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Experts urge NATO coproduction and U.S. FMS reform to shore up munition and industrial shortfalls
Summary
Witnesses told the subcommittee that Europe lacks sufficient defense industrial capacity and proposed joint ventures and coproduction with U.S. firms; witnesses also raised the need to reform Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and speed deliveries and sustainment.
Lawmakers and defense experts at a House Subcommittee on Europe hearing highlighted acute European shortfalls in munitions and advanced systems production and proposed joint U.S.-European coproduction to scale output.
Why it matters: The war in Ukraine has strained European stockpiles and exposed industrial fragility. Witnesses said shortfalls in production capacity and fragmented procurement risk undermining allied sustainment and…
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