Overview

• The interior minister pledged a dedicated Bundespolizei drone-defense unit by year-end and a joint federal–state center in 2025, with a revised Federal Police Act to underpin active countermeasures.
• Germany’s airline association said drones must be stoppable in a threat situation and urged clarity on who decides, warning that each hour of interruption costs about €1 million and fares are unlikely to fall.
• Air-traffic control has no dedicated small-drone detection, and its radars are tuned to large aircraft, so many sightings are only flagged by pilots or federal police.
• Recent incidents have forced operational pauses, including a full halt in Munich that left more than 9,600 passengers stranded over two days.
• Regional officials, including Bremen’s Greens, called for mobile response teams and federal legal authority for interdiction, while reports note suspicions of foreign involvement without confirmed evidence.