The initiative aims to devise a set of principles to modernise the storage and provision of ammunitions.
A total of eight European Nato-member countries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that seeks to reshape the logistical processes for ammunitions.
The participating nations are Belgium, Estonia, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia and Spain.
Under the new Multinational Ammunition Warehousing Initiative (MAWI), the eight nations will work to devise a single set of principles to modernise the storage, provision and management of ammunition stockpiles in various multinational warehouse locations.
The initiative focuses on flexibility and adaptability and will enable the creation of temporary storage facilities in support of Nato deployments. These steps are expected to reduce deployment costs.
The first MAWI location is expected to become operational before the end of this year with several others to follow.