The bill mandates the Secretary of Defense to incorporate projected demand for foreign military sales into industrial base planning.
The Defense Export Modeling Alignment for National Defense Act of 2026, or DEMAND Act of 2026, requires the Secretary of Defense to integrate projected demand for foreign military sales into various defense planning documents. This includes industrial base assessments, munitions production plans, sustainment planning for major defense acquisition programs, and decisions on production rate increases and capacity expansion of defense articles. The objectives are to expand production capacity and stabilize critical suppliers within the defense industrial base.
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