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

UNCLAS STATE 064201 SIPDIS ROME FOR CHRIS CURRAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC IT SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050088933 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 050088933 for the export of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - controlled amplifiers and phase shifters to Italy. 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: To substantiate bona fides of Foreign Consignee Elettronica S.p.A. in this transaction and confirm order/receipt with the end-user. ¶4. Action: The Department requests that Post make inquiries with Elettronica S.p.A. to verify its role in this transaction. Emphasize that the unauthorized re-export or retransfer of United States Munitions List (USML) items is strictly prohibited. Post is also requested to confirm that the Italian Navy has received the USML items listed below in full and that they are being used for the purpose stated on the license. END ACTION. 5.Details of license application: DTC Case: 050088933 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 1550 GAAS MMIC Phase Shifters and Amplifiers License Value: $147,290.00 USD SELLER: Jan Conant LNX Corporation 8-B Industrial Way Salem, NH 03079 Tel: 603-898-6800 FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: Elettronica S.p.A. via Tiburtina Valeria KM 13.7 Rome 00131 Italy Tel: 39 06 41541 FOREIGN END-USER: Marina Militare Italiana Piazzale Della Marina, 1 Rome 00100 Italy PURPOSE: The units will be incorporated into an Electronic Support Measures/Electronic Counter Measures (ESM/ECM) Naval System to be supplied to the Italian Navy. The program is "FREMM"; the platform is "FREMM" Class Frigates. ¶6. Submitted in support of the license application were the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Post upon request): -- Elettronica S.p.A. Purchase Order No. 4500014163/030 dated 31 January 2008; -- End Use/End User Statement from Elettronica S.p.A. to LNX Corporation dated 13 February 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 Rachael-Therese S. Joubert-Lin, Phone: 202-663-2950; Email: JoubertLinRS@state.gov; SIPRNET: JoubertLinRS@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