President Trump Wednesday signed a sweeping executive order aimed at overhauling the U.S. foreign defense sales system, seeking to reduce delays and regulatory barriers in the sale of military equipment to international partners.
The directive—“Reforming Foreign Defense Sales to Improve Speed and Accountability”—initiates a broad set of reforms to the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) processes, with the stated aim of improving delivery predictability, enhancing allied burden-sharing, and invigorating the domestic defense industrial base.
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