Revised version Department of Defense (DoD) Technology Security and Foreign Disclosure (TSFD) 'Pipes' chart which graphically displays key U.S. Government and DoD TSFD processes.  This updated version adds the Military Intelligence Disclosure Policy (MIDP) process, highlights those TSFD processes that have Interagency and Title 50 Intelligence Community involvement, and shows the respective "pipe" responsibilites of the new USD/Acquisition & Sustainment (A&S) and USD/Research & Engineering organizations

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) published Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Acquisition Planning Activities Policy Memo 19-10 (SAMM E-Change 386) on July 31, 2019.

E-Change 386 updates Chapter 6 of the Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM) to allow DoD Component FMS Implementing Agencies (IAs) to conduct certain FMS Administrative Surcharge-funded acquisition planning activities after offering an LOA, rather than waiting until the LOA is implemented in certain circumstances.

List of key International Acquisition and Exportability (IA&E) laws, regulations, and policies reference documents (with hyperlinks to the actual documents in this MS Word list).  Provides DoD workforce and supporting industry with easy access to key IA&E reference documents.

Defense Acquisition University (DAU) overview that describes the key elements of DoD International Acquisition & Exportability (IA&E).

DAU's ACQ 202 Intermediate System Acquisition (Part A) online course contains a comprehensive lesson on DoD International Acquisition & Exportability (IA&E) planning and implementation.

This document includes a brief description of the key IA&E international transaction mechanisms: International Cooperative Programs (ICPs); Foreign Military Sales (FMS); Building Partner Capacity (BPC) programs; Direct Commercial Sales (DCS); Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreements (ACSAs); and, various types of Hybrid programs established with allied and friendly nations and international organizations.  It also contains hotlinks to six (6) DAU Job Support Tools (JSTs) which provide detailed "how to" information and best practice advice on formulating, establishing, and implementing IA&E transactions.

This Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Defense Systems Management College (DSMC)-Int'l presentation was broadcast as a Webinar on August 7, 2019.  It covers a wide variety of DoD International Acquisition & Exportability Hot Topics of interest to the Defense Acquisition Workforce as well as DoD International Acquisition Career Path and Security Cooperation Workforce members.

This DAU Int'l Agreement Neighborhood Watch (IA NW) Workshop presentation provides an overview of DoD International Cooperative Program (ICP) Int'l Agreement legal authorities and key drafting principles.  DAU Professors Tom Noble and Frank Kenlon led discussions on this topic with Mr. Ray Meinhart (A&S/Int'l Cooperation/Int'l Agreements) and 50 IA Negotiation Specialists from throughout DoD.

The State Department published a long-awaited International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) 126.4 revision in the Federal Register on April 19. 2019.

The previous version ITAR 126.4 was most often used as a DoD International Cooperative Program (ICP) ITAR exemption based on the DoD ITAR Exemption Guidelines issued by the Defense Technology Security Administration (DTSA) in 2004/2007 (Note:  these DTSA ITAR Exemption Guidelines memos are available on this ICOP website.)

In addition to updating and clarifying several areas regarding use of ITAR 126.4 for ICP-related ITAR exemptions, the revised version of ITAR 126.4 also addresses non-FMS Security Cooperation efforts as well as the U.S. Government Customer and Border Protection (CBP) reporting requirements for the use of this exemption.

Consult your DoD Component International Program Organization (IPO) or local Foreign Disclosure Officer (FDO) regarding potential use of the revised ITAR 126.4 provisions in support of your Int'l Acquisition program's implementation.

The USG CAT Policy Implementation Plan addresses the increasingly competitive global arms sales environment described in the National Security Strategy, and seeks to modernize the U.S. Government’s policies and processes regarding arms transfers.

This updated Dept of State Fact Sheet describes three ongoing CAT Policy Implementation Plan Lines of Effort (LOE) designed to achieve USG CAT Policy goals. Each LOE is supported by a number of tasks that are currently being pursued by the relevant U.S. Government agencies, including USD(A&S), USD(R&E) and the Defense Acquisition Workforce.

Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Section 223 (excerpt) that established permanent defense exportability features legislative authority in Title 10 U.S.C. 2358.

This Office of SecDef/Acquisition & Sustainment/Defense Procurement & Acquisition Policy (DPAP) Memo of June 28, 2018 provides guidance to the DoD acquisition workforce on the implementation of Section 830 of the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) regarding Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contracting.

This DPAP Memo authorizes deviations from the Section 830 FMS FFP contracting guidance in two circumstances:

1) The FMS customer nation requests use of a different contract type in writing (which, in normal practice, would most likely be included in the FMS Letter of Request (LOR)).

2) It would be in the best interest of the U.S. and U.S. taxpayers as determined by the "Chief of the Contracting Office" based this DPAP Memo and DFARS PGI 216.403-l(l)(ii)(B) (e.g.., in situations where U.S. and FMS contracting requirements are being combined in a U.S. contracting action using contract type other than FFP to achieve optimal performance, cost, or schedule outcomes for the U.S.)  OSD/A&S/DPAP staff has confirmed that the "Chiefs" of local commands' Contracting Offices within the DoD Components (e.g., the various Army, Navy, and AF acquisition commands that routinely award US and FMS contracts) are authorized to make such determinations.

For further information regarding implementation of this guidance, consult the OSD/A&S/DPAP website, your DoD Component Contract Policy organization, and/or your DoD International Program Organization (IPO) .

This Defense Acquisition University (DAU)/DSMC-Int'l analysis provides observations and insights on U.S. Chamber of Commerce (CoC) recommendations on the revised Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy published by the White House on April 19, 2018.

The U.S. CoC issued a memorandum on June 8, 2018 with thirty (30) specific recommendations in thirteen (13) different CAT Policy -related areas for consideration by the White House and U.S. Government/Industry national security and defense organizations.

RAND recently announced publication of a report on the "Assessment of the Proliferation of Certain Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems" (Response to Section 1276 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017) on its website. 

This RAND Report explores five (5) research questions on RPV (aka Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) or "drone") proliferation in the global defense market, including the impact of U.S. Goverment (USG) interpretation of Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) requirements and current USG export controls on RPV/UAS sales and exports.

Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Teaching Note on DoD International Acquisition & Exportability (IA&E) updated by the Defense Systems Management College (DSMC) International Acquisition Center in February 2018.  This DAU Teaching Note is used in various DAU International Acquisition Career Path (IACP) courses and is a useful reference on this subject.

Office of Under Secretary of Defense/Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD/A&S) Background Paper on the Defense Exportability Features (DEF) Pilot Program of June 2017