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Unmanned Systems

Counter-Drone Marketplace Operational With Over 1,600 Items, DoD Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 24th, 2026

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Counter-Drone Marketplace Operational With Over 1,600 Items, DoD Says

Fortem Technologies' DroneHunter F700 counter-drone UAS. Photo: Fortem Technologies

A repository for counter-drone systems and items for use across the Defense Department has achieved initial operational capability with more than 1,600 items, DoD said on Tuesday. The counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) marketplace is managed by the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF)-401, which stood up last summer to centralize the department’s counter-drone efforts (Defense Daily, July 23 and Aug. 29, 2025). The goal of the online catalog is to make it easier for warfighters and operators to identify and quickly…

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