“They are looking at our vehicles as a way forward to meet those kinds of ends,” she said.įoreign military sales are used by the United States to establish partnerships with nations around the globe while at the same time helping to build their capability, she said. Additionally, many are attempting to boost their military spending to meet NATO’s goal to have every member nation devote 2 percent of their GDP toward defense by 2020, she added. Many small countries there are eager to shed their Soviet-era equipment and modernize their fleets. The United States is also looking toward Eastern Europe for sales, Cataldo said. “We’re going to be watching very carefully where that’s going.” There is a great deal of interest in U.S. “South America is ready to reopen its doors and re-engage with the United States,” she said.
South America is another burgeoning region, she said. Sales in the region - which encompasses some of the most unstable nations in the world - have also reinforced the United States’ partnerships with strategic allies in North Africa, Cataldo added. “We see this continuing into the foreseeable future,” she noted. Central Command's area of operations, she said. The largest market is found within the U.S. In particular, vehicle and tank sales are doing well and are "opening doors and gaining influence for us,” she said during remarks at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Michigan Chapter’s Michigan Defense Exposition. in the Middle East, the China Sea, the promise of all the nations in NATO to build up their defense industrial bases - I believe that FMS is on secure footing,” said Ann Cataldo, the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for defense exports and cooperation. “If I look across at the world situation right now - the tensions that are going on. Conflicts and instability around the world will continue to drive foreign military sales of U.S.-made combat vehicles and expand their market globally, an Army official said April 26.
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