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training devices, classified software 

(JMPS/MDLs), Engineering Technical 

Assistance (ETA), Logistics Technical 

Assistance (LTA), Other Technical 

Assistance (OTA), supply support, 

support equipment, and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. 

(iv) Military Department: Navy (AT– 

P–GRS) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: AT–P– 

GXO, AT–P–SCF, AT–P–GTC 

(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: August 30, 2017. 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Australia—Upgrade Program for (24) 

MH–60R Multi-Mission Helicopters 

The Government of Australia has 

requested a follow-on case for a possible 

ten-year upgrade program for twentyfour (24) MH–60R Multi-Mission 

Helicopters and associated training 

devices, spare and repair parts, support 

and test equipment, engineering and 

technical services, U.S. Government and 

contractor engineering, technical and 

logistics support services, Engineering 

Change Proposals (ECPs), ECPs for 

training devices, classified software 

(JMPS/MDLs), Engineering Technical 

Assistance (ETA), Logistics Technical 

Assistance (LTA), Other Technical 

Assistance (OTA), supply support, 

support equipment, and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. The total estimated program 

cost is $360 million. 

This 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 the Western Pacific. It is vital to the 

U.S. national interest to assist our ally 

in developing and maintaining a strong 

and ready self-defense capability. 

The proposed upgrades to the MH– 

60R helicopters will improve Australia’s 

antisubmarine and surface warfare 

capability, provide an improved search 

and rescue capability, enhance its antiship surveillance capability, and will 

help it carry out international 

commitments for transport, 

surveillance, and search and rescue 

operations with the United States and 

other allies. The proposed upgrades will 

also provide Australia the resources 

necessary to properly maintain its 

multi-mission helicopters. Australia 

will have no difficulty absorbing this 

equipment 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 

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, 

Stratford, CT and Lockheed Martin, 

Owego, NY. There are no offsets 

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 Australia. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 17–45 

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 Commonwealth of Australia 

requirement for spiral upgrades to the 

twenty-four (24) Multi-Mission MH–60R 

Helicopters could include: 

a. Mission Capability Areas: Surface 

Warfare/Surveillance/Flight 

Management, Navigation & 

Communication/Data Management & 

Fusion 

b. Mission Capability Areas: AntiSubmarine Warfare/Flight 

Management, Navigation & 

Communication 

c. Mission Capability Areas: Flight 

Management, Navigation & 

Communication/Data Management & 

Fusion 

d. Mission Capability Areas: Flight 

Management, Navigation & 

Communication/Data Management & 

Fusion/Air Vehicle Service Life 

e. Mission Capability Areas for 

Development: Kinematic 

Performance/Airborne Survivability 

f. Mission Capability Areas for 

Development: Obsolescence 

Management 

g. Mission Capability Areas: 

Surveillance/Data Management & 

Data/Air Vehicle Service Life 

h. Software Lab 

i. USN Test Maintenance Cost 

2. The spiral development case may 

contain sensitive technology; however, 

defined requirements are not known at 

this time and will be assessed on a case 

by case basis. 

3. A determination has been made 

that Australia 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. 

4. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to 

Australia. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 17–36] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107, 

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

Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217, 

kathy.a.valadez.civ@mail.mil; DSCA/ 

DSA–RAN. 

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, Transmittal 

17–36 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Aaron Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 17–36 

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 Romania 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment* $ .900 billion 

Other .................................... $ .350 billion 

TOTAL .............................. $1.250 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Fifty-four (54) High Mobility Artillery 

Rocket Systems (HIMARS) Launchers 

Eighty-one (81) Guided Multiple Launch 

Rocket Systems (GMLRS) M31A1 

Unitary 

Eighty-one (81) Guided Multiple Launch 

Rocket Systems (GMLRS) M30A1 

Alternative Warhead 

Fifty-four (54) Army Tactical Missile 

Systems (ATACMS) M57 Unitary 

Twenty-four (24) Advanced Field 

Artillery Tactical Data Systems 

(AFATDS) 

Fifteen (15) M1151A1 HMMWVs, 

Utility, Armored 

Fifteen (15) M1151A1 HMMWVs, 

Armor Ready 2-Man 

Non-MDE includes: 

Fifty-four (54) M1084A1P2 HIMARS 

Resupply Vehicles (RSVs) (5 ton, 


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Medium Tactical Cargo Vehicle with 

Material Handling Equipment) 

Fifty-four (54) M1095 MTV Cargo 

Trailers w/RSV kit 

Ten (10) M1089A1P2 FMTV Wreckers 

(5 Ton Medium Tactical Vehicle 

Wrecker with Winch) 

Also included are thirty (30) Low Cost 

Reduced Range (LCRR) practice rockets, 

support equipment, communications 

equipment, sensors, spare and repair 

parts, test sets, batteries, laptop 

computers, publications and technical 

data, facility design, training and 

training equipment, systems integration 

support, Quality Assurance Teams and 

a Technical Assistance Fielding Team, 

U.S. Government and contractor 

technical, engineering, and logistics 

support services, and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. 

(iv) Military Department: Army 

(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: August 17, 2017 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Romania—High Mobility Artillery 

Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and Related 

Support and Equipment 

The Government of Romania has 

requested the possible sale of fifty-four 

(54) High Mobility Artillery Rocket 

Systems (HIMARS) Launchers, eightyone (81) Guided Multiple Launch 

Rocket Systems (GMLRS) M31A1 

Unitary, eighty-one (81) Guided 

Multiple Launch Rocket Systems 

(GMLRS) M30A1 Alternative Warhead, 

fifty-four (54) Army Tactical Missile 

Systems (ATACMS) M57 Unitary, 

twenty-four (24) Advanced Field 

Artillery Tactical Data Systems 

(AFATDS), fifteen (15) M1151A1 

HMMWVs, Utility, Armored, and fifteen 

(15) M1151A1 HMMWVs, Armor Ready 

2-Man. Also included with this request 

are: fifty-four (54) M1084A1P2 HIMARS 

Resupply Vehicles (RSVs) (5 ton, 

Medium Tactical Cargo Vehicle with 

Material Handling Equipment), fiftyfour (54) M1095 MTV Cargo Trailer with 

RSV kit, and ten (10) M1089A1P2 

FMTV Wreckers (5 Ton Medium 

Tactical Vehicle Wrecker with Winch), 

thirty (30) Low Cost Reduced Range 

(LCRR) practice rockets, support 

equipment, communications equipment, 

sensors, spare and repair parts, test sets, 

batteries, laptop computers, 

publications and technical data, facility 

design, training and training equipment, 

systems integration support, Quality 

Assurance Teams and a Technical 

Assistance Fielding Team, U.S. 

Government and contractor technical, 

engineering, and logistics support 

services, and other related elements of 

logistics and program support. The total 

estimated program cost is $1.25 billion. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives of the United States by 

helping to improve the security of a 

NATO ally that has been, and continues 

to be an important force for political 

stability and economic progress within 

Europe. The proposed sale of the 

HIMARS system will support Romania’s 

needs for its own self-defense and 

support NATO defense goals. 

The Government of Romania intends 

to use these defense articles and 

services to modernize its armed forces 

and strengthen its homeland defense 

and deter regional threats. This will 

contribute to Romania’s military goal of 

updating its capabilities while further 

enhancing interoperability with the 

United States and other NATO allies. 

Romania will have no difficulty 

absorbing this system into its armed 

forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The prime contractors will be 

Lockheed-Martin in Grand Prairie, 

Texas and Camden, Arkansas. There are 

no known offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will require approximately the 

assignment of up to 10 U.S. Government 

or contractor representatives to travel to 

Romania for a period of up to one year 

for equipment de-processing/fielding, 

system checkout, training, and technical 

and logistics support. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 17–36 

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 Artillery Rocket 

Systems (HIMARS) is a highly mobile, 

all-weather indirect area fire artillery 

system. The HIMARS mission is to 

supplement cannon artillery to deliver a 

large volume of firepower within a short 

time against critical time-sensitive 

targets. At shorter ranges, HIMARS 

complements tube artillery with heavy 

barrages against assaulting forces as well 

as in the counter-fire, or defense 

suppression roles. The highest level of 

classified information that could be 

disclosed by a proposed sale, 

production, or by testing of the end item 

is SECRET; the highest level that must 

be disclosed for production, 

maintenance, or training is 

CONFIDENTIAL. Reverse engineering 

could reveal SECRET information. 

Launcher platform software, weapon 

operational software, command and 

control special application software, 

and command and control loadable 

munitions module software are 

considered UNCLASSIFIED. The system 

specifications and limitations are 

classified SECRET. Vulnerability data is 

classified up to SECRET. 

Countermeasures, countercountermeasures, vulnerability/ 

susceptibility analyses, and threat 

definitions are classified SECRET. 

2. The highest classification level for 

release of the ATACMS Unitary M57 

FMS Variant is SECRET, based upon the 

software. The highest level of classified 

information that could be disclosed by 

a sale or by testing of the end item is 

SECRET; the highest level that must be 

disclosed for production, maintenance, 

or training is CONFIDENTIAL. Reverse 

engineering could reveal 

CONFIDENTIAL information. Fire 

Direction System, Data Processing Unit, 

and special Application software is 

classified SECRET. Communications 

Distribution Unit software is classified 

CONFIDENTIAL. The system 

specifications and limitations are 

classified CONFIDENTIAL. 

Vulnerability Data, countermeasures, 

vulnerability/susceptibility analyses, 

and threat definitions are classified 

SECRET or CONFIDENTIAL. 

3. Guided Multiple Launch Rocket 

System Alternative Warhead (GMLRS– 

AW) M30A1. The GMLRS–AW, M30A1, 

is the next design increment of the 

GMLRS rocket. The GMLRS–AW 

M30A1 hardware is over 90% common 

with the M31A1 GMLRS Unitary 

hardware. Operational range is between 

15–70 kilometers. Accuracy of less than 

15 meters Circular Error Probability at 

all ranges, when using inertial guidance 

with Global Positioning System (GPS) 

augmentation. Uses a proximity sensor 

fuze mode with a 10 meter height of 

burst. The Alternative Warhead carries 

a 200 pound fragmentation assembly 

filled with high explosives which, upon 

detonation, accelerates two layers of 

pre-formed tungsten fragments 

optimized for effectiveness against large 

area and imprecisely located targets. 

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attack capability that is treaty compliant 

(no un-exploded ordnance). It provides 

a 24 hour, all weather, long range attack 

capability against personnel, soft and 

lightly armored targets, and air defense 

targets. The GMLRS–AW uses the same 

motor, guidance and control systems 

fuze mechanisms, and proximity 

sensors as the M31A1 GMLRS Unitary. 

The highest classification level for 

release of the GMLRS–AW is SECRET, 

based upon the software, sale or testing 

of the end item. The highest level of 

classification that must be disclosed for 

production, maintenance, or training is 

CONFIDENTIAL. 

4. The GPS PPS component of the 

HIMARS munitions (GMLRS Unitary, 

Alternative Warhead, and ATACMS 

Unitary) is also contained in the Fire 

Direction System, is classified SECRET, 

and is considered SENSITIVE. To that 

end, no GPS PPS design information, 

including GPS software algorithms, will 

be disclosed in the course of this sale to 

country. Susceptibility of GMLRS to 

diversion or exploitation is considered 

low risk. GMLRS employs an inertial 

navigational system that is aided by a 

Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing 

Module (SAASM) equipped GPS 

receiver. To that end, this system 

requires encryption keys controlled by, 

and issued by, the National Security 

Agency. 

5. AFATDS is a multi-service (U.S. 

Army and U.S. Marine Corps) 

automated, expert decision support 

system used for Command, Control, 

Communications and integration and 

synchronization of fires on ground 

targets during all phases of military 

conflict. AFATDS provides the 

automated tools that significantly 

augment the capability of fire support 

coordinators, fire support assets 

commanders, and their respective staffs 

at every echelon during the planning 

and execution of fire support on the 

dynamic battlefields in support of the 

Maneuver Commander and his plans. 

6. The classification of the request for 

assistance and customized AFATDS 

with sanitized and customized JMEM 

and LMM, and/or with functionally 

compatible but UNCLASSIFIED 

modular substitutes for COMSEC, 

JMEM, and LMM capabilities, is 

available for Foreign Military Sales 

(FMS) with the following restrictions 

and caveats. The software source code 

and design specifications are 

UNCLASSIFIED but considered highly 

sensitive and are not available for FMS. 

The following items, while they are 

unclassified they are not individually 

freely and openly releasable, however, 

they can be offered for FMS as 

individually and specifically included 

items of complete system procurements: 

executable code, training manuals, user 

manuals, and system documentation 

such as external system architecture 

diagrams, high level internal software 

architecture diagrams, the Version 

Description Document, and the System 

Administrator Manual as customized for 

each individual FMS customer. The 

highest level of information that is 

necessarily disclosed during 

maintenance of these sanitized systems 

and applications is UNCLASSIFIED/ 

FOUO. The highest level of sensitive 

information that is necessarily disclosed 

by the sale of these sanitized systems 

and applications is UNCLASSIFIED/ 

FOUO. The highest level of information 

that is necessarily disclosed to allow 

system administration of these sanitized 

systems and applications 

UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO. The highest 

level of information that is necessarily 

disclosed in training of these sanitized 

systems and applications is 

UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO. The highest 

level of information that could be 

revealed by reverse engineering or 

testing of these systems is 

UNCLASSIFIED/FOUO. Through 

scanning or testing these sanitized 

systems and applications, specific 

vulnerabilities could be disclosed, and 

will be treated at UNCLASSIFIED/ 

FOUO. The identification of these 

vulnerabilities with U.S.-only systems is 

CLASSIFIED, per Section 6.3. 

Participants of the FMS process shall 

not make references to U.S.-only system 

maintenance, administration, or 

technical details because they could be 

considered SECRET. 

7. Susceptibility of ATACMS Unitary 

M57 FMS Variant, GMLRS M30A1 and 

M31A1 to diversion or exploitation is 

considered low risk. Components of the 

system are also considered highly 

resistant to reverse engineering. Detailed 

knowledge of the technical capabilities 

of the system could enable an enemy to 

tailor defenses and adjust tactics and 

procedures to minimize the 

effectiveness of the system. 

8. Susceptibility of AFATDS to 

diversion or exploitation is considered 

low risk. Software of the system are also 

considered highly resistant to reverse 

engineering. Detailed knowledge of the 

technical capabilities of the system 

could enable an enemy to tailor 

defenses and adjust tactics and 

procedures to minimize the 

effectiveness of the system. Training 

and user manuals are unclassified but 

considered sensitive and not for general 

release to foreign nationals, except that 

they will be provided with the system 

when the system is procured through 

foreign military sales. Installation 

instructions are unclassified but 

considered sensitive and not for general 

release to foreign nationals, except that 

they will be provided with the system 

when the system is procured through 

FMS. 

9. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software, the 

information could be used to develop 

countermeasures, which might reduce 

weapon system effectiveness or be used 

in the development of a system with 

similar or advanced capabilities. 

10. This sale is necessary in 

furtherance of the U.S. foreign policy 

and national security objectives 

outlined in the enclosed Military Policy 

Justification. Moreover, the benefits to 

be derived from this sale outweigh the 

potential damage that could result if the 

sensitive technology were revealed to 

unauthorized persons. A determination 

has been made that Romania can 

provide the same degree of protection 

for the sensitive technology being 

released as the U.S. Government. 

11. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to 

Romania. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 17–28] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense. 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is 

publishing the unclassified text of an 

arms sales notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young, (703) 697–9107, 

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

Kathy Valadez, (703) 697–9217, 

kathy.a.valadez.civ@mail.mil; DSCA/ 

DSA–RAN. 

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, Transmittal 

17–28 with attached Policy Justification 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 


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