[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 24 (Friday, February 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6244-6246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02258]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 15-64]


36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is publishing the unclassified text 
of a section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification. This is published to 
fulfill the requirements of section 155 of Public Law 104-164 dated 
July 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah A. Ragan or Heather N. Harwell, 
DSCA/LMO, (703) 604-1546/(703) 607-5339.

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    The following is a copy of a letter to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, Transmittal 15-64 with attached Policy Justification 
and Sensitivity of Technology.

    Dated: February 2, 2016.
Aaron Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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Transmittal No. 15-64
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 Iraq
    (ii) Total Estimated Value:

Major Defense Equipment *................  $750 million
Other....................................  $ 50 million
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  Total..................................  $800 million
 

    (iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles and 
Services under Consideration for Purchase: Major Defense Equipment 
(MDE):

Five thousand (5,000) AGM-l14K/N/R Hellfire missiles
Ten (10) 114K M36E9 Captive Air Training Missiles

    Non-MDE included with this request are Hellfire missile conversion; 
blast fragmentation sleeves and installation kits; containers; 
transportation; spare

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and repair parts; support equipment; personnel training and training 
equipment; publications and technical documentation; U .S. Government-
provided and contractor-provided technical, engineering, and logistics 
support services; and other related elements of logistics and program 
support.
    (iv) Military Department: U.S. Army (UBW)
    (v) Prior Related Cases, if any:

IQ-B-UBF, Basic/LOA Value: $40.6M/LOA Implementation Date: 27 FEB 14
IQ-B-UBF, A1/LOA Value: $57.8M/LOA Implementation Date: 16 JUN 14
IQ-B-UBQ, Basic/LOA Value: $68.3M/LOA Implementation Date: 29 SEP 14
IQ-B-UCI, Basic/LOA Value: $49.3M/LOA Implementation Date: 24 DEC 14
IQ-B-UCX, Basic/LOA Value: $62.6M/LOA Implementation Date: 11 JUN 15
IQ-B-UHC, Basic/LOA Value: $45.7M/LOA Implementation Date: 10 AUG 15
IQ-B-UHK, Basic/LOA Value: $56.5M/LOA Implementation Date: 05 OCT 15
IQ-B-UBL, A1/LOA Value: $53.4M/LOA Implementation Date: 26 JUN 14
    (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: 06 January 2016

POLICY JUSTIFICATION

The Government of Iraq--Hellfire Missiles and Captive Air Training 
Missiles

    The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of five 
thousand (5,000) AGM-114K/N/R Hellfire missiles; Ten (10) 114K M36E9 
Captive Air Training Missiles; associated equipment; and defense 
services. The estimated major defense equipment (MDE) value is $750 
million. The total estimated value is $800 million.
    The proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and 
national security goals of the United States by helping to improve a 
critical capability of the Iraq Security Forces in defeating the 
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
    Iraq will use the Hellfire missiles to improve the Iraq Security 
Forces' capability to support ongoing combat operations. Iraq will also 
use this capability in future contingency operations. Iraq, which 
already has Hellfire missiles, will face no difficulty absorbing these 
additional missiles 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 Lockheed Martin Corporation in 
Bethesda, Maryland. There are no known offset agreements proposed in 
connection with this potential sale.
    Implementation of this proposed sale will not require any 
additional U.S. Government or contractor representatives in Iraq.
    There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a 
result of this proposed sale.
Transmittal No. 15-64
Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of Offer Pursuant to Section 
36(b)(1), of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended
Annex
Item No. vii
    (vii) Sensitivity of Technology:
    The Hellfire Missile is primarily an air-to-surface missile with a 
multi-mission, multitarget, precision-strike capability. The Hellfire 
can be launched from multiple air platforms and is the primary 
precision weapon for the United States.
    The Captive Air Training Missile (CATM) is a training missile (Non-
NATO) that consists of a functional guidance section coupled to an 
inert missile bus. The missile has an operational semi-active laser 
seeker that can search for and lock-on to laser-designated targets for 
pilot training, but it does not have a warhead or propulsion section 
and cannot be launched.
    The highest level of classified information that could be disclosed 
by a proposed sale or by testing of the end item is SECRET. Information 
required for maintenance or training is CONFIDENTIAL. Vulnerability 
data, countermeasures, vulnerability/susceptibility analyses, and 
threat definitions are classified SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL. Release of 
detailed information to include discussions, reports and studies of 
system capabilities, vulnerabilities and limitations that lead to 
conclusions on specific tactics or other counter countermeasures (CCM) 
is not authorized for disclosure.
    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 system effectiveness 
or be used in the development of a system with similar or advanced 
capabilities.
    A determination has been made that the Government of Iraq can 
provide substantially the same degree of protection as the U.S. 
Government for the information proposed for release.
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