DALO Industry Days 2025: highlights from the Ukrainian Defence Industry Council and Ukrainian Dual-Use Technology Cluster

On 20–21 August, the Danish town of Ballerup hosted DALO Industry Days 2025 – the largest defence exhibition in Scandinavia. This year, DALO gathered more than 600 participating companies and over 12,000 visitors.

For the first time, Ukrainian manufacturers presented a national stand at DALO under the ZBROYA brand. The stand featured leading Ukrainian defence companies as well as representatives of frontline military units. Defender Media collected insights from the Ukrainian Defence Industry Council, its CEO Ihor Fedirko, and from Denys Sviatokum, head of the Ukrainian Dual-Use Technology Cluster.

Insights from the Ukrainian Defence Industry Council

According to the Council, the Ukrainian stand showcased developments across multiple segments: reconnaissance and strike UAVs, situational awareness sensors, EW/ELINT solutions, C2/ISR with unified consoles and encrypted telemetry, among others. The ZBROYA-branded national stand also served as a negotiation hub for launching cooperative projects.

The Council notes that Denmark is one of Ukraine’s key defence partners: since 2022, the Danes have provided over €7 billion in military aid, with €2.2 billion per year allocated for 2025–2028 to cover priority needs of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.

Thanks to the “Danish model” – direct financing of Ukrainian production – €597 million has already been mobilised (including €175 million directly from Denmark), with a pilot €50 million tranche funding 18 Bohdana self-propelled howitzers delivered to the front within two months.

“Denmark provides strong engineering expertise, standards and logistics, while Ukraine is a unique base for rapid innovation testing and has extensive combat experience. This is a symbiosis that already works very well,” said Ihor Fedirko, CEO of the Ukrainian Defence Industry Council.

The Council also highlighted that about two-thirds of Ukrainian defence producers are open to investment, while over 90% are ready to export, creating fertile ground for Danish-Ukrainian joint ventures, localisation in Denmark, and joint entry into the European market.

What was presented at the Ukrainian ZBROYA stand at DALO Industry Days:

DeViRo: Bulava UAV complex – the Leleka-100M2 reconnaissance UAV and the Bulava strike UAV. Resistant to EW, day/night operation; range 35–100 km.
Unwave: EW (jamming) modules made entirely from NATO country components, with no Chinese parts.
Engineering Group: Pastka system for protecting critical infrastructure and border areas.
Athlon Avia: Furia UAV for reconnaissance and artillery correction. Already has 1,000+ operators, used by over 100 brigades.
Tencore: TerMIT ground robotic system. Cost-effective, scalable, NATO-standard compatible.
Rise Technologies Ukraine: Yautja reconnaissance system (payload up to 2.5 kg; secure communications; GNSS-free navigation; range 50+ km).
Fire Point: FP-1 UAV in deep-strike and front-strike versions, responsible for around 60% of Ukrainian long-range strikes against Russian oil refineries, depots and military infrastructure.
Ark Robotics: Frontier System – AI-based control of UGV groups with minimal operator involvement; in combat use (20+ brigades, procured by MoD).
UGV Robotics: Liut UGV and Khyzhak remote weapon station. Demonstrated remote control of UGVs in Ukraine via satellite link.
TAF Industries: FPV drones Kolibri and other developments. In 2024, the company delivered 370 000 Kolibri drones. Its product portfolio includes 30+ solutions: FPVs with autonomous Last Mile navigation and delayed launch, the radio-transparent tactical UAV Babka, EW systems Kvazar, and more.
Octava Defence: Fenek acoustic detection system – sensor network for aerial and ground threats.
Twist Robotics: Obriy tactical simulator. Network training, telemetry tracking, after-action review; modelling of EW/GNSS denial.
Osavul: AI solutions for preventive situational awareness in social media; detection of information threats and hostile narratives.

The Council expects that networking and discussions at DALO Industry Days 2025 will grow into long-term partnerships – from regular knowledge exchange and testing in Ukraine to joint initiatives across Europe.

Other Ukrainian companies also participated in DALO Industry Days, including UkrSpecSystems, Frontline, Teletactica, Rebel Group, Oko Kamera, Sich-Ukraine, Ukrainian Armoured Vehicles, KTD Group, Nova Tekhnolohiya and others.

“Denmark–Ukraine: a new level of defence industry partnership.” Takeaways from DALO Industry Days by Denys Sviatokum, the Chairman of Ukrainian Dual-Use Technology Cluster

From the first days of the war, Denmark has taken a leadership role in supporting Ukraine and continues to do so consistently. Today this support goes beyond policy or military aid and is moving towards building a structured defence technology ecosystem open to integration with Ukraine.

Denys Sviatokum (centre) at DALO Industry Days 2025

A new format of cooperation. Denmark has defined clear strategic directions:

– Protection of critical infrastructure;
– Ecosystem-level solutions in drone technologies – both aerial and ground-based;
– Creation of production chains actively integrating international partners.

In this context, Ukrainian experience and technology are seen not as isolated products, but as part of a wider system. Denmark aims to create a platform for integrating Ukrainian solutions, combining them with its own component base and innovation infrastructure.

Analytical highlights

From aid to partnership: relations between Ukraine and Denmark are shifting from “resource supply” to “co-creation of products”.
System over coincidence: Denmark is not acting sporadically but is building a holistic model of a defence innovation ecosystem.
Ukrainian uniqueness: combat experience and proven technological solutions from Ukraine are becoming key assets that the world is ready to integrate and scale.
European perspective: this cooperation goes beyond bilateral relations and is in fact shaping the future model of European security.

Significance for Ukraine. For Ukraine’s defence industry, cooperation with Denmark is not only about additional resources or investment, but about becoming part of long-term production chains. This means access to new markets, institutional recognition, and strengthening Ukraine’s position as an equal partner in defence technology.

Denmark is showing how a relatively small country can drive major change when it has a clear strategy and leadership capacity. For Ukraine, the signal is clear: the future of the defence industry will be shaped through partnerships, integration, and joint ecosystems. This approach opens the door to new contracts, international projects, and the strengthening of Europe’s entire security architecture.

Published in partnership with Defender Media.