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

UNCLAS STATE 075725 SIPDIS SOUTH KOREA FOR HEATHER GRELL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC KS SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 050112368 REF: 2006 BLUE LANTERN GUIDEBOOK ¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. ¶2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 050112368 for the export of tube amplifiers and related technical data to 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: confirm the bona fides of the Agency for Defense Development, proposed end-user and foreign consignee. ¶4. ACTION: Embassy is requested to make inquiries with appropriate officials to establish the bona fides of the Agency for Defense Development in the proposed transaction and determine the order and intended end-use of the USML items to be exported under license 050112386 (POC Jonghee Lee, Ph.D, Colonel, ADD, tel. (042)822-4271). End action. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC Case: 050112368 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1 VZL2780C2, 1.0-2.5GHZ, 500W Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier 1 VZSC2780C2, 2.0-8.0GHZ, 500W Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier 1 VZM2780C2, 8.0-18.0GHZ, 500W Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier 1 VZL3529J1, 1.0-2.5GHZ, 2000W Peak Pulsed Power, Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier 1 VZS3529J1, 2.5-8.0GHZ, 2000W Peak Pulsed Power, Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier 1 VZM3529J1, 8.0-19.0GHZ, 2000W Peak Pulsed Power, Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier 1 Unclassified Amplifier Acceptance Test Data License Value: USD 840,100.00 SELLER: Communications and Power Industries 811 Hansen Way Palo Alto, CA 94304 POC Creignton Chin, tel. 650-846-3021 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Defense Aquisition Program Administration Agency for Defense Development-Purchased Goods Yongsan-Dong 2-ga #2-15 Yong-gu Seoul 140-823 KS POC Jonghee Lee, Ph.D, Colonel, ADD, tel. (042)822-4271 FOREIGN END-USER: Agency for Defense Development Jochiwongil 462 Yuseong Dajeon, 305-600 KS POC Jonghee Lee, Ph.D, Colonel, ADD, tel. (042)822-427 PURPOSE: The Communications and Power Industries' Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers will be used in conjunction with the Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) Reverberation Test System for commercial aircraft component tests as well as measurments according to MIL-STD461E method RS103 "alternative test procedures - reverberation chamber (mode tuned)" for military aircraft components. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC can fax documentation to post upon request): --Letter of Intent from the Agency for Defense Development, signed by Jonghee Lee, Ph.D, Colonel, ADD, the head of the Department of Aerospace Test & Evaluation, on June 20, 2008. --End Use/User Statement from the Agency for Defense Development, signed by Jonghee Lee, Ph.D, Colonel, ADD, the head of the Department of Aerospace Test & Evaluation, on June 22, 2008. --Cover Letter from The Boeing Company signed by Westley A. Field, Manager Industrial Participation Programs - Korea, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, on February 21, 2008. ¶7. Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case number in the subject line. POC is Tim Mazzarelli, Phone: 202-663-3867; Email: MazzarelliTP@state.gov; SIPRNET: MazzarelliTP@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's E-Book Collection on the DOS Intranet: http://buncheelectroniclibrary.state.gov/eboo ks/ BlueLanternGuidebook2006%20 final .pdf ¶8. Department is grateful for post's assistance in this matter. RICE