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UNCLAS STATE 063071 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC SA SF
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 050094716 
 
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 Posts' assistance in conducting 
a post-shipment check on license 050094716 for the export of 
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) - controlled 
signal amplifiers to Saudi Arabia.  Posts are 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 
parties involved in this transaction and confirm order/ 
receipt with the end-user. 
 
¶4. Action Pretoria:  The Department requests that Post make 
inquiries with Foreign Consignee RF Design 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. 
 
Action Riyadh:  Post is requested to confirm that End User 
King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) 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:  050094716 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
   29   Signal Amplifiers 
 
License Value:  $33,149.00 USD 
 
SELLER: 
 
J.R. Crossen 
Endwave Corporation 
Endwave Defense Systems Inc. 
130 Baytech Drive 
San Jose, CA  95134 
Tel: 408-522-3177 
 
FOREIGN CONSIGNEE: 
 
RF Design 
Unit S13, Spearhead Business Park 
Corner of Montague Drive and Freedom Way 
Montague Gardens 7441 
South Africa 
Tel:  27 11 695-2200; 27 21 555 8400 
Fax:  27 11 695-2201; 27 21 555-8401 
Email: sales@rfdesign.co.za 
Website: www.rfdesign.co.za 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 
P.O.Box 6086 
Riyadh 11442 
Saudi Arabia 
Tel: 00966 1 481 4329 ext. 4453 
Fax: 00966 1 481 6730 
Website: www.kacst.edu.sa 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
The amplifier devices will be used to train Saudi Arabian 
military students to receive and analyze radar emission, and 
to optimize (tune) radar equipment for optimum performance in 
laboratory setting. 
 
¶6.  Submitted in support of the license application were the 
following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to Posts 
upon request): 
 
 -- Endwave End Use and End User Statement dated 13 March 2008 
 
 -- RF Design Purchase Order No. RFDL15996 dated 08 January 
2008 
 
 -- Endwave Order Confirmation referencing Purchase Order No. 
RFDL15996, Order No. 7139, and Customer No. 1000945 dated 06 
February 2008 
 
 -- Department of State License for Permanent Export of 
Unclassified Defense Articles and Related Unclassified 
Technical Data signed 21 April 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 Posts' assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON