4.1 DoD Acquisition Management System

Question 1

Five key objectives of the DoD International Acquisition and Exportability (IA&E) Policy

Answer 1

Operational - To increase military effectiveness through interoperability and partnership with allies and partners.

Economic - To reduce weapons acquisition costs by sharing costs economies of scale or avoiding duplication of efforts with allies and friends.

Technical - To access the best technology globally and help minimize the capabilities gap with allies and coalition partners.

Political - To strengthen alliances and relationships with other friendly countries.

Industrial - To bolster domestic and allied defense industrial bases.

Question 2

International Cooperative Programs (ICPs)

Answer 2

Requirement - Manually Determined
Relationship - Partner
Form of Agreement - International Agreement
Funding - Equitably Shared
Program Management - Joint
Contract Privity - Partner Nations & Industry

Question 3

Foreign Military Sales (FMS)

Answer 3

Requirement - Foreign Customer
Relationship - Buyer-Seller
Form of Agreement - FMS Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA)
Funding - Foreign Customer
Program Management - DoD Implementing Agency (IA)
Contract Privity - DoD IA and Industry

Question 4

Building Partner Capacity

Answer 4

Requirement - DoD Determined
Relationship - Provider-Receiver
Form of Agreement - Pseudo-LOA
Funding - DoD
Program Management - DoD Implementing Agency (IA)
Contract Privity - DoD IA and Industry

Question 5

Direct Commercial Sales (DCS)

Answer 5

Requirement - Foreign Customer
Relationship - Buyer-Seller
Form of Agreement - Export License & Industry Contract(s)
Funding - Foreign Customer
Program Management - Foreign Customer
Contract Privity - Foreign Purchaser & U.S. Industry

Question 6

Equipment Sales and Financing

Answer 6

Used to advance U.S. influence in a region and enhance U.S. coalition warfare cap, ability through sales or transfer of U.S. systems and equipment to allied and friendly nations. Implemented primarily through IDoD IA&E FMS and BPC transactions.

Question 7

International Armaments Cooperation

Answer 7

Used to preserve peace through strength and enhance U.S. coalition warfare capability through the establishment of international acquisition partnerships with allied and friendly nations. Implemented primarily through DoD IA&E International Cooperative Program (ICP) transactions.

Question 8

Defense Acquisition Visibility Environment (DAVE)

Answer 8

Provides Department of Defense personnel with access to accurate, authoritative, and reliable data to support acquisition oversight, insight, analysis, and decision-making. APB

Question 9

Within 30 days of APB Breach

Answer 9

PM must notify the MDA of the reason for the deviation and the actions needed to bring the program back within baseline parameters.

Question 10

Within 90 days of APB Breach

Answer 10

One of the following actions must be taken:

The program is brought back within APB parameters.

A new APB is approved, changing only those parameters that deviated.

An OIPT-level review is conducted to review the PM’s proposed baseline revisions and make recommendations to the MDA.

Question 11

Acquisition Program Baseline (APB)

Answer 11

APB values represent the program as it is expected to be produced or deployed. Those parameters are cost, schedule, and performance.

Question 12

APB Approval for ACT I and ACT IA

Answer 12

MDA retains approval authority, but does not approve the APB without coordination of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and the Capabilities Authority