Trump signs order with eye toward spurring foreign military sales of American arms

White House executive order on FMS

Friday, April 11, 2025The April 9, 2025 executive order requires Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to within 60 days develop a list of "priority partners" for U.S. arms sales and "prioritize end-items for potential transfer to those partners." Featured: Related Documents Tags: FMS

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at simplifying and speeding up the sale of US weapons abroad. The order aims to “ensure a predictable and reliable supply of American products,” according to the Breaking Defense website. Ukraine indicated on the same day that it was ready to buy a significant amount of weapons from the US, worth tens of billions of dollars.

Washington, Apr 9 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to reform the system of arms sales abroad, which seeks to improve the speed, transparency and efficiency of the process. “Reforming this system would simultaneously strengthen the security capabilities of our allies and boost our own industrial defence base,” says a statement published on the White House website. This order seeks to align arms sales with…

Trump signs order with eye toward spurring foreign military sales of American arms

An executive order signed this week by President Donald Trump seeks to streamline the sale of U.S. weapons to foreign countries, offering a potential boon to the American defense industry.

State Dept. Nominee Seeks ‘Less Bureaucracy’ in Arms Sale Reviews

Thomas DiNanno, President Donald Trump's nominee to be undersecretary of state for arms control and international security (see [Ref:2502120058]), said April 9 that speeding up foreign military sales (FMS) will be a priority for him if he's confirmed by the...

New Executive Order Targets Reforms to Foreign Military Sales

On April 9th, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Reforming Foreign Defense Sales To Improve Speed And Accountability” (“the FMS EO”).  The FMS EO directs the Departments of Defense and State to reform the foreign defense sales system with the goal of “simultaneously strengthen[ing] the security capabilities of our allies and invigorat[ing] our own defense industrial base.”  The EO’s policy goals likely will receive bi-partisan sup…