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Acquisition Workforce Needs More FMS Focus, Industry Officials Say

Friday, May 13th, 2016

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The government’s process of managing international sales of weapons systems made by United States companies could be improved if the Defense Department’s acquisition and contracting personnel are better equipped to deal with Foreign Military Sales (FMS), industry representatives told a House panel on May 11.“Contracting officers generally don’t have any dedicated focus on FMS contracts,” Tom Davis, senior fellow with the National Defense Industrial Association, told the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. “So when it comes to…

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