One-stop shopping for counter-drone gear is aim of joint task force

An Army-led task force is building an online marketplace where commanders of military installations, officials of agencies such as the FBI and Homeland Security Department, and more can purchase tested and vetted components to build systems for countering small-unmanned aerial systems.Industry offers hundreds of sensors, weapons and other pieces of counter-UAS gear, but there’s no central ordering hub, Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, who commands Joint Interagency Task Force 401, told reporters Frid