The US Army plans to launch an online foreign military sales marketplace, allowing allied nations to rapidly purchase American-made defense equipment through a simplified digital platform.
The US Army plans to launch an online foreign military sales (FMS) marketplace, allowing allied nations to rapidly purchase American-made defense equipment through a simplified digital platform.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said that the system will initially open to 25 partner nations across Europe and the Indo-Pacific.
First products available will include unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS technology, with an additional weapons catalogue expected later, according to Defense Scoop.
“When you have a marketplace that looks like Amazon … it is a completely different way to think about foreign military sales,” the outlet quoted Driscoll as saying.
The initiative follows US President Donald Trump’s February executive order establishing an “America First Arms Transfer Strategy,” which aims to accelerate weapons exports, bolster the US defense industrial base, and increase production capacity.
Alongside Driscoll, Assistant Secretary of the Army Brett Ingraham said the online shop will include systems already cleared for export and reduce delays tied to traditional government-to-government transactions.
“If there’s a $2,000 drone out there that they want to buy, we should not spend six months or a year going to an FMS process,” Ingraham said.
Drone Exports for Partner Countries
The new portal builds on the military’s existing drone defense marketplace managed by Joint Interagency Task Force 401, the Pentagon’s dedicated arm coordinating counter-UAS solutions.
The system already allows US government agencies to buy approved solutions as well as related technologies such as radars, sensors, and electronic warfare equipment.
Washington has also signed agreements with Australia, Poland, South Korea, the UK, and Romania to expand allied access to counter-drone capabilities through that platform.
