Counter-UAS C2 Software Architecture: Python or ROS2
2026-09-09
Top 7 Counter-UAS Companies in Denmark
Denmark’s drone threat became front-page news on 22 September 2025, when unidentified drones shut Copenhagen Airport for roughly four hours and forced about 15 flights to divert — an incident the Danish prime minister called the country’s most serious attack on critical infrastructure (AP; BBC, 2025). Within days, drone activity was reported over several more Danish airports and a fighter base, and Danish police described a “capable actor” behind the incursions (AP via US News, 2025).
Denmark answered with money and urgency. The Danish Ministry of Defence earmarked DKK 2.1 billion — about USD 330 million — for drone countermeasures and surveillance (Danish MoD, 2025), against a defence appropriation that grew more than 80% in a single year, while global counter-UAS spending heads toward USD 20.31 billion by 2030 (MarketsandMarkets, 2026). This guide profiles the 7 Danish counter-drone companies that matter most to buyers and integrators — from a Doppler radar prime to two-person startups taking on fibre-optic FPV drones.
How We Ranked the Top Danish Counter-Drone Companies
Companies are ordered by team size, from Denmark’s Doppler radar prime down to its two-person startups — a practical first filter when shortlisting counter-drone procurement partners. Within each size band we assessed how directly the core product serves C-UAS missions, technology differentiation, track record with defence and security buyers, international reach, and public footprint. Detection is the highest-leverage capability in a crowded market, so if you are new to the subject, a primer on the main types of drone detectors is worth reading before you compare vendors.
Ordered by team size, largest first, these are the Danish counter-drone companies that matter most in 2026.
Note: Company profiles are based on publicly available data from each company’s website and LinkedIn profile.
1. Weibel Scientific
Weibel is the heavyweight of the group: a Doppler radar prime whose sensors cover drone detection, C-UAS and SHORAD for customers worldwide. That radar heritage sits squarely behind micro-Doppler radar — the technique that separates a hovering quadcopter from a bird.
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Weibel Scientific
TIER 1 · DOPPLER RADAR
The global leader in advanced Doppler radar — drone detection, C-UAS and SHORAD since 1977
| 🏭 Industry | Defense & Space |
|---|---|
| 📍 Location | Denmark |
| 👥 Size | 501-1K employees |
| 🌐 Website | weibelradars.com |
Weibel Scientific is the global leader in the market for advanced Doppler radar systems. Since its foundation in 1977 the company has designed, manufactured and delivered cutting-edge velocity and position-measuring instruments for space and weapon test and verification, drone detection, C-UAS and SHORAD solutions to customers around the world. On a daily basis, Weibel radars are used to protect lives and assets on the ground, in flight and in space.
2. MyDefence
MyDefence pairs RF detection with drone jamming in combat-proven C-UAS systems, iterated on feedback from frontline forces. It is the reference Danish name for protecting airports, bases and high-security sites — and a reminder that RF jamming remains the most cost-effective anti-drone strategy against radio-controlled threats.
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MyDefence
TIER 1 · RF DETECTION & JAMMING
We protect lives and critical infrastructure with tomorrow’s solutions against unauthorized drones
| 🏭 Industry | Defense and Space Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| 📍 Location | Nørresundby, Denmark |
| 👥 Size | 51-200 employees |
| 🌐 Website | mydefence.com |
MyDefence develops next-generation drone detection and jamming, combining advanced radio-frequency expertise with precision and rapid response. Close collaboration with frontline forces feeds real-time insight into evolving drone threats and tactics back into the product line. Its solutions are purpose-built for military operations and critical infrastructure — airports, corporate facilities and high-security environments — and emphasise mobility and operational efficiency. The company’s stated mission: We Save Lives.
3. Upteko
Upteko supplies the platform layer: modular, multifunctional UAV and aerial-robotics systems for defence, security and mission-critical operations. It is a dual-use engineering house rather than a dedicated C-UAS vendor, which makes it a natural partner for programmes that need airframes, autonomy and rapid iteration alongside their detection stack.
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Upteko
TIER 2 · UAV PLATFORMS
Advanced UAV and aerial robotics for defence, security and mission-critical operations
| 🏭 Industry | Robotics Engineering |
|---|---|
| 📍 Location | Denmark |
| 👥 Size | 51-200 employees |
| 🌐 Website | upteko.com |
Upteko designs and develops advanced and innovative UAV systems. By combining strong engineering with modular, multifunctional technology, it helps organisations improve operational efficiency and effectiveness, delivering reliable, high-quality solutions across a wide range of defence, security and mission-critical applications.
4. Nordic Radar Solutions
Nordic Radar Solutions builds the niche high-precision sensing that counter-UAS test and evaluation depends on — warhead fragmentation measurement, military target scoring and counter-UAS applications. It is a specialist supplier for ranges and proving grounds rather than a volume product line.
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Nordic Radar Solutions
TIER 2 · PRECISION RADAR
Creating the next generation of precision radars
| 🏭 Industry | IT Services and IT Consulting |
|---|---|
| 📍 Location | Aarhus, Denmark |
| 👥 Size | 11-50 employees |
| 🌐 Website | nordicradarsolutions.com |
Nordic Radar Solutions develops state-of-the-art sensor-based solutions dedicated to warhead fragmentation measurement, military target scoring and counter-UAS applications. Its focus is the next generation of high-precision radar for demanding measurement and evaluation tasks.
5. MPF Defence
MPF Defence is attacking the hardest problem in C-UAS: fibre-optic FPV drones that carry no radio link and therefore cannot be jammed. Its focus is hardware-based effectors, currently in prototype development, technical validation and controlled testing with defence and technology partners in Denmark and internationally.
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MPF Defence
TIER 3 · FIBRE-OPTIC COUNTERMEASURES
Hardware-based counter-drone systems for fibre-optic FPV threats
| 🏭 Industry | Defense and Space Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| 📍 Location | Denmark |
| 👥 Size | 2-10 employees |
| 🌐 Website | mpfdefence.com |
MPF Defence is a Danish defence technology company developing counter-drone solutions for emerging aerial threats. It focuses on the development, testing and validation of hardware-based systems designed to counter drones — including fibre-optic FPV drones that are difficult to stop using traditional radio-frequency jamming. Current work centres on prototype development, technical validation, controlled testing and collaboration with defence, technology and operational partners in Denmark and internationally, with the goal of practical, scalable and cost-effective counter-UAS technology.
6. Valguard Systems
Valguard is a Danish-Ukrainian team building affordable, scalable short-range hard-kill systems for the era of mass FPV drone warfare. The design priorities are deliberate — low cost per kill, fast production, simple operation and rapid iteration on Ukrainian frontline feedback — the classic answer to threats that overwhelm air defence through volume.
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Valguard Systems
TIER 3 · SHORT-RANGE HARD-KILL
Danish-Ukrainian counter-UAS for the era of mass drone warfare
| 🏭 Industry | Defense and Space Manufacturing |
|---|---|
| 📍 Location | Denmark |
| 👥 Size | 2-10 employees |
| 🌐 Website | valguard.systems |
Valguard is a Danish-Ukrainian defence technology company developing affordable, scalable counter-UAS systems for the era of mass drone warfare. It focuses on short-range hard-kill protection against FPV drones and small unmanned aerial threats — the systems overwhelming conventional air defence through volume, speed and low cost. The first system is designed around practical battlefield requirements: low cost per kill, fast production, simple operation and rapid iteration based on feedback from Ukrainian frontline units. Valguard brings together software, fire control, sensors, turret integration and field testing.
7. Bollværk
Bollværk does not shoot drones down; it builds the drones your forces train against. The company supplies true-to-threat replica target drones mimicking Shahed- and Lancet-style loitering munitions, and delivers them as a service with deployment, maintenance and scenario design for live-fire counter-drone exercises.
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Bollværk
TIER 3 · TARGET DRONES & TRAINING
Build the bulwark, train the defenders — realistic target drones as a service
| 🏭 Industry | Armed Forces |
|---|---|
| 📍 Location | Denmark |
| 👥 Size | 2-10 employees |
| 🌐 Website | bollvaerk.dk |
Bollværk is a Danish defence-tech company building the next generation of unmanned systems for training, surveillance and protection. It specialises in realistic target drones and autonomous platforms that prepare armed forces to face Shahed- and Lancet-style loitering munitions, plus maritime and infrastructure challenges. Its model combines true-to-threat replica drones with full-service operational support — deployment, maintenance and scenario design during live exercises — and scalable framing agreements or leasing options. Bollværk is based in Denmark and aligned with NATO initiatives.
How to Choose a Counter-Drone Partner in Denmark
Start with your threat model. Weibel Scientific and Nordic Radar Solutions lead on radar sensing; MyDefence covers RF detection and jamming in a single stack; Upteko supplies the UAV platforms and aerial robotics underneath it; MPF Defence and Valguard Systems are building hard-kill effectors aimed squarely at RF-silent fibre-optic FPV drones; Bollværk delivers the realistic target drones and live-fire services that validate any of it. For buyers comparing Nordic and European options, see German counter-drone companies and Dutch counter-drone companies.
Frequently Asked Questions
What triggered Denmark's counter-drone build-up?
The September 2025 drone incursions. Copenhagen Airport closed for roughly four hours on 22 September and about 15 flights were diverted, after which drone activity was reported over several more Danish airports and a fighter base. Danish police attributed the pattern to a “capable actor”, and the Danish Ministry of Defence went on to earmark DKK 2.1 billion — about USD 330 million — for drone countermeasures and surveillance.
Which Danish company is best for radar-based drone detection?
Weibel Scientific is the heavyweight: a Doppler radar specialist founded in 1977 whose systems cover drone detection, C-UAS and SHORAD for customers worldwide. Nordic Radar Solutions is the precision alternative, focused on high-accuracy sensing for warhead fragmentation measurement, military target scoring and counter-UAS test and evaluation.
Can Danish companies counter fibre-optic FPV drones that are immune to jamming?
That is exactly where Denmark’s newest entrants are pointing. MPF Defence is developing hardware-based counter-drone systems explicitly for fibre-optic FPV threats, and Valguard Systems is engineering low-cost, short-range hard-kill effectors designed around cost per kill against mass FPV attack. Both are early-stage, so expect prototype and field-validation timelines rather than off-the-shelf delivery.
Is Denmark building a national counter-drone capability?
Yes. Alongside the DKK 2.1 billion drone-countermeasures package, Denmark selected the domestic defence group Terma to deliver the national counter-drone command-and-control layer — the C2 backbone intended to tie sensors and effectors into a single air picture.
Do Danish counter-drone companies serve international buyers?
Several do. Weibel Scientific sells Doppler radar worldwide, MyDefence’s RF detection and jamming systems are deployed with Ukrainian forces and across NATO airspace, and Upteko supplies UAV platforms to defence, police and fire services beyond Denmark. Bollværk, by contrast, sells training services and replica target drones on a framework or leasing model.
