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Bill: The Armed Forces must track unmanned vessels at sea and in the air

Bill · L 95 (2026-27)Official title (in Danish)

Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om forsvarets formål, opgaver og organisation m.v., lov om radiofrekvenser og lov om radioudstyr og elektromagnetiske forhold. (Forsvarets detektion, identifikation og sporing af ubemandede fartøjer)

In short

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  • What is proposed:
    • The bill sets out that the Armed Forces will be tasked with registering, identifying and following unmanned vessels at sea and in the air.
    • The Armed Forces can order access to properties to set up equipment.
  • Who would be affected: Anyone who can receive an order to allow access to their real property, owners and operators of critical infrastructure and their suppliers, and authorities that can receive information from the Armed Forces.
  • When: The bill has not been passed yet.

Written by AI from verbatim quotes from the source and checked by code and AI. Dates, tables and the fact box are calculated by fixed rules. Unofficial translation. Always read the original.

If the bill is passed:

  • The Armed Forces can order anyone to give access to their real property so that equipment can be set up and maintained.
  • Equipment must not be set up on or close to homes, day-care institutions, schools, hospitals and nursing homes.
  • Owners and operators of critical infrastructure or their suppliers can be ordered to share information from their own equipment.
  • Anyone who refuses access, disturbs or removes equipment, or does not follow an order to share information, is punished with a fine. The penalty can rise to imprisonment of up to 2 years if the violation is committed intentionally.

Sources and original

Official title (in Danish)Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om forsvarets formål, opgaver og organisation m.v., lov om radiofrekvenser og lov om radioudstyr og elektromagnetiske forhold. (Forsvarets detektion, identifikation og sporing af ubemandede fartøjer)

Read the official text (in Danish) →

Source: the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)

Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.

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  1. Introduced · 5 November 2026
    Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
    Folketingets Åbne Data – sagstrin: fremsættelse
  2. Passed
    Awaiting the Danish Parliament
  3. Enters into force
    The date is not known yet