The Pentagon's counter-drone force has rolled out a new online marketplace for buying defensive tech
The US Pentagon's counter-drone task force has launched an online marketplace to streamline the acquisition of defensive technologies. Developed by Kaizen Laboratories, the platform allows government users to compare and purchase anti-drone systems more efficiently than traditional procurement methods.
Why it matters
This initiative represents a shift in military procurement, aiming to bypass bureaucratic delays to deploy critical defense technology faster.
The new, updated marketplace went live two weeks ago. US Army photo by Spc. Julian Winston The US task force for countering drones has unveiled a new marketplace for defensive technologies. The shop built by Kaizen Laboratories lets users compare systems, performance data, and prices. Ukraine operates a more established combat-technology marketplace called Brave1 Market. The Pentagon's counter-drone task force and software company Kaizen Laboratories have developed a new online marketplace built to help users find and acquire systems for defending against uncrewed aerial systems. The "Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Marketplace" is a catalog that military, federal government, and law enforcement personnel can use to assess validated systems, from kinetic weapons to jammers, and submit requests to buy them. It's an example of the Pentagon's push to make it faster and easier for troops and other government users to acquire commercially developed technology and get it into the field.
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