This recorded event, presented by the Center for Government Contracting,聽focuses on the little-understood topic of defense exportability. Defense exportability comprises the various levels of capability and technology in U.S. defense systems exported to other nations. While USG leaders and industry executives are interested in providing U.S. military systems to our partners and allies to achieve security cooperation goals, how capable are the planes, radars, missiles, and other systems we sell to our partners compared to those in the U.S. military? Establishing those levels of specific technical capability in defense systems exported to partners and allies has been, and continues to be, a byzantine process.
Fortunately, Mr. Frank Kenlon, former Acting Director, International Cooperation, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) has written a Center White Paper that explains defense exportability in detail and develops options for improvement. Frank concludes that it is time for DoD to pursue a 鈥淕o Big鈥 approach that makes defense exportability 鈥渁 requirement鈥 rather than 鈥渁n option鈥 in the defense acquisition system to help facilitate long-term national security and defense goals.
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