In Brief: How to Improve the Foreign Military Sales Process

April 22, 2025
In Brief: How to Improve the Foreign Military Sales Process
In Brief: How to Improve the Foreign Military Sales Process

In Brief: How to Improve the Foreign Military Sales Process

April 22, 2025

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In an April 9 executive order, the president directed his administration to “improve speed and accountability in the defense sales system.” The order aims to ensure that the United States has a “rapid and transparent foreign defense sales system” that provides support to key U.S. partners and boosts the country’s own defense industrial base. We asked four experts to identify key steps that the U.S. government should take to improve the foreign defense sales process.Read more below.Jennifer Kavanagh Senior Fellow and Director of Military Analysis at Defense PrioritiesThe United States should be more selective about which countries it sells defense

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