Overview

• Allies agreed to trial integrated systems to detect, track and neutralize drones under Operation Centinela Oriental to bolster surveillance on the eastern flank.
• Secretary General Mark Rutte clarified that aircraft entering allied airspace will be escorted out unless deemed a clear threat, with simpler intervention rules under consideration.
• NATO pressed members to fund U.S.-made weapons for Ukraine through the PURL mechanism, with more than $2 billion already pledged by Germany, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
• U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth urged allies to convert spending promises into capabilities and warned of added costs for Russia if it resists moves toward negotiations.
• The European Union outlined a complementary plan featuring a ‘drone wall,’ reinforced eastern surveillance, and new air and space defense projects targeting readiness by 2030.