Overview

• NATO approved a looser engagement framework that lets each member decide its own response to airspace violations, with Secretary General Mark Rutte stating shoot-downs are an option if required.
• EU and NATO leaders gathering in Copenhagen are considering a Commission-backed European 'drone wall' and broader surveillance and air- and space-defense projects; Denmark imposed a nationwide drone flight ban for the summit, and Germany sent about 40 personnel plus the frigate Hamburg as part of Operation Baltic Sentry.
• Multiple countries report recent incursions and suspicious flights, including about twenty drones breaching Polish airspace on 10 September and approaching the Łask air base where U.S. F-35s are stationed.
• The UK outlined 'Project Octopus' to mass-produce British-made drones intended to bolster defenses on NATO’s eastern flank and to be supplied in large numbers to Ukraine.
• In Germany, Saxony’s interior minister and police union leaders urged clear responsibilities and federal funding to equip police with interoperable counter‑drone systems capable of handling state-grade threats.