A Year in, DOD Racks Up Wins for Foreign Military Sales

In 2022, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III directed the creation of a “tiger team” to look into ways the Defense Department could make the Foreign Military Sales system less foreboding for partner nations interested in purchasing U.S. military hardware. The team wrapped up operations in the spring and transitioned into a Continuous Process Improvement Board, or CPIB, meant to implement solutions recommended by the tiger team and to also be on the lookout going forward for new and novel ways of their own to improve the FMS system. Since then, the department scored wins by implementing four tiger team recommendations: establishment of the CPIB, creation of the Defense Security Cooperation Service, standing up of the Security Cooperation Execution Focus Forum, and the development of an acquisition and sustainment tool kit.

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