities include the F–35’s low 

observable air frame, Integrated Core 

Processor (ICP) Central Computer, 

Helmet Mounted Display System 

(HMDS), Pilot Life Support System 

(PLSS), Off-Board Mission Support 

(OMS) System, and publications/ 

maintenance manuals. The HMDS 

provides a fully sunlight readable, 

biocular display presentation of aircraft 

information projected onto the pilot’s 

helmet visor. The use of a night vision 

camera integrated into the helmet 

eliminates the need for separate Night 

Vision Goggles. The PLSS provides a 

measure of Pilot Chemical, Biological, 

and Radiological Protection through use 

of an On-Board Oxygen Generating 

System (OBOGS); and an escape system 

that provides additional protection to 

the pilot. OBOGS takes the Power and 

Thermal Management System (PTMS) 

air and enriches it by removing gases 

(mainly nitrogen) by adsorption, thereby 

increasing the concentration of oxygen 

in the product gas and supplying 

breathable air to the pilot. The OMS 

provides a mission planning, mission 

briefing, and a maintenance/ 

intelligence/tactical debriefing platform 

for the F–35. 

2. The Electronic Warfare 

Reprogramming Lab is used by U.S. 

Government engineers in the 

reprogramming and creation of 

shareable Mission Data Files for foreign 

F–35 customers. 

3. The AN/PYQ–10 Simple Key 

Loader is a portable, hand-held device 

used for securely receiving, storing, and 

transferring data between compatible 

cryptographic and communications 

equipment. 

4. The KGV–135A is a high-speed, 

general purpose encryptor/decryptor 

module used for wide-band data 

encryption. 

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 Greece 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 

Greece. 

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