BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK

UNCLAS STATE 123343 C O R R E C T E D COPY (REMOVED CAPTION ALMATY NOTNEED) SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC KZ SP SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050095697 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 post-shipment check on license 050095697 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled high powered amplifiers (HPA) and traveling wave tubes (TWT) to Kazakhstan. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern inquiry within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue Lantern inquiry will affect pending and future licenses involving parties to this license. ¶3. Reason for request: Sensitivity of the commodity; multiple consignees, both outside of Kazakhstan, no documentation from foreign end user Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. ¶4. ACTION: The Department requests that Post confirm that MOD Kazakhstan received the HPAs and TWTs listed below (as integrated into the CIDACA-R ESM/ECM system) and that the articles are being used for the purpose stated on the license. END ACTION. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC CASE: 050095697 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 3 - High Powered Amplifier Model No. 600SC-M. 1 - Spare Traveling Wave Tube Teledyne Part No. MEC5500 3 - High Powered Amplifier with TWT Model No. 500IJ-XM 1 - Spare Traveling Wave Tube Teledyne Part No. MEC5415 License Value: 670,270.00 USD SELLER: ETM Electromatic, Inc. 35451 Dumbarton Court Newark, CA 94560 Tel: 510-797-1100 ext. 102 POC: Michelle Childs FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEE: Alava Ingenieros, S.A. C/Albasanz, 16 Madrid 28037 Spain Tel: 34-91-567-9720 POC: Maxi Herrera FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Indra Sistemas S.A. Ctra. de Loeches 9 Torrejon de Ardoz Madrid 28850 Spain Tel: 34-91-626-8309 POC: Gonzalo Pesquero FOREIGN END-USER: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan 5-A Auezova Street Astana 010000 Kazakhstan Tel: 7-3172-72-18-80 POC: K.B. Mujambetov PURPOSE: The ETM transmitters will be integrated into the CIDACA-R ESM/ECM system to be used as a land-based radar countermeasures application on a Kazakhstan Army vehicle. They will be used to produce a wide bandwidth of radar jamming capabilities on a vehicle platform to protect mission personnel, equipment, and locations from electronic surveillance. Alava Ingenieros will integrate the transmitters with an antenna system and conduct initial RF (radio frequency) testing prior to shipping the transmitters and antenna to Indra Sistemas. Indra will conduct final system integration with other system electronics into a mechanical structure within a radome and ship the final system (the CIDACA-R ESM/ECM) to the MOD Kazakhstan. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): --Letter of Intent, submitted by ETM, signed by Michael Scott, dated 3 December 2007. --Supplementary Explanation of Transaction, submitted by ETM, signed by Michelle Childs, dated 21 February 2008. --End-User Certificate, submitted by Alava Ingenieros, signed by Maxi Herrera and Gonzalo Pesquero, dated 4 December 2007. --ETM price quotation submitted to Alava Ingenieros, dated 18 October 2007. --Technical data regarding the commodity. --Department of State License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified Technical Data, signed 25 March 2008, approved 22 May 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 Meredith Sundlof. Phone: 202-663-3455; Email: SundlofME@state.gov; SIPRNET: SundlofME@state.sgov.gov. The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) is available as a PDF file at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program. ¶8. Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this matter. CLINTON