Brig. Gen. Alice Trevino, the principal military assistant to the deputy secretary of the Defense Department, assumed command of the U.S. Air Force Installation Contracting Agency at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on May 23.

Maj. Gen. Bradley Spacy, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center commander, presided over the change of command ceremony to officially appoint Trevino and replace Brig. Gen Cameron Holt, who was named deputy assistant secretary for acquisition of the U.S. Air Force, the service branch said Friday.

Trevino was also designated as head of the Joint Theater Support Contracting Command at the time of activation.

Her experience in command roles includes the Defense Contract Management Agency-Western Region, contracting squadrons of base and specialized major command levels and group and wing level join units.

She served as contracting deputy director for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in her first tour at Wright-Patterson AFB.

Her military career includes service for major defense acquisition programs as a warranted procuring contracting officer and the U.S. Transportation Command as a joint qualified officer.

She supported operations for combat, humanitarian aid and peacekeeping/enforcement on her deployments to Croatia, Turkey, Oman, Kuwait and to Afghanistan, where she also served as a senior contracting official.

In her new role, Trevino will manage the $9.1 billion annual obligations and direct the strategic sourcing efforts for the mission and enterprise-wide installation of the service branch.

The Aerospace Industries Association has called on the State Department to develop and implement a plan to speed up transactions that aim to help the country meet its security cooperation priorities.

AIA wrote a Tuesday letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying it made the recommendation in response to a call for feedback on the proposed action plan for the implementation of a presidential memorandum issued in April.

The presidential memo seeks to create a new policy on conventional arms transfers in support of the country’s national security and economic interests.

AIA recommends the establishment of “senior-level oversight mechanisms” to advance accountability for the assessment and approval of defense exports.

The association also offered specific recommendations such as the development of a financing process for defense exports; introduction of contracting reforms to the foreign military sales process; and creation of a program licensing framework to streamline defense trade with allies and partners.

Eric Fanning, AIA president and CEO, signed the letter with Thomas Kennedy, Raytheon chairman and CEO and AIA chairman; and William Brown, Harris chairman, president and CEO and vice chairman of AIA.

The U.S. military has conducted preliminary talks about the potential deployment of a missile defense system in Germany to strengthen defenses in Europe amid threats posed by Iran’s ballistic missile development efforts, Reuters reported Friday.

Riki Ellison, head of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, said the U.S. European Command has been proposing for years the plan to field the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in Europe but the U.S. government’s decision to exit the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran has given weight to the matter.

“There are currently no plans to station THAAD systems in Germany,” said Eric Pahon, a spokesman for the Defense Department.

“We do not discuss potential future military planning, as we would not want to signal our intent to potential adversaries,” Pahon added.

The report said the potential deployment of THAAD in Germany may be included in DoD’s missile defense review that is expected to be issued early this month.

Lockheed Martin-built THAAD has a Raytheon-made radar, AN/TPY-2, and works to counter short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles.