Billing Code: 6001-FR
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal No. 22-53]
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: Neil Hedlund at neil.g.hedlund.civ@mail.mil
or (703) 697-9214.
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 22-53 with attached
Policy Justification and Sensitivity of Technology.

Dated: June 10, 2024.

Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.

Transmittal No. 22-53
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*
Other
TOTAL

$5.38 billion
$3.02 billion
$8.40 billion

(iii) Description and Quantity or Quantities of Articles or Services under Consideration for
Purchase:
Major Defense Equipment (MDE):
Thirty-five (35) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Conventional Take Off and Landing
(CTOL) Aircraft
Thirty-seven (37) Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 Engines (35 installed, 2 spares)
One hundred five (105) AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air
Missiles (AMRAAM)
Four (4) AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM Guidance Sections
Seventy-five (75) AGM-158B/B2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff MissilesExtended Range (JASSM-ER)
Two (2) AGM-158 Inert JASSMs with Test Instrumentation Kits (TIK)
Two (2) AGM-158 JASSM Separation Test Vehicles (STV)
Three hundred forty-four (344) GBU-53 Small Diameter Bombs (SDB-II)
Three (3) GBU-53 SDB-II Guided Test Vehicles (GTV)
Eight (8) GBU-53 SDB-II Captive Carry Reliability Trainers (CCRT)
One hundred sixty-two (162) BLU-109 2000LB Hardened Penetrator Bombs for
GBU-31
Two hundred sixty-four (264) MK-82 500LB General Purpose (GP) Bombs for
GBU-54
Six (6) MK-82 Inert Filled GP Bombs
Thirty (30) BLU-109 Inert 2000LB Hardened Penetrator Bombs
One hundred eighty (180) KMU-557 Joint Direct-Attack Munition (JDAM) Tail
Kits for GBU-31
Two hundred forty-six (246) KMU-572 JDAM Tail Kits for GBU-54
Seventy-five (75) AIM-9X Block II+ Tactical Sidewinder Missiles
Thirty (30) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM)
Fifteen (15) Tactical AIM-9X Block II+ Sidewinder Guidance Control Units
Five (5) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder CATM Guidance Units
Non-MDE:
Also included are AIM-120 control sections, propulsion sections, telemetry
systems, warheads, and containers; AIM-120 CATMs; AIM-9 Active Optical
Target Detectors and containers; FMU-139 joint programmable fuzes; DSU-38
Laser-Illuminated Target Detectors for GBU-54; AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key
Loaders; Common Munitions Built-in-Test Reprogramming Equipment
(CMBRE) and ADU-891/E Adapter Group Computer Test Sets; 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; training missiles and
components; 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, as well
as other related elements of logistical and program support.
(iv) Military Department: Air Force (GY-D-SAB, GY-D-YAD, GY-D-YAE, GY-D-YAH, GYD-YAI); and Navy (GY-P-PAG, GY-P-ALE, GY-P-PAH)
(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: July 28, 2022
*As defined in Section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act.

POLICY JUSTIFICATION
Germany – F-35 Aircraft and Munitions
The Government of Germany has requested to buy thirty-five (35) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft; thirty-seven (37) Pratt & Whitney F135PW-100 engines (35 installed, 2 spares); one hundred five (105) AIM-120C-8 Advanced
Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); four (4) AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM Guidance
Sections; seventy-five (75) AGM-158B/B2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles-Extended
Range (JASSM-ER); two (2) AGM-158 Inert JASSMs with Test Instrumentation Kits (TIK);
two (2) AGM-158 JASSM Separation Test Vehicles (STV); three hundred forty-four (344)
GBU-53 Small Diameter Bombs (SDB-II); three (3) GBU-53 SDB-II Guided Test Vehicles
(GTV); eight (8) GBU-53 SDB-II Captive Carry Reliability Trainers (CCRT); one hundred
sixty-two (162) BLU-109 2000LB Hardened Penetrator Bombs for GBU-31; two hundred
sixty-four (264) MK-82 500LB General Purpose (GP) Bombs for GBU-54; six (6) MK-82 Inert
Filled GP Bombs; thirty (30) BLU-109 Inert 2000LB Hardened Penetrator Bombs; one hundred
eighty (180) KMU-557 Joint Direct-Attack Munition (JDAM) Tail Kits for GBU-31; two
hundred forty-six (246) KMU-572 JDAM Tail Kits for GBU-54; seventy-five (75) AIM-9X
Block II+ Tactical Sidewinder Missiles; thirty (30) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder Captive Air
Training Missiles (CATM); fifteen (15) Tactical AIM-9X Block II+ Sidewinder Guidance
Control Units; and five (5) AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder CATM Guidance Units. Also included
are AIM-120 control sections, propulsion sections, telemetry systems, warheads, and containers;
AIM-120 CATMs; AIM-9 Active Optical Target Detectors and containers; FMU-139 joint
programmable fuzes; DSU-38 Laser-Illuminated Target Detectors for GBU-54; AN/PYQ-10
Simple Key Loaders; Common Munitions Built-in-Test Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE)
and ADU-891/E Adapter Group Computer Test Sets; 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; training
missiles and components; 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,
as well as other related elements of logistical and program support. The estimated total cost is
$8.4 billion.
This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the United States by
improving the security of a NATO ally that is an important force for political and economic
stability in Europe.
The proposed sale will improve Germany’s capability to meet current and future threats by
providing a suitable replacement for Germany’s retiring Tornado aircraft fleet in support of
NATO’s nuclear sharing mission, the centerpiece for deterrence in Europe. 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 contractors will be Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, TX;
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines, East Hartford, CT; The Boeing Company, St. Charles, MO;
and Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, AZ. 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 Germany.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

Transmittal No. 22-53
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.
Sensitive elements of the F-35A are also included in operational flight and maintenance trainers.
Sensitive and classified elements of the F-35A CTOL aircraft include hardware, accessories,
components, and associated software for the following major subsystems:
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 and 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.
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 air-to- 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, self-identification, 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 between 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. Link-16 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, where 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 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is a supersonic,
air-launched, aerial intercept, guided missile featuring digital technology and micro-miniature
solid-state electronics. AMRAAM capabilities include look-down/shoot-down, multiple
launches against multiple targets, resistance to electronic countermeasures, and interception of
high- and low-flying and maneuvering targets. State-of-the-art technology is used in the missile
to provide it with beyond-visual-range capability. This potential sale will include Captive Air
Training Missiles (CATM) as well as AMRAAM guidance section, propulsion section, control
section, telemetry system, and warhead spares.
4. The AGM-158B/B-2 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) with Extended Range
(ER) is a low-observable, highly-survivable, subsonic cruise missile designed to penetrate nextgeneration air defense systems en-route to target. The JASSM-ER is designed to kill hard,
medium-hardened, soft, and area-type targets. A turbo-fan engine and reconfigured fuel tanks
provide added capacity. The extended range over the baseline was obtained by going from a
turbo jet to a turbo-fan engine and by reconfiguring the fuel tanks for added capacity. This
potential sale will include inert missiles with test instrumentation kits, separation test vehicles,
and training missiles.
The AGM-158B-2 system capabilities include all the capabilities of the AGM-158B. The
AGM-158B-2 configuration will have different internal components to address multiple
obsolescence issues as well as subcomponent updates to position for M-Code and other
potential upgrades.
5. The GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb-Increment II (SDB-II) is a 250-lb class precision-guided,
semiautonomous, conventional, air-to-ground munition used to defeat moving targets through
adverse weather from standoff range. The SDB-II has deployable wings and fins and uses
GPS/INS guidance, network-enabled datalink (Link-16 and UHF), and a multi-mode seeker
(millimeter wave radar, imaging infrared, semi-active laser) to autonomously search, acquire,
track, and defeat targets a variety of moving or stationary targets, at standoff range or close in, in
a variety of attack modes. The SDB-II employs a multi-effects warhead (blast, fragmentation,
and shaped-charge) for maximum lethality against armored and soft targets. The SDB II weapon
system consists of the tactical all-up round (AUR) weapon, a 4-place common carriage system,
and mission planning system munitions application program (MAP).
a. SDB-II Guided Test Vehicles (GTV) is a live or inert SDB-II configuration used for landor sea-range-based testing of the SDB-II weapon system.
b. SDB-II Captive Carry Reliability Test (CCRT) vehicles are an inert SDB-II configuration
used for any purpose where an inert round without telemetry or termination capability would
be useful, but primarily for reliability data collection during carriage.
6. The Joint Direct-Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance set which converts existing unguided
bombs (MK-82, MK-83, MK-84, BLU-109, BLU-110, BLU-111, BLU-117, BLU-126 (Navy) or
BLU-129 warhead) into an accurate, adverse weather “smart” munition. The Guidance Set
consists of a Tail Kit, which contains the Inertial Navigation System (INS) and a GPS, a set of
Aerosurfaces and an umbilical cover, which allows the JDAM to improve the accuracy of
unguided, General Purpose (GP) bombs. The JDAM weapon can be delivered from modest

standoff ranges at high or low altitudes against a variety of land and surface targets during the
day or night. The JDAM is capable of receiving target coordinates via preplanned mission data
from the delivery aircraft, by onboard aircraft sensors (i.e., FLIR, Radar, etc.) during captive
carry, or from a third-party source via manual or automated aircrew cockpit entry.
a. GBU-31 is a 2,000 pound JDAM. The GBU-31 consists of the KMU-557 tail kit and the
BLU-109 bomb body to make the GBU-31v3.
b. The GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) is a 500 pound JDAM which
incorporates all the capabilities of the JDAM guidance tail kit and adds a precision laser
guidance set. The LJDAM gives the weapon system an optional semi-active laser guidance in
addition to the INS/GPS guidance. This provides the optional capability to strike moving targets.
The GBU-54 consists of a DSU-38 laser guidance set, KMU-572 bomb body-specific tail kit,
and MK-82 bomb body.
7. The MK-82 GP bomb is a 500 pound, free-fall, unguided, low-drag weapon. The MK-82 is
designed for soft, fragment-sensitive targets and is not intended for hard targets or penetrations.
The explosive filling is usually tritonal, though other compositions have sometimes been used.
This potential sale will include MK-82 inerts.
8. The BLU-109/B is a 2,000 pound hard target penetration warhead designed to penetrate
hardened structures before detonating. This potential sale will include BLU-109(D-1)/B inerts.
9. The FMU-139 Joint Programmable Fuze (JPF) is a multi-delay multi-arm and proximity
sensor compatible with general purpose blast, frag and hardened-target penetrator weapons. The
JPF settings are cockpit selectable in flight when used with numerous precision-guided weapons.
It can interface with the GBU-31, GBU-32, GBU-38, and GBU-54.
10. The AIM-9X Block II and Block II+ (Plus) SIDEWINDER Missiles represent a substantial
increase in missile acquisition and kinematics performance over the AIM-9M and replace the
AIM- 9X Block I Missile configuration. The missiles include a high off-boresight seeker,
enhanced countermeasure rejection capability, low drag/high angle of attack airframe and the
ability to integrate with a helmet mounted cueing system. The software algorithms are the most
sensitive portion of the AIM-9X missile. The software continues to be modified via a preplanned product improvement (P3I) program to improve counter-countermeasure capabilities.
This potential sale will include AIM-9X guidance section spares and Active Optical Target
Detectors.
11. 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.
12. The KGV-135A is a high-speed, general purpose encryptor/decryptor module used for wideband data encryption.
13. The Common Munitions Built-In-Test (BIT)/Reprogramming Equipment (CMBRE) is
support equipment used to interface with weapon systems to initiate and report BIT results, and
upload/download flight software. CMBRE supports multiple munitions platforms with a range
of applications that perform preflight checks, periodic maintenance checks, loading of
Operational Flight Program (OFP) data, loading of munitions mission planning data, loading of
Global Positioning System (GPS) cryptographic keys, and declassification of munitions memory.

14. The highest level of classification of defense articles, components, and services included in
this potential sale is SECRET.
15. 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.
16. A determination has been made that 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.
17. All defense articles and services listed in this transmittal have been authorized for release and
export to the Government of Germany.

[FR Doc. 2024-12956 Filed: 6/12/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/13/2024]