The director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said this week he would like to expand a pilot program aimed at allowing NATO member countries and organizations to purchase defense capabilities essentially as a consortium through foreign military sales. Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey, speaking at the Sept. 7 Common Defense conference in Washington, said he thinks the Lead-Nation Procurement Initiative could expand beyond NATO. "We want this to gain momentum. We want to advertise lead-nation procurement as one of the...
