Foreign Military Sales: Use of FMS in Proposed Commercial Sale of Airborne Self Protection Jammer (Letter Report, 06/16/94, GAO/NSIAD-94-202). This report provides information on the use of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program in connection with proposed commercial sale of the Airborne Self-Protection Jammer to foreign governments. Although the jammer, including its hardware and software, failed operational testing, the Defense Department's (DOD) decision to allow the sale of the jammer's software through the program does not violate military policy because the sale was approved on the basis of national security and technical concerns. DOD's decision to allow the foreign military sale of the jammer software after it failed operational testing does not raise any U.S. financial liability or national security concerns. Foreign governments remain interested in procuring the jammer, despite the system's testing failure and DOD's subsequent decision to end U.S. production. Their reasons include the following: (1) the jammer will meet each country's operational needs if it performs to agreed-upon design specifications, (2) DOD agreed to provide life-cycle software support services, (3) the jammer is close to being fully integrated on the F-18, and (4) the F-18 was wired for the jammer. Swiss and Finnish officials said that they had not yet received all information on the operational testing process and related documents, which would permit a more informed assessment of the jammer's operational capabilities. --------------------------- Indexing Terms ----------------------------- REPORTNUM: NSIAD-94-202 TITLE: Foreign Military Sales: Use of FMS in Proposed Commercial Sale of Airborne Self Protection Jammer DATE: 06/16/94 SUBJECT: Foreign military sales Federal aid to foreign countries Aircraft components Testing Air defense systems Defense procurement Liability (legal) National defense operations Foreign military sales policies IDENTIFIER: Foreign Military Sales Program ALQ-126B Jammer ALQ-131 Jammer ALQ-178 Jammer ALQ-184 Jammer Airborne Self-Protection Jammer ALQ-187 Jammer ALQ-202 Jammer F-14 Aircraft F-16 Aircraft F-18 Aircraft Navy Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures Program South Korea Finland Switzerland ASPJ ************************************************************************ We regret that the full text of this item is presently unavailable. See the GAO FAQ - Section 2.0 for printed copy ordering information. The FAQ is automatically retrieved with all WAIS search results or can be obtained by sending e-mail to: [email protected]