NATO’s NAMSA Signs MoU With Israel

ORCWS-30 on Piranha(click to view full) The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency’s (NAMSA) main task is to assist NATO nations by organizing common procurement and supply of spare parts and arranging maintenance and repair services necessary for the support of various weapon systems, with the purpose of achieving maximum effectiveness in logistics support at minimum cost. NAMSA operates on the no profit, no loss principle. It is overseen by the NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization (NAMSO), formed by 26 NATO nations (Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States). On Nov 21/07, NAMSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Logistic Support Cooperation with Israel… NATO nations across the alliance currently operate Israeli equipment, and the MoU allows group buys from Israeli industry. Currently, NAMSA has to go through a lengthy authorization process to acquire spares and services, and it is expected that the MOU will greatly simplify this process. In addition, the MOU offers an opportunity for Israel to cooperate in the domain of Trust Fund demilitarization projects where NAMSA is the Executing Agent. NAMSA […]