Records About Defense Spending and Receipts in Foreign Countries

U.S. military receipts include U.S. Government cash receipts from foreign governments from the sale of military equipment and services. They include cash or credit sales of U.S. goods and services to foreign governments and international organizations under foreign military sales contracts, DoD sales of surplus property to foreigners, sales of materials and services to foreign countries and international organizations under logistical support programs, reimbursements by foreign governments for U.S. defense missions abroad, and sales to foreigners of surplus U.S. grant aid material.

Overseas procurement by private U.S. firms in fulfillment of defense contracts are excluded, as are commercial sales of military type equipment not under the foreign military sales program. Each record potentially identifies the branch of service or Department of Defense agency, funding source, foreign country or international organization, fiscal year and quarter of the expenditure, the type of expenditure, and dollar amounts expended in each of four fiscal quarters.

This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.