### Question
What does cooperative project mean?


### Answer
**Cooperative project** has the following meaning in *10 U.S.C. § 2350i*:

> a jointly managed arrangement, described in a written cooperative agreement entered into by the participants, that—


(A) is undertaken by the participants in order to improve the conventional defense capabilities of the participants

#### Citation:
  - *10 U.S.C. § 2350i*
  - Heading: **Subtitle A-General Military Law > PART IV-SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT > CHAPTER 138-COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH NATO ALLIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES > SUBCHAPTER II-OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS**

