3 ways the Pentagon wants to make buying American weapons easier

Thank you, my friend SSG Robert Mark Odom for posting the perspective form defense news.
Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper, the head of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency seems to have a solid understanding of some critical aspects of security cooperation
1. Continue to cut surcharge costs. Hooper said that in 2020, DSCA plans to also cut the contract administration surcharge — applied to each FMS case to pay for contract quality assurance, management and audits — from 1.2 percent to 1 percent.
2. Make it easier for customers to get custom weapon systems. The Foreign Military Sales [FMS] system is set up to help sell weapons that are identical to systems already in use by the U.S. military. It’s easier to move a package of Abrams tanks equipped with the same gear that multiple countries use than to push through a custom version with specific capabilities. But Hooper noted that partners are moving away from standard designs and are looking for systems “designed and tailored to meet their needs. Our system was not initially designed to process these types of systems, which increases time and cost in the U.S. response.”
Caveat from 1994 to 1997 I worked on an FMS contract for the USAF with the IAF. The Israeli's have a robust capability to upgrade and tailor "off the shelf" military materiel.

3. Plan out commercial offsets. Many countries require offsets from industry for big foreign military sales. These offsets are essentially throw-in sweeteners for the buying country, put together from the industrial partner. ...Hooper hopes 2020 will see industry better inform DSCA of potential offsets early in the process so that last minute hangups can be avoided.
“We continue to encourage our industry partners to inform the U.S. of potential offset requirements early on so that we can begin the necessary technology security foreign disclosure and policy reviews as early as possible,” Hooper said.

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Understand the rational about sales to “allies” and that it’s big business - then again this movie comes to mind (the other top countries that sell notwithstanding). Links to Trailer and the final (spot on) scene included.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXgyoER0aRc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTK8torOylM

Excellent share brother Robert