GAO: DOD waived $16 billion in FMS costs over past six years

摘要

The Defense Department approved waivers totaling nearly $16 billion in nonrecurring costs that would have been charged to foreign countries buying U.S. weapons over the past six years, according to the Government Accountability Office. Between fiscal year 2012 and FY-17, DOD approved 810 of the 813 cost waiver requests for equipment sold through foreign military sales, according to a Jan. 31 GAO report. The waivers were valued at nearly $16 billion, although GAO was not able to determine the actual amount waived after the arms sales were finalized "due to data limitations," the report states.