KEEP IT WARM


Ken Ferguson attaches heater brackets to an M113 armored personnel carrier at ANAD’s Combat Vehicle Repair Facility. FMS of 1,026 M113s, refurbished through a public-private partnership between ANAD and BAE Systems, resulted in a storage and demilitarization cost avoidance for the United States and in valued repair work for ANAD. (Photo by Jennifer Bacchus, U.S. Army Materiel Command)


may also be mandatory drawdowns from stock in order to supply humani- tarian assistance needs to a partner nation in times of disaster. Tese stock sales or drawdowns later result in an Army buyback, replenishing the Army stockpile through new production of replacement stocks of fulfill Army requirements.


like items that


Keeping production lines warm and filling


production gaps mean that


the production line, along with the extensive network of subcontractors and lower-tier contractors that supply it with parts, are still making products or are ready to do so with minimal startup costs. It’s


expensive to keep laborers employed and systems in place


SUPPORT FOR LICENSING While perhaps less visible and well-known than the service’s role in government-to- government sales, the Army also plays a part in DCS by facilitating the licensing process for proposed defense exports. When an American company seeks to


where sufficient workload doesn’t exist. Once a manufacturing system shuts down, it’s difficult to start it back up when demand reappears, and expensive to rehire employees and retool lines to restart production.


Additional work generated through FMS also helps to slow the migration of engineers and scientists from the defense sector.


market or sell defense articles abroad, it must get an export license from the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. If the proposed export


for example,


affects U.S. Army if


it concerns an item or


technology over which a specific Army organization has cognizance, or if the proposed export could impact our forces in the field—the license request is staffed through the Defense Technology Security Administration to the Army.


DASA(DE&C) licensing analysts con- sult with subject-matter experts across the service, review precedent for similar exports and develop an Army position on the proposed export. Tis position might offer


some limiting provisos to ensure ASC.ARMY.MIL 39


equities—


ACQUISITION


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