NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA)
The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency is the executive arm of
NAMSO. Its task is to provide logistic services in support of weapon and
equipment systems held in common by NATO member countries, in order
to promote materiel readiness, improve the efficiency of logistic operations
and effect savings through consolidated procurement in the areas of
supply, maintenance, calibration, procurement, transportation, technical support,
engineering services and configuration management.
Modern materiel management and procurement techniques developed by NAMSA include the Stock Holding and Assets Requirements Exchange scheme, known as SHARE, and Common Item Materiel Management (COMMIT). NAMSA also provides support for the Group of National Directors on Codification, which manages the NATO Codification System on behalf of the Conference of National Armaments Directors, and logistics support for deployed NATO forces.
NAMSA has played a fundamental role as NATO’s executive agency for the implementation of projects for the safe destruction of stocks of anti-personnel mines and other arms and munitions under NATO’s Partnership for Peace Trust Fund Policy.
This information has been drawn from the 2006 edition of the NATO Handbook (.pdf/~1500kb).
