The Pentagon, in an anti-China function, and with the approval of Congress has launched a wide-ranging campaign to supply the military arsenals of the allied countries that have supported Ukraine.
The Pentagon last month created a task force (tiger team) made up of senior officials from various Departments in order to speed up US arms sales.
The so-called tiger team it will have to find procedures to allow the Department of Defense to streamline light and heavy weapons programs to streamline sales of drones, guns, helicopters, tanks and other types of weapons.
The Pentagon is deputy to the sale of arms abroad under the supervision of the Department of State which uses the 45 billion dollars of annual arms sales as a foreign policy tool for spreading American influence.
The start of the US Congress
Last month the Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks signed a document authorizing the creation of the aforementioned tiger team, which is co-chaired by Sasha Baker, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisitions Policy and by Bill LaPlante, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Support. Senior Pentagon officials are also part of the team, including representatives from each of the secret services.
The technical phases of the process
US officials working with countries that have requested new drones will need to better draft their proposals by removing those blocks that have slowed sales to date, a defense official told WP.
"How can we do to improve and eliminate the inefficiencies from the system that will apply to all the countries we work with? " Also, with some weapon systems, the Pentagon only approves contracts once a year, so orders that don't meet that deadline are held until the next cycle, officials said.
The State Department is providing further practical guidance to facilitate and expedite such assessments to the Pentagon.
The foreign arms sales program has always been considered non-priority and often slowed down, to prevent the sale of a sensitive piece of technology. Before selling their own piece of armament, American officials carefully analyzed the army of the country concerned to assess whether or not it had personnel capable of guaranteeing the necessary security to keep the weapon system away from the interests of the enemy. Over the years, however, it has been found that this slow process has often encouraged foreign countries to buy weapons elsewhere.
Former Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer he said he welcomed the Pentagon's review, but also warned that the Pentagon often applies patches instead of conducting an actual review.