Danish Aerospace Company

What Danish Aerospace Company does

Danish Aerospace and Defence Company (Damec), founded in 1988 and headquartered in Odense, Denmark, develops technologies that support human presence in space and that have applications in extreme environments on Earth. The company operates as a small, publicly-traded aerospace specialist — evidenced by its Nasdaq OMX investor relations link, an active Investor Relations program with annual meetings documented from 2021 through 2026, and a Rights Issue and Extraordinary General Meeting scheduled in 2026. It is EN9100-certified by Bureau Veritas, the aerospace industry quality standard required to participate in human spaceflight supply chains.

The company's offering is organized into three lines accessed via its Work navigation: Products (aerospace hardware and systems), Experiments (research and development / experimental services for spaceflight), and Operation Center (operational support services for aerospace missions). The legal entity name references Defence as well as Aerospace, suggesting defense-adjacent applicability of its technologies alongside civilian spaceflight, though no defense customers or programs are explicitly disclosed in the source material. The customer base serves the aerospace and space vertical exclusively, focused on human spaceflight and extreme terrestrial environments.

Damec is small — headcount is disclosed only as the 11–50 employee band — and uses its website plus an email-newsletter subscription ("Subscribe to news") as the primary public marketing channel. No pricing model, revenue figures, distribution channels, named customers, or M&A history are publicly disclosed in the source material. Revenue mechanics are therefore inferred to follow standard aerospace/space-industry patterns: project-based hardware contracts, R&D service work, and operational support, with a small number of large institutional buyers. The company maintains a recruitment footprint via Vacancies and Interns pages, indicating ongoing talent development.

Name

Danish Aerospace Company

Legal name

Danish Aerospace and Defence Company

Website

https://damec.dk

Company type

Public

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Danish Aerospace and Defence Company is a small, publicly-traded Danish firm founded in 1988 that develops technologies enabling human presence in space, with applications in extreme environments on Earth. It serves the aerospace and space industry across three lines: aerospace hardware Products, Experiments R&D services, and an Operation Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerospace Engineering and Spaceflight Technologies

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (33641), Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414), Space Research and Technology (92711)

SIC

Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Space Payloads & Instruments (Sensors, Comms, EO/IR) (IMABACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Space Structures, Mechanisms & Thermal Control (IMABACAF)

Keywords

• Space medicine technology
• Human spaceflight systems
• Aerospace engineering services
• Extreme environment applications
• Spaceflight hardware

Headquarters

HQ city

Odense

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Danish Aerospace Company develops innovative technologies that support the presence of humans in space and have applications in extreme environments on Earth. The company delivers aerospace hardware and systems under its Products line, conducts experimental research and development services (Experiments), and provides operational support through its Operation Center. Operations span design through operational deployment of these space and extreme-environment technologies.

Product overview

Danish Aerospace Company offers a portfolio of aerospace products and services. The company develops innovative technologies that support human presence in space and applications in extreme environments on Earth. The core offerings include Products (aerospace hardware and systems), Experiments (research and development services), and Operation Center (operational support services).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Products A range of aerospace products and systems developed by Danish Aerospace Company for customers requiring human spaceflight hardware and related space/extreme-environment technologies.
• Experiments Experimental research and development services for aerospace applications, supporting customers undertaking spaceflight research and extreme-environment technology development.
• Operation Center Operational services and support center providing ongoing operational support for aerospace missions and customer deployments of space and extreme-environment technologies.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Voyager Space: Voyager Space is a US-based commercial space infrastructure company developing the Starlab commercial space station and investing across the human-spaceflight supply chain. It is an emerging player shaping demand for the kind of subsystem and operations work Danish Aerospace Company provides.
• Sierra Space: Sierra Space is a US-based commercial human-spaceflight company building the Dream Chaser vehicle and LIFE habitat, focused on enabling human presence in low Earth orbit. It represents an emerging customer and competitor in the commercial human-spaceflight supply chain Danish Aerospace Company targets.

Broad incumbents

• Airbus Defence and Space: Airbus Defence and Space is the largest European space prime, manufacturing launchers, satellites, ISS modules, and Orion service modules. It shapes the upstream supply chain Danish Aerospace Company participates in and competes for subsystem work on the same human-spaceflight programs.
• Thales Alenia Space: Thales Alenia Space is a major European-Joint venture (Thales/Leonardo) manufacturing satellites, space stations modules, and human-spaceflight subsystems. It is a broad incumbent that competes for and outsources portions of the same ESA human-spaceflight work Danish Aerospace Company targets.
• Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace: Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace is a Norwegian aerospace and defense group with capabilities in space electronics, propulsion, and surveillance payloads. It is a Nordic regional incumbent with overlapping space-systems expertise and serves as a natural geographic and capability comparable for Danish Aerospace Company.
• OHB SE: OHB SE is a European space systems manufacturer headquartered in Bremen, Germany, delivering spacecraft, payloads, and human-spaceflight subsystems across ESA and commercial programs. It is broadly comparable as a European mid-tier space hardware supplier operating in the same institutional ecosystem that Danish Aerospace Company serves.

Direct peers

• Beyond Gravity: Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space's structures division) is a Swiss/European supplier of launcher and satellite structures, mechanisms, and thermal products. It is a direct comparable in the European mid-tier space hardware segment, particularly around structures and mechanisms that overlap with Danish Aerospace Company's offering.
• MDA Space: MDA Space is a Canadian space-robotics and subsystem manufacturer with deep heritage on the ISS and human-spaceflight programs. It is a direct comparable as a mid-tier specialist supplying mission-critical subsystems (robotics, sensors, life-support-adjacent) into human-spaceflight platforms.
• Redwire Space: Redwire Space is a US-listed space hardware specialist supplying deployable structures, sensors, and on-orbit subsystems to NASA, ESA, and commercial programs. It is a direct comparable as a publicly traded, mid-sized human-spaceflight subsystem supplier with an EN9100-style aerospace quality posture.
• RUAG Space: RUAG Space is a Swiss manufacturer of satellite structures, mechanisms, and electronic subsystems serving ESA and commercial missions. It is a direct comparable in the European mid-tier space hardware supplier market, particularly around structures, mechanisms, and human-rated subsystems that overlap with Danish Aerospace Company's product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/DanishAerospace

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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