A New Approach Is Needed for Weapon Systems Coproduction Programs Between the United States and Its Allies

In the future, the acquisition of major military equipment by the United States' allies will most likely be based on some type of cooperative arrangement. This report concentrated on coproduction programs wherein all participants in the coproduction agreement, including the United States, use the end product. The present system used to govern coproduction arrangements is the same as that which governs foreign military, economic, and political arrangements and consequences of doing business on a coproduction basis.