Defense Exportability Features Initiative: A New Paradigm for International Cooperation.

摘要

Department of Defense (DoD) program managers (PMs) are now required to consider developing and incorporating Defense Exportability Features (DEF) into a system or subsystem likely to be exported to enable future U.S. Government-DoD International Cooperative Programs (ICPs), Foreign Military Sales (FMS) or Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) or other U.S. Government-authorized Building Partner Capacity (BPC) transfers. Activities in support of this DEF requirement may be pursued throughout the acquisition life cycle but, in general, are more efficient and affordable when pursued during a program s early development phases. These activities can and should also be pursued during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of defense acquisition, as well as during product upgrade efforts for fielded systems that are authorized by the U.S. Government for export in support of USG foreign policy and national security objectives.