DOD Takes Harder Line in CFIUS Reviews of Foreign Defense Acquisitions, Even for Buyers From U.S. Allies; Gilat, Beretta Deals Among Those That Could Be Affected

The Pentagon has grown markedly more negative about foreign acquisitions in the U.S. defense sector—including by buyers from allied nations—and is increasingly the member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that dealmakers fear most, according to seven people familiar with recent national security reviews who spoke on background because of […]