Published January 28,2025
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The CEO of US protection agency General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has penned a letter to Elon Musk complaining that a number of international locations together with Türkiye have gained a aggressive benefit in opposition to the corporate within the international drone market, and demanding he push ahead main reform.
“Within GA-ASI’s own export market, poor US Government (USG) policy and sluggish bureaucratic decision-making has opened the door for competitors like China, Turkey, and Israel to win important international customers,” Linden Blue wrote to Musk on Monday.
“Sales lost to these competitors while we waited on some USG action means less funding available for re-investment into R&D and modernized manufacturing infrastructure. Bold leadership is needed. Past reform efforts, often supervised by the very organizations most in need of reform, have failed. DOGE has the potential to drive meaningful change, and we are ready to help where we can,” added Blue.
He was referring to the Musk-led division of presidency effectivity, a fee created by President Donald Trump on his first day in workplace with the acknowledged goal of eliminating wasteful spending.
Blue particularly criticized what he referred to as “significant friction and resistance from the establishment,” citing particularly the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), saying it must be reoriented away from drone exports and focus as a substitute on ballistic missile know-how tied to weapons of mass destruction.
“We should counter the unfair market advantages gained by foreign suppliers not subject to self-imposed MTCR limitations. Further, we must objectively balance the prioritization of technology security with that of arming allies and partners (using their own money!) for future conflicts and increased burden-sharing,” he wrote.
Blue additionally referred to as on Musk to streamline the Foreign Military Sales program, and to make use of authorities authorities to expedite gross sales with the goal of “prioritizing warfighter needs over obsession with process.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr