JSFf,
It's not an uncommon way of doing things. Some overseas hardware sales have to go through FMS, other bits can go through direct sales (avoiding a lot of red tape and additional expense). All the F-35 stuff will have to go through the FMS route, which is very unfortunate for the programme, but a lot of the F-15 can be sold directly - so splitting the sale in this way it knocks a fair bit of the price and saves time.
Last edited by Courtney Mil; 4th Apr 2013 at 11:48.