Executive Order 14268: Reforming Foreign Defense Sales To Improve Speed and Accountability

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Policy
• Sec. 3. Phased Implementation
• Sec. 4. Definitions
• Sec. 5. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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To serve the interests of the American people, the United States must maintain the world's strongest and most technologically advanced military through a dynamic defense industrial base, coupled with a robust network of capable partners and allies. A rapid and transparent foreign defense sales system that enables effective defense cooperation between the United States and our chosen partners is foundational to these objectives. Reforming this system would simultaneously strengthen the security capabilities of our allies and invigorate our own defense industrial base. This mutually reinforcing approach would enhance United States warfighting capabilities by fostering healthy American supply chains, domestic production levels, and technological development.

Federal Register notes

See: EO 14383, February 6, 2026; EO 14384, February 6, 2026