4. day 11.8 US State Department announced it had approved the sale of equipment and intelligent ammunition worth USD 231 million for the Organization North Atlantic Treaty (NATO). This is part of a pilot program in which NATO acting as the procurement for the Member States.
The US government last year announced the project lasted two years with the aim to facilitate the NATO and member states sharing costs and easier to buy weapons under as a group, as these countries have difficulty in expanding the military budget. Previously, the sale of US weapons to be carried out separately with each country, rather than for an alliance, in part because of concerns about technology transfer capabilities for 3rd party However, procurement under NATO can help the group meet the requirements of US defense spending increases for union members. Security Cooperation Agency of the US Defense, has the task of conducting arms sales to foreign countries, said that the military equipment will be shipped to eight countries, including Spain, Portugal and Denmark.
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