Download or read book The Effects of the U S Foreign Military Sales FMS Program in Preserving the Defense Industrial Base written by Wayne M. Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this research is to investigate the impact that Foreign Military Sales (FMS) policy can have on the preservation of the Defense Industrial Base. A survey is utilized to gather information from five of the top ten defense contractors. This study concludes that FMS policy will continue to be shaped by U.S. foreign policy. The study identifies how the defense industry has been affected by recent drawdowns and it describes arms transfers as an instrument of foreign policy based on United States national security interests. Additionally, offset agreements are analyzed as a contributory factor to the globalization of the arms industry. The study also identifies strategies the Government and the defense industry should use to facilitate the preservation of the Defense Industrial Base. The study recommends the Government review, streamline and liberalize arms transfer procedures. The Government can maintain the Defense Industrial Base by actively and aggressively supporting industry in the arms transfer process.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by Jacob N. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, a Defense Department operation that manages sales of defense equipment as well as services and training to allied governments, is becoming a source of increasing dissatisfaction for the U.S. defense industry and government customers trying to buy and sell weapon systems. From 1986 to 1989, the United States sold $29.1 billion of weaponry to developing countries through the FMS and general direct arms sales. During the following four years, which coincided with the end of the Cold War, the U.S. nearly doubled new sales agreements. A combination of factors is driving this aggressive campaign. The need to use FMS and direct arms sales as a National Strategy Shaper has been the focus in the past. However, economic imperatives, principally the desire to maintain the current arms industrial base is a major driver in acquisition decisions. In addition, FMS/arms sales is used as a vehicle to increase quantities, ultimately reducing the overall unit cost of critical weapon systems. This has slowly become the FMS and general arms sales emphasis. The overall goal of this paper is to examine the current FMS/ arms sales policy and propose a way of balancing FMS/arms sales as a "strategy shaper" and acquisition multiplier.
Download or read book United States Foreign Military Sales Strategy Coalition Building Or Protecting the Defense Industrial Base written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exporting American ideas, equipment, training and doctrine is nothing new and has numerous benefits for U.S. security interests. Two of the most recognizable benefits are U.S. access and influence. Since the end of the Cold War there has been an apparent shift in U.S. Government policy to sell more high-technology military equipment as opposed to the older, more obsolete, retired U.S. military equipment. This paper analyzes this apparent shift in government policy from two view points. The first premise is based on the idea of burden-sharing or coalition building. Supporters of this premise stress the need to insure that our allies are capable of carrying their fair share of the load in any future conflict. Thus, for an ally to adequately carry his share of the load in future conflicts, he must be equipped with state-of-the-art, high technology military equipment that is compatible. The second premise is that of preserving and protecting the U.S. defense industrial base. As U.S. defense spending continues its downward spiral, the Pentagon is unable to fully support its military industrial complex. Today, whether we like it or not, Foreign Military Sales procurements are the only purchases keeping many U.S. weapons production facilities open. Many feel that this is acceptable since the critical skills in the U.S. defense industrial base must be preserved and with reduced defense dollars, foreign military sales is the answer.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by Jacob N. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, a Defense Department operation that manages sales of defense equipment as well as services and training to allied governments, is becoming a source of increasing dissatisfaction for the U.S. defense industry and government customers trying to buy and sell weapon systems. From 1986 to 1989, the United States sold $29.1 billion of weaponry to developing countries through the FMS and general direct arms sales. During the following four years, which coincided with the end of the Cold War, the U.S. nearly doubled new sales agreements. A combination of factors is driving this aggressive campaign. The need to use FMS and direct arms sales as a National Strategy Shaper has been the focus in the past. However, economic imperatives, principally the desire to maintain the current arms industrial base is a major driver in acquisition decisions. In addition, FMS/arms sales is used as a vehicle to increase quantities, ultimately reducing the overall unit cost of critical weapon systems. This has slowly become the FMS and general arms sales emphasis. The overall goal of this paper is to examine the current FMS/ arms sales policy and propose a way of balancing FMS/arms sales as a "strategy shaper" and acquisition multiplier.
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 1976 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States Foreign Military Sales Strategy Coalition Building Or Protecting the Defense Industrial Base written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exporting American ideas, equipment, training and doctrine is nothing new and has numerous benefits for U.S. security interests. Two of the most recognizable benefits are U.S. access and influence. Since the end of the Cold War there has been an apparent shift in U.S. Government policy to sell more high-technology military equipment as opposed to the older, more obsolete, retired U.S. military equipment. This paper analyzes this apparent shift in government policy from two view points. The first premise is based on the idea of burden-sharing or coalition building. Supporters of this premise stress the need to insure that our allies are capable of carrying their fair share of the load in any future conflict. Thus, for an ally to adequately carry his share of the load in future conflicts, he must be equipped with state-of-the-art, high technology military equipment that is compatible. The second premise is that of preserving and protecting the U.S. defense industrial base. As U.S. defense spending continues its downward spiral, the Pentagon is unable to fully support its military industrial complex. Today, whether we like it or not, Foreign Military Sales procurements are the only purchases keeping many U.S. weapons production facilities open. Many feel that this is acceptable since the critical skills in the U.S. defense industrial base must be preserved and with reduced defense dollars, foreign military sales is the answer.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by and Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives, Nonproliferation Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American military technology and manufacturing are the best in the world. For the last seventy years, the sale of American equipment to partner nations has formed the foundation of many U.S. security relationships. Foreign military sales (FMS) represent a key tool in the American foreign policy that provides needed security assistance to partners and allies around the world. The sale of U.S. hardware bolsters the American industrial base. It creates thousands of high-paying, high skill jobs while reducing the cost of innovative technologies that keep the U.S. and its allies one step ahead of our enemies. They enable our allies to defend themselves and help forge strong bilateral bonds with the U.S. In 2016 alone, the U.S. sold $33.6 billion in military equipment and training packages. The FMS process, however, can be slow and complex, leaving partner nations and American industry frustrated. The FMS process is administered by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and guided by the State Department. Congress has oversight of this crucial and sensitive program. This provides effective and transparent check on this key tool of U.S. foreign policy. Foreign military sales provide others countries with deadly weapons of war. The U.S. has negotiatied billions in FMS deals with Saudi Arabia, a partner in the war against the Islamic State and other radical groups in the Middle East. The U.S. must ensure that the countries to which it sells high-quality military equipment share our interests and values.
Download or read book The role of military exports in maintaining the defense industrial base written by Ronald Lee Straight and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the DoD reduces spending for military equipment and services, companies in the U.S. defense industrial base may attempt to replace a portion of lost domestic revenues with military export sales. This report examines the potential size of the export market for military exports and discusses whether that market is large enough to replace a substantial portion of the business base lost due to declining U.S. defense spending. Currently the U.S. exports $18 billion of military items annually; about 75 percent comes from new production and 25 percent comes from inventory. If U.S. manufacturers hope to replace all business lost due to defense budget declines in order to maintain 1991 levels of defense business, they cannot merely maintain current export levels but must increase exports substantially each year for the next several years. The authors argue that increasing military exports substantially is unlikely for a number of reasons and conclude that, at best, military exports will be sustained at current levels ... Foreign military sales, FMS, Military exports, Defense industrial base, Downsizing.
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 Foreign Military Sales Legislation written by Lynton T. Winn and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign military sales (FMS) provide economic benefits to the US and at the same time contribute to the achievement of US foreign policy objectives. Congressional attitudes toward such sales impact the extent to which the objectives of the FMS program are achieved. Specifically, legislative enactments affect the ability of the US to compete against other nations who also are vying for a share of the world's arms market and wish to extend their influence to certain parts of the world. The thesis presents a historical synthesis of legislation related to FMS for the 1961 to June, 1975 time period, together with an assessment of the impact of legislation on the FMS program. The synthesis is accompanied by observations and conclusions concerning the implications for the Department of Defense of recent Congressional activity.
Download or read book Seller Beware US International Technology Transfer and Its Impact on National Security written by USAF, Wayne M., Wayne Johnson, Lieutenant , USAF and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As was the case during the cold war, the national military strategy of the United States relies on technologically superior forces to achieve our objectives when the armed forces are called on to protect the United States and its interests. However, as the military downsizes, preserving a technologically superior force while also maintaining a robust defense industrial base becomes more difficult. One means the United States uses to preserve the industrial base is to maintain demand by selling our military goods to other countries. While foreign military sales (FMS) alone will not keep the US industrial base viable, they have become more significant than in the days of larger US defense procurements. In 1996, for example, FMS exceeded $10 billion. Indeed, FMS can spell the difference between continued existence and bankruptcy for some of our defense contractors. The perceived need to sell overseas while safeguarding US advanced technologies appears to be a conflicting goal because of the technology transfer involved. In this important study, Lt Col Wayne Johnson, USAF, argues that systematic tightening of interagency cooperation and better work on defining sensitive technology prohibitions are needed to maintain the US technological edge. He also maintains that the US government requires a new and disciplined export control process-not the current mosaic of rules, regulations, and perspectives that came out of the cold war, but a process that provides a revamped, systemic approach with consistent implementation. Colonel Johnson explores the problem of defining which technologies the United States is willing to transfer (military or dual-use) and the need to ensure that national security objectives do not take a backseat to economic expediency. To accomplish this end, he argues for better interagency cooperation as a first step leading to a more centralized, coordinated, and strategic view of technology transfer and how it impacts US national security. Recent events concerning missile technology transfers point out the timeliness of this debate. These recommendations deserve to be read by a wide Department of Defense audience, as the United States evaluates its policies to determine if short-term interests in selling high-technology arms to foreign countries can actually weaken rather than strengthen our national security.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales A Growing Concern Departments of State and Defense written by GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC INTERNATIONAL DIV. and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, increased congressional and public attention has been focused on the rather dramatic increases in the volume of the U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) program--from $! billion in fiscal year 1967 to almost $10 billion in 1975. This rapid growth, due partly to a reduction in military assistance, has sparked considerable controversy over the program's operation and direction. Although the executive branch has continuously given the Congress details of the program's operation and explanations of its growth, concern and dissatisfaction over many issues continue. Moral and political arguments appear to dominate the debate over the U.S. role in international arms trade. Members of Congress are concerned that rapid growth of U.S. arms transfers abroad has taken place without adequate consideration being given to the potentially destabilizing effects of such transfers. Among these expressed concerns are the potential effects on the stimulation of regional arms races; encouragement of certain countries' tendencies to place too much emphasis on military considerations at the expense of social-humanitarian concerns; and identification of the United States with regimes which, for one reason or another, appear to adopt extreme repressive practices. (Author).
Download or read book An Analysis of the Impact of Military Export Offsets on the United States Industrial Base written by David G. McCord and published by . This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to determine what effect the growth of offsets, as a condition of sale of military articles, has had on the U.S. defense industrial base. These effects are measured by assessing how this trade practice has impacted the employment, trade, and competitiveness of the U.S. defense industry. Additionally, the present U.S. Government policy towards offsets is explained. Analytical data taken from both Office of Management and Budget and Department of Commerce reports are presented and analyzed. Interviews with large and small- to medium-sized business spokesmen, in addition to Department of Commerce experts, are presented to augment the quantitative results. Different levels of U.S. Government oversight are explained as well as their advantages and disadvantages. The macroeconomic effects of offsets on the U.S. defense industry are inconclusive. However, offsets do seem to impact the U.S. defense industry adversely at the subcontractor level when specific industrial sectors are analyzed. Large defense contractors view offsets as a necessary marketing tool in order to maintain global competition. Most small to medium-sized contractors do not support the use of offsets, claiming that they export jobs and work orders overseas, eroding the defense industrial base at the subcontractor level.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD manages the procurement of billions of dollars in defense items and services on behalf of foreign customers through the FMS program. These sales help support the defense industrial base and are vital to U.S. foreign policy and national security interests. The FMS process generally begins with a request by a foreign government for information about a U.S. defense item or service. Requests for price and availability data are an optional step in the process. DOD guidance is to generally respond to such requests within 45 days. This report addresses, among other objectives, (1) price and availability requests DOD received from fiscal years 2014 through 2018, (2) how DOD develops price and availability data, and (3) the factors that can influence the timeliness of DOD’s responses to foreign customers with price and availability data.
Download or read book Foreign Military Sales Air Force Controls Over the FMS Program Need Improvement written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arms Export Control Act gives the President authority to sell defense articles and services to eligible foreign countries, generally at no cost to the U.S. government. While the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has overall responsibility for administering the FMS program, the Army, Navy, and Air Force generally execute the sales agreements-commonly referred to as sales cases. Foreign military sales are made on an individual case basis. A foreign country representative initiates a case by sending a letter of request to DOD asking for information, such as the price and availability of goods, training, technical assistance, follow-on support, or other services. Once the customer decides to proceed with the purchase, DOD prepares a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) stating the terms of the sale for the items and services being provided. After the LOA is accepted, the FMS customer is generally required to pay, in advance, amounts necessary to cover costs associated with the services or items purchased from DOD. The Department of the Treasury holds these advance payments in an FMS trust fund.
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.
