BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON

UNCLAS STATE 023829 SIPDIS SIPDIS FOR POL GREGORY D. LOGERFO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EG ETTC KOMC KS SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050091422 ¶1. This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of a propellant grain test system to Egypt via South Korea. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check within 30 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: the Foreign End User, Abu Zaabal Company For Specialty Chemicals, has a limited licensing history with our office. ¶4. ACTION: Please contact the Foreign End User, Abu Zaabal Company For Specialty Chemicals, and verify its request for the commodity item listed below. Please also confirm intended use as explained in the Statement of Purpose. END ACTION. ¶5. License Information: DDTC Case Number 05-050091422 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 01 Strand Burner System, Triple Test Cell Head with 5 KSI Gas Booster, style MIL-STD-286 LICENSE VALUE: USD 513,442.00 APPLICANT: Vic K-International Corporation 9600 Long Point Suite 222 Houston, Texas 77055 USA SOURCE: Design Integrated Technology Inc. 100 East Franklin Street Warrenton, Virginia 20186 USA FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE/FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Hanwha Corporation 23F Hanwha Corporation Building #1 Changgyo-dong, Chung-gu, Seoul 100-797 SOUTH KOREA FOREIGN END USER: Abu Zaabal Company For Specialty Chemicals Abu Zaabal el Balad Heliopolis, Cairo EGYPT STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: Sub-contractor company Hanwha Corporation together with main contractor company Samsung Techwin is providing a 155 mm 52 caliber howitzer establishment program for three years production line at Abu Zaabal Company for Specialty Chemicals in Cairo. The Strand Burner System will be used for testing composite propellant grains at Abu Zaabal Company in relation to the production of 155 mm ammunition projectiles. Hanwha is procuring the Strand Burner System and shipping it directly to Abu Zaabal Company as part of a package program for the 155 mm 52 caliber howitzer project. ¶6. Additional documentation submitted in support of license application: A) Hanwha Corporation Purchase Order Number HDH071120-01, dated November 20.2007, signed by D.H.Han(Mr.),Manager/ Purchasing Team, Hanwha Corporation. B) U.S. Department of State DDTC DSP-83 Non-Transfer and Use Certificate, signed by Said A. Ragab (dated October 10, 2007),Production Director, Abu Zaabal Company For Specialty Chemicals. ¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the DDTC Case Number in the subject line. POC on this case is Peter Sabatini, PM/DTCC, phone: 202-663-2819; ClassNet email: sabtinipj@state.sgov.gov; OpenNet email: sabatinipj@state.gov. The 2006 Blue Lantern Guide Book is available on OpenNet at http://fsi.state.gov/fsi/spas/default.asp?ID= 1588 Department thanks Post for its assistance in this matter. RICE