{"id":54508,"date":"2021-10-13T16:27:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/13\/pentagons-arms-sales-chief-resigns-as-biden-administration-faces-decisions-on-transfer-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:59:54","slug":"pentagons-arms-sales-chief-resigns-as-biden-administration-faces-decisions-on-transfer-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2021\/10\/13\/pentagons-arms-sales-chief-resigns-as-biden-administration-faces-decisions-on-transfer-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon\u2019s arms sales chief retires as Biden administration faces decisions on transfer policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The director of the Pentagon agency in charge of foreign military sales is stepping down after 15 months in the role and taking a new job at Boeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2020\/07\/18\/heidi-grant-takes-over-defense-security-cooperation-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director Heidi Grant<\/a> will be succeeded Nov. 7 by Deputy Director Jed Royal on an acting basis, the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsca.mil\/news-media\/news-archive\/dsca-director-announces-transition-federal-service\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> Wednesday. Grant, a longtime Air Force official and was the first civilian to run DSCA since it was created in 1998, is retiring after 32 years in government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DSCA\u2019s announcement came a day after Grant said America\u2019s strategic competition with Russia and China should weigh on U.S. decisions to sell arms to foreign partners, though she didn\u2019t mention the two countries by name. She called strategic competition \u201ca new lens for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on a panel at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual meeting<\/a>, Grant voiced frustration with a years old U.S. decision not to sell drones to the United Arab Emirates and other Mideast allies, which allowed China to sell them intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drones instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s why a strategic competitor transferred that technology [and] has a significant footprint of training bases for unmanned ISR,\u201d Grant said. \u201cIt could have been us, we could be there, we could be training, advising and have that access.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proponents of foreign military sales see them as a means to cement U.S. interoperability and long-term relationships with partners, as those countries then rely on the U.S. for training and maintenance. Though officials balance policy and protecting sensitive technologies, Grant said strategic competition has altered that balance \u2015 but noted her view is not necessarily the primary view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to look at this and say, if we\u2019re not there, our strategic competition is going to fill the void. Is that riskier than transferring high end technologies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to get into that, because there\u2019s a lot of great policy people way above me that are making those calls,\u201d she said. \u201cYou sometimes question, why is the U.S. going to transfer technology? Well, the other choice is do you want your strategic competitor in there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DSCA\u2019s announcement said \u201cGrant had been considering this transition for some time,\u201d noting her move coincides with the implementation of a new organizational model for DSCA. Pentagon spokesman Mike Howard said in a further statement to Defense News: \u201cDirector Grant\u2019s retirement announcement is in no way connected to her AUSA conference panel comments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Boeing announced it has named Grant vice president of business development, leading the organization previously known as global sales and marketing. In her new role, Grant will head Boeing\u2019s defense, space and government services sales teams, the contractor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The turnover comes as the Biden administration is navigating cross-currents on arms sale policy, after former President Donald Trump prioritized economic benefits to U.S. defense contractors. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/usa-biden-arms-idCNL1N2PB2U2\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters reported<\/a> the administration briefed Congress on its overhaul of its Conventional Arms Transfer policy to emphasize human rights, but nothing\u2019s been unveiled since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, the Biden administration was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-biden-drones\/exclusive-biden-wants-to-keep-trump-policy-that-boosted-armed-drone-exports-sources-idUSKBN2BH1CA\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly<\/a> weighing whether to keep in place a Trump administration decision to loosen decades-old restrictions and no longer observe the international Missile Technology Control Regime\u2019s \u201cstrong presumption of denial\u201d standard for exports of the most sophisticated drones. There\u2019s been no official word since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration for several months <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/2021\/04\/14\/biden-admin-moving-ahead-with-uae-f-35-drone-sales-for-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">paused<\/a> a $23 billon sale of the F-35 joint strike fighter to the UAE. It also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/mideast-africa\/2021\/02\/05\/boeing-raytheon-missile-sales-to-saudi-arabia-canceled-by-biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\">paused indefinitely two precision guided munition sales<\/a> to Saudi Arabia, worth as much as $760 million, as part of a new policy aimed at curtailing violence in Yemen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Security Cooperation Agency Director Heidi Grant is stepping down after 15 months in the 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