Foreign Military Sales DOD Should Take Additional Steps to Streamline Process for Assessing Potential Recovery of Certain Acquisition Costs

Abstract

In the past 6 years, the Department of Defense (DOD) approved waivers valued at nearly $16 billion that it might otherwise have collected from foreign governments as part of its sales of major defense equipment through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The Arms Export Control Act, as delegated, authorizes the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) within DOD to waive nonrecurring costs under certain circumstances, such as to standardize equipment with allies. From fiscal years 2012 through 2017, DSCA reviewed 813waivers and denied 3, resulting in an approval rate of 99 percent. As shown in the figure below, the value of approved waivers significantly increased to nearly$6 billion last year, which is due to 2 waivers totaling nearly $3.5 billion for sales of missiles and related support systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 2018
Accession Number
AD1166850

Entities

People

  • Marie A. Mak

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Export Controls
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geographic Regions
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Military Equipment
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Nato
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting