Germany’s air navigation service provider is building a nationwide drone detection and countermeasure network with Hensoldt and Deutsche Telekom. The plan links mobile mast data with fixed sensor and mitigation systems at airports, power plants and Bundeswehr sites to create a single automated air picture.
The platform is designed to fuse data from disparate operators and vendors, then process it with AI to flag airborne threats across the country. That architecture matters because it moves drone defence from isolated perimeter tools to a coordinated layer spanning civil and military critical infrastructure.
No contract value, deployment schedule or award structure has been disclosed. The next test is whether the partners can turn the concept into an interoperable system that operators can actually procure and scale.