DOD developing new guidance for international arms cooperation

By Justin Doubleday / May 16, 2019 at 2:36 PM
The Defense Department's acquisition and sustainment office is drafting new guidance for international arms cooperation with nations in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region. The guidance is still under development, according to Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Alan Shaffer, who declined to get into specific details until "the ideas are baked a little bit more." "We're working through it," Shaffer said of the guidance during a U.S.-Sweden defense industry conference in Washington today. "We're looking at any...

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