U.S. Foreign Military Sales

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U.S. government security assistance program arms transfer mechanism

U.S. Foreign Military Sales is a U.S. government program that facilitates the sale of American defense equipment, services, and training to foreign governments through government-to-government agreements.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
U.S. Foreign Military Sales canonical 3
Foreign Military Sales 2
Foreign Military Sales program 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. government security assistance program ⓘ
arms transfer mechanism ⓘ
abbreviation LOA ⓘ
acquisitionAuthority Arms Export Control Act (firearms provisions) ⓘ
surface form: Arms Export Control Act
administeredBy Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
alsoKnownAs FMS ⓘ
benefit access to U.S. logistics and sustainment systems ⓘ
standardized U.S. government contracting procedures ⓘ
canBeFundedBy U.S. Foreign Military Financing ⓘ
controlledBy International Traffic in Arms Regulations ⓘ
U.S. export control laws ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currency U.S. dollars ⓘ
excludes direct commercial sales between U.S. industry and foreign buyers ⓘ
facilitates sale of U.S. defense articles ⓘ
sale of U.S. defense services ⓘ
sale of military training ⓘ
fundingModel purchaser-financed ⓘ
implements U.S. security cooperation policy ⓘ
includes defense articles ⓘ
defense services ⓘ
logistics support ⓘ
major defense equipment ⓘ
training and education ⓘ
legalBasis Arms Export Control Act (firearms provisions) ⓘ
surface form: Arms Export Control Act of 1976
managedBy Defense Security Cooperation Agency ⓘ
overseenBy United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of State
participants authorized international organizations ⓘ
foreign governments ⓘ
policyAuthority Bureau of Political-Military Affairs ⓘ
processStep U.S. government executes procurement and delivery ⓘ
U.S. government prepares Letter of Offer and Acceptance ⓘ
foreign government submits Letter of Request ⓘ
purchaser signs LOA and provides funding ⓘ
purpose enhance interoperability with U.S. forces ⓘ
strengthen U.S. security partnerships ⓘ
support U.S. foreign policy objectives ⓘ
support U.S. national security objectives ⓘ
relatedProgram Direct Commercial Sales ⓘ
Excess Defense Articles ⓘ
Foreign Military Financing ⓘ
requires U.S. government approval ⓘ
congressional notification for certain thresholds ⓘ
riskAllocation U.S. government acts as prime contractor to foreign customer ⓘ
scope international ⓘ
sector defense trade ⓘ
subjectTo end-use monitoring requirements ⓘ
human rights and regional stability reviews ⓘ
typeOf government-to-government sales program ⓘ
usesInstrument Letter of Offer and Acceptance ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AN/TPY-2 radar → exportControl → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
subject surface form: AN/TPY-2
FAA → includesTitle → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
subject surface form: Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
this entity surface form: Title III – Military Assistance and Sales
Letter of Offer and Acceptance → usedInProgram → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
LOA → usedInContext → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
LOA → transactionType → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Military Sales
U.S. Foreign Military Financing → relatedProgram → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Military Sales
International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 → appliesTo → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States foreign military sales
Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate → usesProgram → U.S. Foreign Military Sales ⓘ
this entity surface form: Foreign Military Sales program