Denmark Orders AI-Based Command and Control System to Counter Drones

Denmark has ordered a new command and control system, based on artificial intelligence, to counter drones. The company Systematic reported the order. The system is built on Systematic's SitaWare software, which will be integrated with a nationwide counter-drone system that another Danish defense company, Terma, is developing for Denmark.

The link to Terma's work dates to August 2026, when the Danish Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) signed a contract with Terma. That contract covers an integrated system meant to combine existing and future sensors into a single situational awareness picture of drones. Sensor data from the Terma system will be passed into the SitaWare environment, where it can be merged with operational data and used in decision-making.

The article places the order against Denmark's growing focus on unmanned and hybrid threats. It notes that on October 7, Josephine Christensen, a leading analyst at the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET), announced an escalation of sabotage operations against Danish companies that supply defense products to Ukraine.

The source gives no contract value, delivery timeline or technical detail on how the AI component works. What it does establish is the division of roles: Terma supplies the sensor-based drone picture, and Systematic's SitaWare serves as the command and control layer where that picture is combined with operational information for decisions. For readers following Danish defense technology, the order shows how the country is assembling a layered counter-drone capability from domestic companies at a time when officials describe the threat environment as intensifying.