Romania enters US counter-drone marketplace

Romania will now be able to acquire counter-unmanned aerial system technology through the U.S.’s counter-drone marketplace, the Army announced on Wednesday.

The agreement gives the southeastern European country access to a U.S.-managed marketplace that links partner nations with counter-drone technology as part of the Pentagon’s push to speed up procurement systems that have struggled to keep pace with ever-evolving unmanned threats.

The marketplace is run by the Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401, an organization established in 2025 to centralize and speed up how the military — and partner nations — field counter-unmanned aerial system, or C-UAS, capabilities. The department reports to the deputy Secretary of Defense.

Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, the task force’s director, said that the market expansion was intended to support different levels of needs instead of only top-of-the-line technology.

“It’s about a range of capabilities that can meet the needs of different users from the tactical edge to critical infrastructure protection in our homeland and for our allies and partners,” he said, adding, “as the market grows, the C-UAS industry must be positioned to scale their production and meet the needs of this broadening customer base.”

Allied countries can access a selection of interoperable technology, the Army said in a statement, and Romania’s inclusion is a step towards the Army Secretary’s goal of having at least 25 partner nations in the marketplace by the end of summer.

The United Kingdom in March signed an agreement with the Pentagon to create “common data standards” for C-UAS technology, according to a separate release. Compliance to shared standards, the statement said, would be a replacement for vendors looking to sell products on the marketplace.

Eve Sampson is a reporter and former Army officer. She has covered conflict across the world, writing for The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Associated Press.

美国陆军周三宣布，罗马尼亚现在可以通过美国的反无人机市场获得反无人机系统技术。

该协议使这个东南欧国家能够进入一个由美国管理的市场，该市场将伙伴国家与反无人机技术联系起来，这是五角大楼加快采购系统步伐的一部分，这些采购系统一直难以跟上不断演变的无人威胁。

该市场由五角大楼的联合跨部门特遣部队401运营，该机构成立于2025年，旨在集中和加快美军及其伙伴国家部署反无人机系统（C-UAS）能力。该部门向国防部副部长汇报工作。

特遣部队主管马特·罗斯准将表示，市场扩张旨在满足不同层次的需求，而不仅仅是顶尖技术。

“这关乎一系列能力，可以满足不同用户的需求，从战术前沿到保护我们国土以及我们的盟友和伙伴的关键基础设施，”他说道，“随着市场的增长，反无人机系统行业必须做好准备，扩大生产规模，以满足不断扩大的客户群的需求。”

美国陆军在一份声明中表示，盟国可以获得一系列可互操作的技术，罗马尼亚的加入是朝着陆军部长提出的目标迈出的一步，即到夏季结束前至少有 25 个伙伴国家加入该市场。

据另一份新闻稿称，英国于3月与五角大楼签署了一项协议，旨在为反无人机系统（C-UAS）技术制定“通用数据标准”。声明指出，遵守这些共享标准将成为供应商在市场上销售产品的必要条件。

伊芙·桑普森是一名记者，也是一名前陆军军官。她曾报道过世界各地的冲突，为《纽约时报》、《华盛顿邮报》和美联社撰稿。