Esper heralds weapons export reforms

By Tony Bertuca / October 20, 2020 at 5:01 PM
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said today the Pentagon has made some internal reforms to ease the path of U.S. weapons to foreign buyers. "Going forward, and in closer collaboration with industry, the [Defense] Department will take a more strategic, enterprise approach to Foreign Military Sales and security cooperation," he said during a speech at the Atlantic Council think tank. Esper said he has directed DOD to focus on four key changes to defense export systems: requiring early exportability for critical...

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