Three additional nations have signed on to the Pentagon’s counter-drone procurement marketplace, the Army announced this week, expanding the initiative to five allied partners as the U.S. military works to accelerate C-UAS acquisition across the Alliance, according to a Military Times report.

Poland, Australia, and South Korea joined the United Kingdom and Romania as participants in the marketplace, which is managed by Joint Interagency Task Force 401. Established in 2025 to streamline counter-drone procurement, JIATF-401 connects partner nations with emerging C-UAS technology in an effort to reduce the lag between capability development and fielding. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll met with Poland’s Deputy Minister of National Defense, Paweł Zalewski, to formalize Poland’s participation.

“This partnership gives our allies and partners direct access to proven counter-drone technologies as we continue to expand the marketplace,” said Maj. Matt Mellor, lead acquisitions specialist for the task force. “Our mission includes working with international partners to aggregate demand for counter-drone capabilities.”

The platform is designed to give allies access to interoperable C-UAS capabilities, addressing a persistent challenge in allied operations: partner nations often run separate, incompatible procurement pipelines that slow adoption and complicate integration with U.S. forces in the field.

The expansion comes as the counter-UAS market continues to accelerate, driven by operational lessons from Ukraine and growing Eastern Flank security concerns.