cooperative project
(2) the term “cooperative project”, in the case of an agreement entered into under subsection (j), means a jointly managed arrangement, described in a written agreement among the parties, which is undertaken in order to enhance the ongoing multinational effort of the participants to improve the conventional defense capabilities of the participants and which provides— (A) for one or more of the other participants to share with the United States the costs of research on and development, testing, evaluation, or joint production (including follow-on support) of certain defense articles; (B) for concurrent production in the United States and in the country of another participant of a defense article jointly developed in accordance with subparagraph (A); or (C) for procurement by the United States of a defense article or defense service from another participant to the agreement; and