AI & Defence Software defence companies in Denmark

Aalborg-based AI software company building edge-level perception, detection and tracking for drones and ground robots, including GNSS-denied autonomous navigation used by defence and security operators.

Danish unmanned eVTOL cargo aircraft developer building heavy-lift drones for offshore logistics and frontline resupply. The E200 carries 200 kg at 450 km/h using a proprietary ducted-fan system, with a 100-500 kg payload family powered by the eThor AI flight suite.

Builds AI-powered fixed-wing military drones from a Danish HQ in Ry, including the Strike OWA loitering munition with 100 km range, the Decoy swarmable radar-signature emulator, and the Target counter-UAS training drone.

Copenhagen maritime security company whose AI fuses multi-sensor data to expose dark ships and predict threats to undersea cables and other offshore infrastructure. Also developing BlueDragon, uncrewed surface vessels with interceptor drones to stop Shahed attacks off Ukraine's coast.

Svendborg company that develops SKIPPER, an autonomous navigation system that brings route optimisation, collision avoidance and remote or unmanned operation to existing vessels for naval and commercial use.

SKIPPER

Autonomous navigation system that plugs into a vessel's propulsion and steering and pilots pre-defined waypoint missions, managing heading, course and speed. It detects obstacles with sensors such as radar, sonar and cameras, reroutes or slows down to avoid them, and communicates over 4G/5G, VDES, radio link or Starlink with a remote operator who can take over at any time.

Modular unmanned surface vessels

Small unmanned surface vessels developed by DanaDynamics and operated by its SKIPPER navigation system. The company launched its first maritime drone in 2019 and aims them at tasks such as seabed and cable inspection, harbour monitoring and equipment transport.

Danish-Ukrainian company developing AI-based UXO and landmine detection for drones and ground robots, including the Blue Eyes detection module and the Seer demining system. Headquartered in Odense with R&D in Ukraine.

Develops autonomous heavy-lift VTOL drones for military resupply in contested areas, navigating without GPS through optical flow and terrain matching and linked by radio, LTE and satellite. Founded in 2025 and selected for the first Defence Tech Denmark accelerator cohort.

Kongens Lyngby company that builds PISAPS, a payload integration computer for legacy aircraft and helicopters, and MAILMAN, a 1 kg guided payload carrier for drones. Formed a strategic alliance with Boeing subsidiary Insitu in 2021 on unmanned aircraft for Danish Defence.

Holte company building the Nightmare FPV strike drone with AI terminal guidance for GNSS-denied operations, plus the Sandman ground control station and the MUNIN fixed-wing UAS. Its founder says it has delivered about 10,000 Nightmare drones to Ukraine, and it is on the US BLUE UAS list.

Copenhagen startup building wide-area 10K perception sensors, edge compute and an AI software framework for drone ISR. Raised a EUR 2M pre-seed round in April 2026 co-led by Balnord and FORWARD.one.