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27 April 2023
by Nicholas Fiorenza
The Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict delayed reinforcement of the unmanned aerial system capabilities of the Danish army’s 1st Brigade. (Danish MoD/Mads Rolf Ahrenskjær)
Acting Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen informed Denmark’s Defence Conciliation Circle parliamentary group on 25 April that seven procurement programmes of the country’s 2018–23 defence agreement will be delayed during the period it covers. He told the circle of parliamentarians who had voted for the defence agreement, “When many projects with tight schedules encounter Covid-19 and then have to be resolved in parallel with the crucial support for Ukraine, delays will occur.“ The Danish Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the Covid-19 pandemic created delays in global supply, delaying deliveries and making recruitment and training more difficult. After this, lots of materiel had to be urgently acquired by Ukraine, and the Danish Armed Forces also required acquisitions to increase their readiness, according to the ministry.
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