House legislation would direct the Pentagon to establish milestones and timelines for completing a foreign military sale, as some lawmakers and contractors in recent years have criticized the FMS process for moving too slow. The House Armed Services Committee chairman's mark of the fiscal year 2018 defense policy bill would require the defense secretary establish "specific milestones and standard timelines" for FMS cases. The standards must cover the period between the time when the U.S. government receives a letter of...
