Conventional Arms Transfer
Conventional Arms Transfer : The transfer of non-nuclear weapons, aircraft, equipment, and military services from supplier states to recipient states US arms are transferred by grants as in the Military Assistance Program (MAP); by private commercial sales; and by government-to-government sales under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) MAP provides defense articles and defense services to eligible foreign governments on a grant basis FMS provides credits and loan repayment guarantees to enable eligible foreign governments to purchase defense articles and defense services