The Pentagon has unveiled an improved online store to buy counter-drone kits, but you probably won't ever be able to see it
THE SO WHAT
A closed “Amazon for counter-drone weapons” with AI-driven recommendations shows how procurement itself is becoming an algorithmic surface. Defense and dual-use vendors should expect to compete not just on hardware specs but on how well their products integrate into recommendation and logistics systems they don’t control.
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