Overview
- The center, hosted by the Bundespolizei at Directorate 11 in Berlin, builds on a new federal unit that showcased counter‑drone tactics to ministers.
- Opening is scheduled for December 17 with federal, state, military, intelligence and civil airspace stakeholders seated together to coordinate rapid responses.
- The hub will compile a stepwise near‑real‑time situational picture to improve detection, analysis and communication across jurisdictions.
- Key targets for protection include airports, Bundeswehr sites and energy suppliers, after reported increases in drone activity since Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
- Ministers acknowledged unresolved questions about legal authorities and who should neutralize “uncooperative” drones in high‑risk cases.