1.6.2. Way Forward: The Foundational Agreements

♤ The three agreements are referred to as the foundational agreements which the U.S. signs with countries with which it has close military ties:

o Logistics Support Agreement (LSA),

o Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA) and

o Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for Geo-spatial Cooperation (BECA).

♤ India and USA signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) in 2016, is a tweaked India-Specific Version of the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA).