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International business, logistics and investmentINT-01
Enter cooperative R&D agreements, share cash and noncash project costs, and acquire domestic or foreign equipment for side-by-side testing.
Cooperation & exchanges
International business, logistics and investmentINT-03
Use cooperative-project contracting, partner procurement and project property-disposal arrangements; NATO support/procurement partnerships separately permit common acquisition including armaments.
Contracts & purchasesCooperation & exchanges
International business, logistics and investmentINT-04
Acquire foreign logistics support and enter cross-servicing agreements to exchange eligible supplies/services by reimbursement, replacement-in-kind or equal-value exchange.
Loans & guaranteesCooperation & exchanges
International business, logistics and investmentINT-05
Credit participating foreign-country or NATO cash contributions to DoD appropriations and use them for that participant’s project expenses.
Cooperation & exchanges
International business, logistics and investmentINT-10
Make a specifically authorized contribution to the NATO Innovation Fund, rather than infer a general authority to invest equity.
Investment & capital
Security cooperation, assistance and educationINT-14
Build partner capacity with defense articles/services, training, supplies and small-scale construction for nine listed missions, including military intelligence and defensive cyber.
Other statutory tools
From allied requirement to shared capability
- COCOM, Service international-program office and policy staff identify the common objective and eligible partners.
- Select cooperative R&D/acquisition, security cooperation/sales, or reciprocal logistics according to what is actually being exchanged.
- Resolve country eligibility, allocation of costs, export/releasability, State involvement and recipient safeguards.
- Designate the implementing Service/agency, account and contracting or agreement authority.
- Track delivery, end use, sustainment and partner commitments.
Do not use a logistics-exchange mechanism to disguise an otherwise unauthorized assistance or weapons-transfer program.
Five independent checks
Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked
These are questions to resolve, not a sequence of approvals or an automatic readiness score.