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DoD Releases Recommendation From FMS Tiger Team Review

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 13th, 2023

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DoD Releases Recommendation From FMS Tiger Team Review

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holds a press briefing at the Pentagon on Feb. 19, 2021.

Defense Secretary Austin has approved the recommendations of Defense Department review into accelerating and improving the department’s role in foreign military sales (FMS), with some of the taskings calling for closer engagement with allies and partners to better understand requirements as part of the demand signals to industry, and a new governance board that will oversee implementation of the review and focus on continuous process improvement. The FMS Tiger Team was stood up last summer at Austin’s direction to address…

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