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The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program is a form of security assistance authorized by the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), as amended [22 U.S.C. 2751, et. seq.] and a fundamental tool of U.S. foreign policy.
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) is the U.S. Government’s program for transferring defense articles, services, and training to our international partners and international organizations. The FMS program is funded by administrative charges to foreign purchasers and is operated at no cost to taxpayers.
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) is a security assistance program of the United States government to facilitate the purchase of U.S. arms, defense equipment, design and construction services, and military training to foreign governments. [1]
FMS 2023 Initiatives are focused on improving the efficiency and competitiveness of Foreign Military Sales at all phases: from strategic planning to case adjudication, to administering implementation of current and future FMS cases.
Today, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III approved a tasking memo from the Department of Defense (DoD) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Tiger Team that highlights six key FMS pressure points...
Foreign Military Sales: In FY2023 the total value of transferred defense articles and services and security cooperation activities conducted under the Foreign Military Sales system was $80.9 billion. This represents a 55.9% increase, up from $51.9 billion in FY2022.
iStock illustration. VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia — Foreign military sales have grown dramatically over the past 20 years, and the “slow” process is no longer fast enough to keep up with the demands global defense requires, a Defense Department official said. Sandy Long, senior advisor for defense exports in the office of the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for defense exports and ...
Foreign Military Sales are one of two methods through which a country can purchase new military equipment from the United States; the other is Direct Commercial Sales, which are managed by PM/DDTC.
Under the AECA, there are three main authorities through which the United States can provide defense articles or services to another country: government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS); licensed exports of direct commercial sales (DCS); and the lease of defense articles.
The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program transfers defense articles and services to eligible countries and international organizations. Arms Export Control Act (AECA) section 47 (22 U.S.C. 2794) defines the terms “defense article” and “defense service.”