{"id":43810,"date":"2020-12-04T18:53:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T18:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/04\/american-sold-175-billion-in-weapons-abroad-in-fy20\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:02:57","slug":"american-sold-175-billion-in-weapons-abroad-in-fy20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/04\/american-sold-175-billion-in-weapons-abroad-in-fy20\/","title":{"rendered":"America sold $175 billion in weapons abroad in FY20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. sold $175 billion in weapons to foreign partners and allies in fiscal 2020, a 2.8 percent rise from the previous year\u2019s total, according to a Friday announcement from the Defense and State departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total comes at the end of the Trump administration, which made increasing arms exports<\/a> a key part of its economic growth platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Export licenses via the Direct Commercial Sales program totaled $124.3 billion in FY20, up from $114.7 billion the previous year. A series of reforms, started under the Obama administration and continued under the Trump team, has pushed more defense articles into the commercial sales realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deals made through the Foreign Military Sales program, which cover the majority of large defense articles, totaled $50.78 billion. Of that total, $44.79 billion came in payments from partner nations, $3.3 billion from Foreign Military Financing<\/a>, and $2.69 billion for cases funded under Defense Department Title 10 grant assistance programs, such as train and equip programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t