Global for Tuesday, May 19, 2026

• US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources say
• War in pieces: Air Force wants special ops plane that can be built on the fly
• MQ-25A Stingray cleared for deployment, says Cao
• More US troop withdrawals from Europe expected, NATO commander says
• Pentagon inks $500 million deal with Perennial Autonomy for counter-drone tech
• NATO jet shoots down Ukrainian drone over Estonia in escalation of airspace violations
• Sweden picks France’s FDI frigates in potential $4.2 billion deal
• Germany to deploy Patriot battery to Turkey, relieving US forces on NATO’s southeastern flank
• Polish officials vent worries over scrapped US troop deployment