BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON

UNCLAS MADRID 000676 SIPDIS PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC SP SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050100474 REF: A. SECSTATE 46556 ¶B. LAMELA-JOUBERT-LIN EMAIL OF 6/6/08 ¶1. (SBU) As requested reftel, Post conducted inquiries into the development and end-use relating to electronic components referenced in application 05-050100474. Representatives from Indra confirmed to post on June 16 that the company is using reftel components to develop both civilian and military versions of the Lanza Long Range surveillance radar. The military version of the Lanza radar would be sent to Portugal's Ministry of Defense for a NATO project (NATO project 5W106001),and the civilian version of the Lanza radar would go to the Uruguayan Air Force's National Directorate of Civil Aviation to be used for air traffic control purposes. ¶2. (SBU) Each of the four reftel components shipped to Indra would be used in a separate Lanza radar unit: one for Portugal's Ministry of Defense, two for the Uruguayan Air Force's National Directorate of Civil Aviation, and the last unit would be kept by Indra to support and service the contracts with the above end-users. Representatives from Indra confirmed that there would be no other entity involved in developing the Lanza radar. ¶3. (SBU) Indra further indicated development of the radars would not be complete until 2009 and that the company would file a request for the proper shipping permits at that time. Addresses of the two non-Indra end-users are listed below. Ministerio de Defensa Nacional Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya Direccion General de Aviacion Civil e Infrastructura Aeronatica Ave Wilson Ferreira Aldunate 5519 San Jose de Carrasco, Uruguay Ministerio da Defensa Nacional Direccion General de Infrastructuras C/ Isla Madeira Lisboa, Portugal AGUIRRE