Tools
Tools
Calculators and checkers that apply the 's published tables, rates and review periods to the figures you enter.
Estimate only — the governs.
- Transportation charge calculatorEstimate the transportation charge a Delivery Term Code adds to a case line, from SAMM Table C9.T4A.
- LOA cost estimatorAdds CAS, the FMS Administrative Surcharge and Delivery Term Code transportation to a set of LOA lines, from the rates the SAMM publishes.
- Does this sale need congressional notification?Checks LOA values against the Section 36(b)(1) congressional notification thresholds for the purchaser and gives the formal review period.
- Case identifier decoderRead a case identifier's customer code, Implementing Agency code and case designator against the manual's own tables.
- FMS case timeline estimatorDates each stage of a case from the LOR, using only the targets and review periods the SAMM publishes.
- When does this offer expire, and when is the first payment due?Dates the Offer Expiration Date from MILAP or the offer date, and finds the earliest payment date on the payment schedule from SAMM Table C9.T16.
- What will the quarterly bill look like?Lays out an illustrative quarterly payment schedule from an LOA total, an initial deposit share and a period of performance, dated from SAMM Tables C9.T16 and C9.T25.
- Which Delivery Term Code and Offer Release Code fit this shipment?Match how a shipment will move and what it carries to the Delivery Term Codes and Offer Release Codes whose SAMM definitions fit, and see when a Transportation Plan is required.
- Something arrived wrong. Which report do I file?Sorts a delivery problem into a Supply Discrepancy Report, a Transportation Discrepancy Report or a claim with the carrier, with who receives it, its time limit and where claim money goes.
- Draft a Letter of RequestWork through the SAMM's own Letter of Request checklist, item by item, and get a complete letter to copy, print or download as a Word document.
Security Assistance Management Manual (SAMM)
DSCA Manual 5105.38-M required under DoD Directive 5105.65, "Defense Security Cooperation Agency" mandatory for use by all DoD Components. The SAMM provides DoD-wide guidance to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments (MILDEPs), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, the Security Cooperation Organizations (SCOs), and all other organizational entities within the DoD engaged in the management or implementation of DoD Security Assistance and Security Cooperation programs over which DSCA has responsibility.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
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Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA)
The legal instrument used by the USG to transfer itemized defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services to foreign partners.
When used under the authorities provided in the Arms Export Control Act for Foreign Military Sales, the LOA is a binding agreement signed by the USG and the foreign partner to transfer such articles and services.
When used under Building Partnership Capacity (BPC) authorities, the BPC LOA is not signed by the Benefitting Partner.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
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