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Foreign governments submit a Letter of Request (LOR) to a U.S. government Security Cooperation Organization (SCO), typically the Office of Defense Cooperation within the U.S. embassy in that country or directly to the DSCA or to a U.S. military department (Department of the Army, Department of the Navy or Department of the Air Force) or another Defense Department agency. [4]
The Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968, Pub. L. 90–629, 82 Stat. 1320-2, enacted October 22, 1968, was supplemental legislation to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961 and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
The Foreign Military Sales Act of 1971, Pub. L. 91–672, 84 Stat. 2053, enacted January 12, 1971, was created as an amendment to the Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968. The Act of 1971 established declarations to promote international peace and national security for economic, political, and social progress.
FMF funds eligible governments to purchase U.S. defense articles, services and training through the government-to-government the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program and purchases made through the Direct Commercial Contracts (DCC) program, which oversees sales between foreign governments and private U.S. companies. [7]
JLTV sales to Israel and other U.S. military partners mean extended manufacturing in Oshkosh as AM General gears up to take over production for U.S. military
The U.S. sold $55.6 billion worth of weapons to allies last year.
SAOs' duties are officially referred to as "overseas military program management". Specific responsibilities may include managing Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases, managing training programs, monitoring security-assistance programs, evaluating and planning the host country's military capabilities and requirements, promoting international defense cooperation and interoperability between ...
Bell Helicopter Textron landed a sizable Pentagon contract in support of two U.S. allies Tuesday. Specifically, Textron was awarded a foreign military sales contract worth up to $85.4 million to ...