{"id":44870,"date":"2018-11-07T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/07\/air-forces-international-affairs-head-tapped-to-lead-pentagons-technology-transfer-org\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:31:23","slug":"air-forces-international-affairs-head-tapped-to-lead-pentagons-technology-transfer-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2018\/11\/07\/air-forces-international-affairs-head-tapped-to-lead-pentagons-technology-transfer-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force\u2019s international affairs head tapped to lead Pentagon\u2019s technology transfer org"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Air Force\u2019s longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/air\/2017\/05\/01\/us-air-force-inching-forward-with-improvements-to-fms-process\/\" target=\"_blank\">deputy undersecretary of international affairs<\/a> is set to take on a new role as the director of the Defense Technology Security Administration, Defense News has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heidi Grant will assume her new job as DTSA head after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/2016\/04\/22\/uk-us-and-france-recognize-militaries-cultural-differences\/\" target=_blank>leaving the Air Force in December<\/a>, Air Force sources confirmed to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She takes the reins from DTSA acting director Michael Laychak, who has been running the agency since the departure of former director Beth McCormack\u2019s departure several months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/dubai-air-show\/2017\/11\/16\/us-official-if-turkey-buys-russian-systems-they-cant-plug-into-nato-tech\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635985534515727568-gettyimages-501657334jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US official: If Turkey buys Russian systems, they can\u2019t plug into NATO tech<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Also as a result of the buy, further action may be forthcoming that could affect the country\u2019s acquisition or operation of the F-35.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grant\u2019s tenure as the Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/paris-air-show\/2017\/06\/21\/lockheed-trump-s-buy-american-emphasis-unlikely-to-thwart-potential-f-16-production-in-india\/\" target=_blank>top international affairs official<\/a> was unprecedented in a number of ways. A career civil servant, she is the only Air Force official to hold a deputy undersecretary position who was not appointed by a given White House. As such, Grant\u2019s term has extended from 2010, during Barack Obama\u2019s presidency, to the current days in the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than eight years on the job, Grant has been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2016\/09\/07\/kuwait-qatar-jet-sales-still-in-limbo\/\" target=_blank>fixture of the international air and trade show circuit<\/a> and is well known among top-ranking foreign military and defense officials, as well as top industry executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no one in the United States Air Force who has a passion for building partnerships with other air forces around the world and for the airmen who do that work than Heidi Grant,\u201d said retired Major Gen. Larry Martin, who worked as Grant\u2019s deputy from 2014 to 2017. \u201cAs she goes to the new job, there has been no greater advocate across the entire defense cooperation enterprise than Heidi, so she is perfect for the job she\u2019s going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin\u2019s son is a member of the staff of Defense News. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That experience will likely serve her well as she moves to DTSA, the Defense Department\u2019s organization overseeing technology transfer. 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for international affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe had a strategic roadmap for what would be in the best interest of the United States when it came to foreign military sales,&#8221; she said. \u201cShe was not the \u2018Department of No.\u2019 She always tried to get to yes in a way that protected U.S. national interest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>The future of the Air Force\u2019s international affairs office<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is the only service to have an international affairs office led by a secretariat, and it remains to be seen whether that will continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Air Force, Grant was responsible for overseeing more than 470 cooperative agreements valued at over $56 billion and 2,800 foreign military sales cases worth more than $162 billion, as well as more than 380 military exchange personnel across three 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