LaPlante: FMS policies impeding urgent needs from Middle East allies

By Courtney Albon / November 13, 2015 at 4:48 PM
Increased demand from allies in the Middle East for munitions and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities has put a spotlight on the Defense Department’s laborious process for coordinating foreign military sales, and the Air Force's acquisition chief said Friday that something needs to be done to address it. "People are desperate," William LaPlante said at a Nov. 13 Lexington Institute event on Capitol Hill. "They're desperate for our stuff. It's taking way too long to get it to them." Having...

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