Overview
- The Joint Interagency Task Force‑401 unveiled an enhanced Counter‑Unmanned Aircraft Systems marketplace that went live roughly two weeks before the public announcement and is already accessible to authorized users.
- Kaizen Laboratories built and now operates the portal under a roughly $15 million other‑transaction rapid acquisition agreement awarded in May to deliver a two‑way C‑UAS marketplace.
- The site lets users search validated performance data, compare vendor systems, submit purchase requests and use AI workflows that translate a described threat into recommended, packaged capability options.
- Australia, Poland, South Korea, Romania and the United Kingdom are approved to use the marketplace, and the platform is being expanded to onboard state and local agencies and more vendors who pass task‑force vetting.
- The effort responds to lessons from heavy UAS use in recent conflicts by aiming to speed fielding of lower‑cost, layered defenses and to shorten FMS timelines by generating early paperwork and letters of intent.