{
 "slug": "nato-counter-drone-marketplace-ncia-16-systems-alta-ares-axon-northrop-grumman-osl-quantum-systems-drone-edge",
 "title": "NATO Counter-Drone Marketplace: 16 Systems From Alta Ares, Axon, Northrop Grumman, OSL UK and Quantum Systems, Bought Without Tender",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/nato-counter-drone-marketplace-ncia-16-systems-alta-ares-axon-northrop-grumman-osl-quantum-systems-drone-edge/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/nato-counter-drone-marketplace-ncia-16-systems-alta-ares-axon-northrop-grumman-osl-quantum-systems-drone-edge/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-11-05T15:39:00.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2026-11-09T15:39:33.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrussels, 5 November 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * NATO launched its Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems marketplace on 5 November as part of Drone Edge, the initiative launched at the summit's defence industry forum in Ankara in July\n * The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) ran a competition and selected 16 solutions from five companies: Alta Ares, Axon Enterprise, Northrop Grumman, OSL UK and Quantum Systems; NATO says the selected capabilities are already deployed in allie",
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 "capabilities": [
  "uncrewed-autonomy"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "drones-uav",
  "nato-eu-defense-initiatives"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "bae-systems",
  "france",
  "germany",
  "nato",
  "saab",
  "sweden",
  "ukraine",
  "united-kingdom"
 ],
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  "countries": [
   "france",
   "germany",
   "sweden",
   "ukraine",
   "united-kingdom"
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