Kaizen rebuilds Pentagon counter-drone marketplace around faster buying

The nine-week overhaul adds performance comparisons and AI recommendations as the military opens validated counter-drone systems to allies.

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Primary source: Business Insider

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Counter-drone procurement is becoming a software problem. The catalog, performance data and purchasing workflow can determine which defense products reach US and allied operators at scale.

Kaizen rebuilds Pentagon counter-drone marketplace around faster buying — The nine-week overhaul adds performance comparisons and AI recommendations as the military opens validated counter-drone systems to allies.

Kaizen co-founder and CEO Nikhil Reddy (@bignikhilreddy) has moved his government-software business into a battlefield procurement problem, rebuilding the Pentagon's online catalog for counter-drone equipment in less than nine weeks. The enhanced marketplace went live roughly two weeks before August 4th, according to Business Insider.…

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