Download or read book The Buyer s View of the Management of the United States Foreign Military Sales Program written by Trevor T. Kaine (WING CMDR, RAAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales The Buyer s View Or the Fait Accompli written by Afailal Mohamed and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research project is an analysis of the foreign military sales program written from the perspective of the buyer nation, i.e., customer. The primary purpose of this paper is to discuss the capabilities of U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and to review its function as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. This paper not only supports the purpose of FMS as an instrument of foreign policy, but it also outlines several problems that impact negatively on the customer. This negative impact is especially relevant for developing countries. The paper concludes with several suggestions for improved FMS procedures and argues for increased flexibility for the buyer which will not only increase customer satisfaction, but will also strengthen U.S. security assistance program. Keywords: weapon systems acquisition.
Download or read book Defense Exports written by Anne-Marie Lasowski and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In FY 2008, the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program sold over $36 billion dollars in defense articles and services to foreign governments. The Depts. of State, DoD, and Homeland Security (DHS) all have a role in the FMS program. In 2003, significant weaknesses were identified in FMS control mechanisms for safeguarding defense articles transferred to foreign governments. The protection of technologies critical to U.S. national security is a high-risk area. This report: (1) evaluates program changes made since 2003 to ensure that unclassified defense articles transferred to foreign governments are authorized for shipment and monitored; and (2) determine what info. DoD has to administer and oversee the FMS program. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improperly Subsidizing the Foreign Military Sales Program a Continuing Problem written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Air Force lacked adequate management controls over its foreign military sales (FMS) program to ensure that foreign customers' accounts were properly charged for goods and services. GAO's analysis of data maintained by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service indicates that the Air Force may not have charged foreign military sales customers for as much as $540 million worth of delivered goods and services. The Air Force recognizes that it must improve its controls over the program and develop the data needed to identify instances in which foreign customers' accounts have not been charged for goods and services received. However, according to Air Force officials, the data are going to be made available only on an ad hoc basis, meaning that they will not be routinely available to the appropriate personnel for review, including managers, with the requirement that they use the information to ensure that customers' accounts are being properly charged.
Download or read book A Study on the Perceptions About Potential Advantages of FMS Foreign Military Sales and Commercial Sales Seller and Buyer Perspectives written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study attempted to compare the perceptions of a buyer and seller in the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Commercial Sales environment of a major system acquisition. Another purpose of the study was to determine if there existed any significant differences in the perceptions of the two parties. The buyer and seller were represented by a Purchaser Country Representative (PCR) and a United States Air Force Counterpart (USCP) stationed at the International Logistics Center (ILC) and Multinational Directorate (YPX) of the F-16 System Program Office (SPO). The research model for this stu (1985), titled A comparison of Direct Commercial Sales and Foreign Military Sales for the Acquisition of U.S. Defense Articles and Services. Opinion data obtained from interviews with 52 USCPs and 32 PCRs were analyzed statistically as well as descriptively. Government-to-government obligation was ranked number 1 by PCR as a motivator for a purchasing country to utilize the FMS channel for major weapon system acquisition while logistics support was ranked number 1 by USCP. Direct negotiation was ranked number 1 as a motivator for a purchasing country to utilize the Commercial channel for major weapon system acquisition while quick response was ranked number 1 by USCP. Two elements of the potential advantages yielded significant differences in perceptions of the two groups: logistics support for the FMS and direct negotiation for the Commercial channel.
Download or read book DOD s Foreign Military Sales Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign military sales efforts to improve administration hampered by insufficient information report to the Chairman Committee on International Relations House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cost Waivers Under the Foreign Military Sales Program written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales and Military Assistance Facts written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The U S Navy Foreign Military Sales Program written by William L. Vincent and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study evaluates the organization and procedures presently established to deal with Navy Foreign Military Sales (FMS). It focuses on the program office responsible for implementation of the case and ultimate delivery of the system which has been purchased. The paper, first, describes the Navy's basic organization and how it relates to DOD and State Department Security Assistance Offices. The following section tracks a typical FMS case from receipt of the customers purchase request, through agreement on sale, to final execution of the case. The paper concludes with a discussion of specific issues relating to financial management problems which currently are being evaluated in the Navy. These issues deal with the requirement to price out a proposed sale and how funds are managed after case implementation. Poor price estimates affect relations with the foreign customers and cause considerable administrative difficulties which result in lost time and possibly, financial loss. Recommendations concentrate on the means by which the accuracy and completeness of price estimates can best be achieved. The funds management problem is primarily associated with the sale of ships. The question of how funds should be controlled impacts on the administration of the SCN account.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of Foreign Military Sales Management Viewed at the Field Activity Level written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study concerns the examination of the program of Foreign Military Sales from the perspective of a field activity. It attempts to identify through a historical view the evolution of the foreign military sales management process and analyze some of the observations made in the context of a bureaucratic structural framework. It concludes that the problems facing field activities managing a foreign military sales program can be best characterized by a budget-based bureaucratic structure, that is, funded from public coffers exhibiting acquisitive and consumer behavior. The Navy organization is not entrepreneurical and, therefore, has some difficulty with the concept of selling arms to 'friendly foreign' countries. The thesis offers a conceptual idea of how better to conduct Foreign Military Sales. (Author).
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign Military Sales: Air Force Controls Over the FMS Program Need Improvement
Download or read book The Current Status Of The United States Foreign Military Sales FMS Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examines the status of the United States (U.S.) Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program within the context of the current ever-changing domestic and global security environment. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis was used to analyze: the information gathered from the literature review; the importance of various players (domestic and international competitors, interests groups, decision-makers); and the general environment (global security and the economic environment that shape the National Security Strategy (NSS)). The study concludes that the U.S FMS program has evolved slowly because of the nature of the arms export business and the constraints imposed by the National Security Strategy. Recommendations for improving the FMS program are provided.
