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NIMON Boats and DanaDynamics demonstrated autonomous capability on a 12 m tactical maritime platform during Maritim Domænedag at Nyholm on May 28. The defense-focused event was organized with FMI and Søværnskommandoen and centered on military maritime requirements and live technology demonstrations.
Cree Yacht's 5.5 m Patrol sUSV equipped with the Sea Machines SM300 autonomy system made its Copenhagen defense-sector debut at Maritim Domænedag on May 28. The system was presented at an event centered on Danish naval requirements and dialogue between FMI, Søværnskommandoen and industry.
MCM Denmark operated a remotely controlled mine-clearance surface vessel from the Danish Emergency Management Agency vessel Poul Løwenørn between June 1 and June 11. A containerized command module on the host ship controlled the approximately 30 m drone and its towed sonar during mine-clearance and seabed-monitoring training.
STORMBORN conducted a live X-WAVE demonstration at Folkemødet on Bornholm on June 11. The company presented the unmanned surface platform's surveillance role, while Danish Defence Command was involved in planning and permission for the activity.
STORMBORN operated X-WAVE south of Bornholm on June 25 as part of a company-led demonstration of persistent maritime surveillance. Integrated sensors detected and tracked maritime and airborne activity, and the company stated that relevant information on observed Russian naval activity was passed to Danish Defence.
The Danish Armed Forces demonstrated Eleanor at Gniben under Project Autonomous Units during July 2026. Eleanor is a conventional motorboat converted for unmanned operation through onboard software and hardware and shore-based control, and it performed surveillance-oriented scenarios during the event.
ZeroUSV deployed an Oceanus12 to Denmark for a two-day demonstration to the Royal Danish Navy after being selected to participate in Danish Defence's demonstration activity. The USV operated from a naval location northwest of Copenhagen to present its unmanned maritime capabilities to Danish military stakeholders.
J.A. Solutions presented an Automatic Deployment System installed on Copenhagen Global's ORCA unmanned surface vessel during July 2026. The modular mechanism was designed to carry and release payloads including naval mines, sensors, drones and other equipment from a surface platform.
J.A. Solutions and CUBEDIN demonstrated naval mine deployment from an unmanned ORCA surface vessel for the Royal Danish Navy at Nyborg. CUBEDIN software embedded in SitaWare supported mission planning, USV control, monitoring and tracking of deployed payload status.
STARK and Denmark's Seasight Solutions signed a partnership on August 17 to establish production of the Vanta defense USV in Ringkøbing. The arrangement provides a Danish industrial base for future Vanta manufacturing and support for Nordic and Baltic defense demand.
Babcock and STORMBORN signed an MOU on August 19 covering future hybrid naval capability development. STORMBORN's contemporaneous account specifies integration of effectors and exploration of Danish-scale production of its X-WAVE USVs. The agreement is an industrial/technology cooperation framework and does not represent a Royal Danish Navy procurement order.
DNV formally handed certification for Copenhagen Global's ORCA autonomous surface vessel during DALO Industry Days in August. The certification addressed safety, reliability and seaworthiness for an operational autonomous-vessel design intended for naval and other professional missions.
Tuco Marine conducted a live on-water demonstration of its ProZero 8M Sentinel ISR USV during BlueTech Event 2026 in Svendborg. DanaDynamics demonstrated its add-on control system for unmanned vessel operations, while Sea Machines demonstrated its SM300 autonomy system on the 12 m Eleanor platform.
EUROGUARD held its Critical Design Review and presented the physical hull of its 45 m semi-autonomous naval prototype at Baltic Workboats' Nasva shipyard on May 21. Baltic Workboats is the project coordinator and prototype builder; Danish OMT and SH Defence are consortium participants.
STORMBORN's CEO stated in July that production of the X-WAVE USV had begun and that the first X-WAVE had been completed and was operating. This is a distinct industrial milestone following the platform's January unveiling and March sea trials.
Tuco Marine, Precision Technic Defence and EM&E signed an MOU at DALO Industry Days to jointly integrate an EM&E Remote Weapon Station on a ProZero USV. The companies also displayed the integrated configuration during the event, establishing an explicit armed-USV development initiative involving two Denmark-based defense companies.
Sea Machines demonstrated its SM300 autonomy and remote-control capability during DALO Industry Days in Herning on August 19-20. From the show floor, the company remotely controlled an autonomous vessel operating in the United States, demonstrating over-the-horizon command and autonomy to a defense audience.