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

UNCLAS STATE 005386 SIPDIS MADRID FOR E. STROTHER MURRAY POLMIL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC SP SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050199611 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 050199611 for the export of International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled machine gun weapon system components to Spain. 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: No military foreign end-user is identified on the license for a commodity that appears to be intended for ultimate sale to a government military entity. ¶4. ACTION: The Department requests that Post contact end-user Eurocopter Espana in order to confirm that it received the items listed and that they will be used for the purpose stated on the license. In addition, Post is requested to inquire as to who will be the ultimate end-user of the CH-53GS helicopter on which the machine gun components will be installed. Finally, Post is requested to remind Eurocopter Espana that Department of State authorization is required for the retransfer or re-export of the components. END ACTION. ¶5. Details of license application: DTC CASE: 050199611 QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 4 - Links Ejection Assembly, P/N S507011-151 4 - End Fitting Entrance Box for .50 Caliber Chutes, FN P/N 363.781.185 4 - Gun End Fitting for .50 Caliber Chutes, FN P/N 363.507.085 License Value: 1500.00 USD (COMMENT: According to US Customs data, all items were exported on 19 December 2009. END COMMENT) SELLER: Standard Armament, Inc. 631 Allen Ave. Glendale, CA 91201 Tel: 818-842-6144 POC: Cathleen Joens FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: FN Herstal, S.A. Voie de Liege 33 B-4040 Herstal Belgium Tel: 32 4 240 81 11 POC: Michel Vanuscorps, Purchasing Director FOREIGN END-USER: Eurocopter Espana Ctra del Barrio de la Fortuna, 10 Madrid Spain Tel: 34 91 379 7200 PURPOSE: Parts will be installed on a .50 caliber machine gun weapon system located on the CH-53GS helicopter. These chutes fit between the gun and ammo box. ¶6. Submitted in support of license application 050199611 were the following documents (PM/DTCC will email documentation to Post upon request): --End Use Statement submitted by FN Herstal dated 6 May 2009. --Purchase Order No. 740850 submitted by FN Herstal to Standard Armament, dated 5 May 2009. --Department of State License for Permanent Export of Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified Technical Data, signed 11 November 2009, approved 27 November ¶2009. ¶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