Sweden’s anti-drone system offer to Denmark comes as Copenhagen prepares to host an informal EU summit in Copenhagen on 1 October 2025, following days of disruptive drone activity over Danish airports. Swedish Prime Minister (statsminister) Ulf Kristersson said Sweden can deploy military counter‑UAS capability to help Denmark secure the meetings.
Offer tied to summit security and recent drone disruptions
Kristersson told TV4 that Sweden has offered Danish authorities a military capability “to shoot down drones that are not wanted on site,” framing the move as support ahead of next week’s gathering of about 40 EU leaders in Copenhagen.
The informal meeting of EU heads of state or government is scheduled for 1 October 2025, with security already heightened after repeated drone sightings forced temporary closures at Aalborg, Billund and Copenhagen airports this week. Kristersson added that the number of systems was not specified and that Denmark will decide whether to accept the offer. Danish officials have called the incidents a form of hybrid attack, while investigations continue.
Danish authorities: detect and neutralise
At a joint briefing in Copenhagen, Denmark’s Justice Minister (Justitsminister) Peter Hummelgaard and Defence Minister (Forsvarsminister) Troels Lund Poulsen, alongside the National Police Commissioner (Rigspolitichefen) Thorkild Fogde and the Chief of Defence (Forsvarschefen) Michael Hyldgaard, underlined a need to detect and neutralise hostile drones.
Authorities say the perpetrators remain unidentified, but the events point to professional planning and an urgent capability gap across detection, classification and interdiction.
Industry response: radar and acoustic tools on the shelf
Several Danish companies say they can deliver counter‑UAS components quickly. Weibel Scientific highlights its XENTA short‑range air‑defence radars, designed to track low‑slow‑small targets and integrate into mobile systems.
From Odense, Bionic System Solutions promotes acoustic drone detection—arrays of sensitive microphones and machine‑learning classifiers able to pick up and localise drones—even when radios are silent. Together, such sensors can extend the decision window and guide interdiction tools, whether jammers or kinetic interceptors, while limiting risk to people on the ground.
