Overview
- Draft changes to the Aviation Security Act would let the Bundeswehr assist states against drones with jammers and, in absolute exceptions, weapons, with the Defence Ministry empowered to authorize deployments rapidly.
- The package now goes to the Bundestag for approval, as legal debate continues over domestic military roles while Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt argues no constitutional change is required.
- A new Bundespolizei drone-defense unit of roughly 130 officers begins operations in December, and a joint federal–state counter‑drone center is being set up.
- The cabinet adopted Germany’s first national space-security strategy, planning about €35 billion in Defence Ministry spending through 2035 to protect satellites, build resilience and enable credible deterrence including potential countermeasures.
- Investigations and military officials report increased Russian and Chinese close approaches and signal jamming against German satellites, while federal data show a low four-digit count of drone overflights and 144 aviation disruptions through August.