Overview

• Berlin will deploy Eurofighters to Malbork from December to March—two jets confirmed by a ministry spokesman—expanding Eastern Sentry patrols while maintaining a separate Eurofighter detachment in Romania.
• Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced roughly €10 billion in drone procurement over the coming years, covering surveillance and attack systems, and offered to take a leading role in a European air-defense shield.
• NATO unveiled additional measures to accelerate counter-drone capabilities under Eastern Sentry, testing integrated detection and defeat systems and stressing cheaper intercept options, with existing rules already permitting shoot-downs when threats are confirmed.
• Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus G. Grynkewich is pressing allies to ease national caveats that limit mission roles, and ministers discussed bolstering forward presence as the UK keeps jets on Poland patrols through year-end.
• Secretary General Mark Rutte and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said more allies are joining the PURL mechanism to finance US weapons for Ukraine, with over half of members now participating, while EU–NATO planning for a European drone-defense network targets initial readiness in 2026 and full capability in 2027.