An Assessment of Current Methodologies Used to Evaluate Foreign Military Sales Payment Schedule Effectiveness.

Abstract

The sale of military hardware, related equipment, and services to other nations has become, in recent times, an important political tool in international relations and an important source of revenue for the United States. This thesis effort is designed to examine the alleged problems associated with a determination of the effectiveness of the USAF FMS payment schedule with respect to its capability to predict FMS billing statements. Three methods are identified and evaluated as indicators of effectiveness. The results did not indicate that the methods were satisfactory but did find problems within the FMS financial management area in the structure of data for comparison. Recommendations for improvements are made. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087091

Entities

People

  • Douglas C. Vanwiggeren
  • John W. Dutcher Iii

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Export Controls
  • Foreign Policy
  • Government (Foreign)
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Law
  • Logistics Management
  • Military Equipment
  • National Security

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Theoretical Analysis.