Earlier this year, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (“DSCA”) issued updated policy guidance implementing a significant expansion of the universe of countries authorized to use Foreign Military Financing (“FMF”) for direct purchases of U.S. defense items. Previously, only ten countries were eligible for use of FMF for direct commercial contracting
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Private-Sector Opportunities – and Challenges – in the New $38.8B U.S.-Israel Military Assistance Package
By Frederic Levy on
U.S. and Israeli defense industries are anxious for details of a ten-year, $38.8 billion military assistance package that was signed in Washington this past September. Whether the terms of the aid package are upended entirely or left mostly unchanged by the current incoming administration will have far reaching consequences on…
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Increasing U.S. Sales of Defense Articles and Services to Jordan
By Covington Team on
Posted in Defense Industry, FMS and DCS
Despite other areas of disagreement involving the defense budget and U.S. military strategy in the Middle East, the Obama Administration and Senate Republicans might be uniting to fast-track the sale of U.S. defense articles and services to U.S. allies fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (“ISIS”). Consider three recent developments involving Jordan.
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