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Korea and the United States will hold a Security Cooperation Committee (SCC) meeting in Washington on Friday (Oct. 13), the Defense Acquisition Program Administration said Wednesday.
The SCC is one of the sub-panels of the Korea-U.S. Security Consultative Meeting (SCM).
Kim Jong-min, DAPA director general in charge of acquisition planning, will head the Korean delegation. The U.S. delegation will be led by Edward W. Ross, principal director of security cooperation operation at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
The two sides will discuss how to increase the life span of Patriot missiles that are to be imported to Korea. They will also talk about a revision of a “royalty agreement' so that Korean manufacturers can export defense industrial products originally manufactured in the United States, an official said.
Another main issue on the agenda at the meeting is the reduction of arms acquisition costs for Korea via upgrading Korea's status as an arms purchaser under the U.S. foreign military sale (FMS) program, he added.
Director general Kim will also discuss how to upgrade the military procurement system with Alfred Volkman, director for international cooperation at the Office of the U.S. Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
