Comment on FR Doc # 2026-09067
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Summary: A U.S. defense industrial base company owned by a foreign parent in a NATO country supports the DoD's objective of mitigating national security risks from foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI). However, the company argues that the proposed rule is impractical for non-U.S. entities and suggests several specific amendments to create a tiered, risk-based approach that distinguishes between allied and adversary ownership.
This comment is submitted by a U.S. defense industrial base company that is owned by a foreign parent in a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) country. The submitter frequently bids on and performs contracts for commercial products and commercial services. The commenter supports the Department of Defense’s (DoD) objective of identifying and mitigating national security risks that arise from beneficial ownership and from foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI), and has a U.S. subsidiary operating under a FOCI mitigation agreement with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). This comment addresses a limited set of points that the proposed rule leaves unresolved, and that weigh most heavily on U.S. companies that are foreign-owned and their non-U.S. affiliates performing unclassified work.