Analysis of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) in U.S. Army Acquisition Programs - History from World War I and II, Truman Doctrine, Who Controls FMS, TOW Procurement, Javelin Missile, Monetary Value

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This project is a review of historical foreign military sales (FMS) within U.S. Army acquisition programs. The data analysis is used to produce background data, which is then compared to active acquisition programs, acquisition statues, processes and pressures placed upon the acquisition community to bring in a program under budget and ahead of schedule.
A comparative analysis of the two Army acquisition programs is conducted in an effort to verify if statutes, processes or personalities are involved in the lower numbers of FMS in wartime and more robust FMS sales after the war. The analysis removes the higher wartime U.S. Army acquisition budgets as a comparative factor using the program's Program Objective Memorandum projected totals before war.

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION * A. PROBLEM STATEMENT AND PURPOSE OF STUDY * B. RESEARCH QUESTIONS, METHODOLOGY, AND THESIS STATEMENT * C. LIMITATIONS * D. CHAPTER OVERVIEW * CHAPTER II - DESCRIPTION OF FMS AND ITS HISTORY * A. FMS HISTORY * 1. World Wars I and II * 2. Truman Doctrine * B. CONTROL DOCUMENTS * C. FMS TODAY * 1. Who Controls FMS * 2. Types of Security Assistance Programs * 3. How is FMS Executed within the U.S. Army * 4. Technology Transfer Issues with FMS Programs * 5. Monetary Value of Military Assistance Programs Today * 6. U.S. Defense Industry Importance * 7. Monetary Value of Army FMS Today * 8. Leveraging FMS * CHAPTER III - FMS VALUE IN ARMY ACQUISITION PROGRAMS * A. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF U.S. ARMY/MARINES VERSUS FMS TOW AND JAVELIN PROCUREMENTS * 1. TOW Procurement Analysis * 2. Javelin Missile and Command Launch Unit (CLU) Analysis * B. U.S. PROCUREMENTS VERSUS FMS PROCUREMENTS OF LIKE SYSTEMS * 1. Procurement Data Demonstrates the Needs of Our Coalition Partners * 2. Program Manager's Focus in Times of War * 3. Increased FMS Sales Equals Exponential Gains * CHAPTER IV - CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND FURTHER RESEARCH * A. CONCLUSIONS * B. RECOMMENDATIONS * C. FURTHER RESEARCH RECOMMENDED

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