Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BERLIN3172
2006-10-31 12:01:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Berlin
Cable title:
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
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UNCLAS BERLIN 003172
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/AGS AND PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC GM UK SP IT
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
IN GERMANY FOR LICENSE 05-931065
REF: A. STATE 79736
B. MADRID 2729
C. STITZIEL-ALLISON-CRANDELL EMAILS - 10/25/2006
AND PREVIOUS
UNCLAS BERLIN 003172
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/AGS AND PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC GM UK SP IT
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
IN GERMANY FOR LICENSE 05-931065
REF: A. STATE 79736
B. MADRID 2729
C. STITZIEL-ALLISON-CRANDELL EMAILS - 10/25/2006
AND PREVIOUS
1. (SBU) Per ref A request, emboffs contacted the management
offices of the Eurojet consortium in Hallbergmoss, Germany to
confirm receipt of aircraft spare parts (transducer sets)
made by U.S. company Endevco. According to the license
application, the transducers are intended for use in EJ200
jet engines for Eurofighter Typhoon jets. Chris Harris, the
head of Eurojet's production department, told emboffs the
transducers covered under license 05-931065 were shipped by
Endevco to Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) in Spain.
(NOTE: ITP is a member of the Eurojet consortium. The other
members are UK's Rolls Royce, Germany's Daimler Chrysler
Aerospace, and Italy's Avio Spa. END NOTE.) Harris
confirmed ITP is responsible for distributing the transducer
sets to consortium members, who in turn install the
transducers in EJ200 engines and subsequently build the
engines into Eurofighters. Harris noted ITP itself uses some
transducers to produce EJ200 enginges. Harris said ITP
maintains records (by serial number) of transducers it has
received and redistributed to consortium members, but
consortium members do not necessarily track transducers after
they have been installed in EJ200 engines.
2. (SBU) Harris noted that NATO's EF2000 and Tornado
Development Production and Logistics Management Agency
(NETMA) -- not/not Eurojet -- is the actual end-user of the
transducer sets. Harris explained Eurojet is building the
jet engines under a government contract with Italy, Germany,
Spain, and the UK. While most EJ200 engines are built
directly into Eurofighters, Harris said, some engines are
held as spares at military facilities in each of the four
countries.
3. (SBU) Ref B reports ITP has provided Embassy Madrid with
detailed spreadsheets documenting receipt and redistribution
of the transducers. Post understands PM/DDTC has closed this
case and no further action is required (ref C).
TIMKEN JR
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/AGS AND PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC KOMC GM UK SP IT
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
IN GERMANY FOR LICENSE 05-931065
REF: A. STATE 79736
B. MADRID 2729
C. STITZIEL-ALLISON-CRANDELL EMAILS - 10/25/2006
AND PREVIOUS
1. (SBU) Per ref A request, emboffs contacted the management
offices of the Eurojet consortium in Hallbergmoss, Germany to
confirm receipt of aircraft spare parts (transducer sets)
made by U.S. company Endevco. According to the license
application, the transducers are intended for use in EJ200
jet engines for Eurofighter Typhoon jets. Chris Harris, the
head of Eurojet's production department, told emboffs the
transducers covered under license 05-931065 were shipped by
Endevco to Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) in Spain.
(NOTE: ITP is a member of the Eurojet consortium. The other
members are UK's Rolls Royce, Germany's Daimler Chrysler
Aerospace, and Italy's Avio Spa. END NOTE.) Harris
confirmed ITP is responsible for distributing the transducer
sets to consortium members, who in turn install the
transducers in EJ200 engines and subsequently build the
engines into Eurofighters. Harris noted ITP itself uses some
transducers to produce EJ200 enginges. Harris said ITP
maintains records (by serial number) of transducers it has
received and redistributed to consortium members, but
consortium members do not necessarily track transducers after
they have been installed in EJ200 engines.
2. (SBU) Harris noted that NATO's EF2000 and Tornado
Development Production and Logistics Management Agency
(NETMA) -- not/not Eurojet -- is the actual end-user of the
transducer sets. Harris explained Eurojet is building the
jet engines under a government contract with Italy, Germany,
Spain, and the UK. While most EJ200 engines are built
directly into Eurofighters, Harris said, some engines are
held as spares at military facilities in each of the four
countries.
3. (SBU) Ref B reports ITP has provided Embassy Madrid with
detailed spreadsheets documenting receipt and redistribution
of the transducers. Post understands PM/DDTC has closed this
case and no further action is required (ref C).
TIMKEN JR