This week, we track Europe’s drone-security agenda at the EU Drone Summit and preparations for post-war support to Ukraine through Poland’s multinational Koalicja exercise. We also follow implementation of NATO’s counter-drone marketplace, the evidence emerging from FUSE and DiBaX26, and changes in the speed and tactics of the Russia–Ukraine drone campaign.

The next two weeks will test whether recent developments in high-speed drone operations, counter-UAS integration and critical infrastructure protection represent isolated responses or the beginnings of more durable operational change.