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Charles Hooper discussed his view of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (SDAF) during comments at the annual AUSA conference Oct. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think we need to have a better understanding on how to more effectively use the fund, and I\u2019m looking very carefully at how we can have a discussion on how the fund might be more effectively applied than it currently is now,\u201d Hooper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2015\/12\/22\/omnibus-includes-language-to-potentially-speed-fms-process\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635863917403754109-080619-f-2907c-992jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Omnibus Includes Language to Potentially Speed FMS Process<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The omnibus bill increased spending authorities for the State Department&#039;s Special Defense Acquisition Fund from $100 million to $900 million.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fund is set up to allow the State Department to look ahead at what a partner nation may need to buy in the coming year and pre-order it. For example, officials could look at the rate a partner is using up ammunition or know that an ally is going to need spare parts for its rotorcraft in three years, and spend funding to put those products under production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This can dramatically reduce the amount of time needed to deliver that gear to the partner nation, something that all those involved in the FMS process \u2015 partners, the Pentagon, State and industry \u2015 acknowledge is vital to America\u2019s interests abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally a Reagan-era program, the fund was shut down in 1995 as part of the Cold War drawdown. 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