Industry, DSCA pushing to give partners ‘clear answers’ on weapon sale holds
Partners are "looking for clear answers in a reasonable time,” DSCA Deputy Director Michael Miller told Breaking Defense.
US clears $2.4B deal with Japan for hundreds of Tomahawk missiles, systems
The announced potential sale to Tokyo comes days after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met military leaders in the Indo-Pacific.
Romania cleared to buy $2.5B worth of Abrams tanks
Romania hopes to buy 54 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Main Battle Tanks through the Foreign Military Sales process.
US clears $1.6B in missile sales for UK, Lithuania, Finland
The largest package announced today involves the UK buying 3,000 AGM-179A Joint Air-to-Ground missiles for an estimated $957.4 million.
Army conducting internal review on speeding up arms sales for partners and allies
Army undersecretary Gabe Camarillo on Tuesday declared 2024 the “year of Army security cooperation."
Pentagon’s global train and equip projects plagued by delays, unreliable equipment: GAO
"The system functioned for approximately three months before becoming inoperative because of factors such as insufficient battery life, damage to ground wiring by local fauna, and sensor failures in extreme temperatures,” the GAO wrote about one $7.6 million project with a partner nation for a ground sensor system.
DOD ‘Tiger Team’ releases raft of reforms aimed at speeding foreign arms sales
"We've heard fairly regularly from partners and allies that FMS can be a pain point for them," said Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker.
In ‘second win,’ SAIC nabs $889M contract for DCSA’s One IT
The company will provide a several IT modernization services to support DCSA’s One IT vision of a consolidated IT environment, company VP Vinnie DiFronzo told Breaking Defense.
For US, foreign arm sales boom amid Russian invasion, Chinese intimidation
Total US arms transfers for fiscal 2022 topped $50 billion, up nearly 50 percent from prior year.
Aussies stick with Black Hawks in 40-helo, $1.7B deal to replace Airbus Taipans
The decision to buy more Black Hawks was particularly interesting as the country is in the midst of a Defense Strategic Review assessing the full panoply of force structure and spending decisions.
Block U.S. Arms Sales to Stop Indiscriminate Bombing in Yemen
Last week, a bipartisan quarter of senators — Rand Paul, Chris Murphy, Al Franken, and Mike Lee — introduced a joint resolution to block the $1.15 billion sale of Abrams tanks and other major defense articles to Saudi Arabia in light of concerns about the kingdom’s actions in Yemen. In the House, more than 60 representatives signed […]