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Trade Groups Make Recommendations To State Department To Modernize FMS System

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 8th, 2023

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Trade Groups Make Recommendations To State Department To Modernize FMS System

An RAF Chinook helicopter demonstrating under-slung load carrying capacity in support of French operations last December in Mali (RAF Photo).

Following recommendations last fall to the Department of Defense to modernize how the U.S. conducts its foreign military sales (FMS) program, a trio of defense trade associations on Thursday released the second volume of their report, this one focused on improving the State Department’s role in the FMS system amid increasing demand for U.S. security assistance. “Our current FMS system does not provide the flexibility, transparency, and speed the U.S. and our allies and partners need to prevail in this…

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