Defense Exportability Features Initiative: A New Paradigm for International Cooperation

Abstract

Department of Defense (DoD) program managers (PMs) are now required to consider developing and incorporating Defense Exportability Features (DEF) into a system or subsystem likely to be exported to enable future U.S. Government-DoD International Cooperative Programs (ICPs), Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) or other U.S. Government-authorized Building Partner Capacity (BPC) transfers. Activities in support of this DEF requirement may be pursued throughout the acquisition life cycle but, in general, are more efficient and affordable when pursued during a program s early development phases. These activities can and should also be pursued during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of defense acquisition, as well as during product upgrade efforts for fielded systems that are authorized by the U.S. Government for export in support of USG foreign policy and national security objectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA620329

Entities

People

  • Frank D. Kenlon
  • Jay Mandelbaum

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Contracts
  • Cooperation
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Governments
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.