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Kurilla: More Multi-Year Procurement, Co-Production Would Spur Production Capacity Increase for FMS

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, June 10th, 2025

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Kurilla: More Multi-Year Procurement, Co-Production Would Spur Production Capacity Increase for FMS

Last month, the State Department approved the sale of 800 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Estonia for $296 million. Pictured are Estonian soldiers firing a Javelin (Estonian Ministry of Defense Photo)

U.S. Army Gen. Michael Kurilla, the head of U.S. Central Command, on Tuesday advised a scrapping of the U.S. foreign military sales (FMS) process and a do over. "I think we need to start from scratch with a black piece of paper on the FMS process," Kurilla testified before a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) in response to a question from HASC Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.). "We've had dozens of task forces to look at FMS, and…

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