Sell DoD stocks or procure defense articles/services for foreign customers
- Objective
- Work with allies and partners
- Family / instrument
- Security cooperation, assistance and education · Security assistance sales
- Statute
- Authority holder
- President and Secretary of State statutory policy/supervision roles; DoD/DSCA executes authorized delegated sales.
- Executor · routing lead
- DSCA-designated implementing agency; Army DASA(DE&C)/USASAC; Navy NIPO and systems commands; Air Force SAF/IA and implementing program offices as applicable
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Eligible country/organization and end-use/retransfer assurances.
Price, advance-payment/dependable-undertaking rules; applicable §2776 congressional review.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Purchaser/authorized assistance financing; relevant FMS trust/admin accounts and cost recovery.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not unilateral DoD foreign-policy financing discretion.
- Personnel performing sold defense services may not perform combatant duties under §2761(c).
- No presumption of authority to subsidize a purchaser’s costs.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.
Actor sources
- DSCA Security Assistance Management Manual, chapter 1: roles and implementing agencies
- DSCA SAMM chapter 2: security cooperation organizations and case managers
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.