Defense equipment procured directly from the U.S. government has not been delivered for ¥ 35.0 billion.
Regarding the contract called FMS, in which Japan directly procures defense equipment from the US government, after paying the expenses, there are about 35 billion yen that have not been delivered even after the scheduled time. I understood in the survey.
"FMS" is one of the contract methods for procuring missiles, radars, and aircraft parts from the United States, and it pays to the US government rather than the US companies as a contact because it contains important confidential information.
In this contract method, the Japanese side pays the price in advance, but when the Auditing Bureau examined the five years until the man, the equipment that was not delivered even after the scheduled time was 34.9 billion as of March last year. I knew that it would go up to the yen.
This means that the equipment is not delivered, which may interfere with the operation of the SDF units.
In addition, after the equipment was delivered, it was found that there were 106.8 billion yen in transactions that did not pay for the overpaid expenses as of March last year.
As far as FMS contracts are concerned, the Auditing Office has often pointed out improper points regarding the delivery of equipment and payment of prices, and has requested the Ministry of Defense to make drastic improvements.