Numerous U.S. allies and security partners have complained about delays in foreign military sales in recent years, including a multibillion-dollar backlog of arms sales to Taiwan.

The U.S. sells roughly $47 billion worth of defense materials and services annually to foreign governments to advance American security and economic interests, but recent global foreign military sales ...

The Department of State has approved Ukraine’s $172 million foreign military sale request for HAWK Phase III missile system and sustainment The Department of State has approved Norway’s $2.6 ...

Today, the directorate has 3,274 foreign military sales cases, valued at a total that exceeds $224 billion. When Bruckbauer took command nearly two years ago, that number stood at $181 billion.

Typically foreign military sales are defined as a U.S. government to foreign government sale of defense articles, services and training. But for 1206 sales cases, the purchase is funded through ...

Foreign Military Sales is a security assistance program authorized by the Arms Export Control Act, which allows the U.S. to sell defense equipment, conduct training and provide services to a ...

Foreign military sales through the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate more than tripled in the past year, soaring to $27.5 billion.

Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The United States approved a record number of foreign military sales in 2020, by its own accounting and that of arms industry observers.

U.S. foreign military sales are less robust than they could be because existing rules are applied inconsistently, which in turn is compelling customers to buy less effective technologies from other ...

In fiscal year 2012, the Army was able to generate $19.6 billion in foreign military sales, or FMS, to 144 different nations. The projected sales in fiscal year 2013 are about $12.2 billion.

When arms sales are done right, they can bolster regional security, strengthen alliances, lighten the warfighting burden on U.S. forces, improve the trade balance and create jobs in the U.S.

WASHINGTON AND PARIS — Foreign military sales (FMS) are a critical foreign policy tool, one used to bind partners to America while bolstering interoperability on US systems — and providing a ...