Denmark to Launch Production of 122mm Rockets Using Serbian Technology for PULS and HIMARS

Danish company SkyPro Propulsion has received approval to produce 122mm rockets and plans to begin output of up to 10,000 units a year in the summer of 2026. The rockets will be adapted for the PULS and HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems.

Danish state broadcaster TV 2 announced the move.

“It will be something big. We have all the necessary permits, support from the Ministry of Defence, investors, and a technical base that allows us to start production in the summer,” SkyPro Propulsion CEO Michael Kjær Sørensen reported.

Production will be based in 37 decommissioned NATO bunkers at a former air base that stored large quantities of bombs and explosives during the Cold War. According to Sørensen, most of the past year and a half was spent securing permits. Last week, the company received final authorization to manufacture military equipment in Denmark and is now ready to begin production.

The rockets will be compatible with the PULS system acquired by the Danish armed forces from Israel, as well as the US-made HIMARS.

The missiles will have a range of just over 40 kilometers and will be produced in Vandel using technology provided by Serbian defense company EDePro. SkyPro says the rockets will carry a 24 kg warhead and cost about EUR 10,000 per unit.

They are likely to be G-2000SL+ rockets adapted for other launch systems, initially designed for the Soviet-era Grad MLRS.

According to EDePro, the G-2000SL+ has a maximum range of 41 km and a circular impact value of less than 1%, meaning 50% of rounds fired land within a radius of less than 1% of the maximum range.

Sørensen noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and the Danish Defence Intelligence Service closely reviewed SkyPro’s license application, noting Serbia’s close ties with Russia.

If the project proceeds as planned, SkyPro will hire about 110 production workers and engineers in Vandel within the next six months. Most metalworking will be carried out by Danish subcontractors, with final missile assembly taking place in Vandel. Annual production of 10,000 rockets is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2026.

According to TV 2, although Denmark has allocated more than DKK 350 billion (€46.86 billion) for defense spending and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has instructed the Defence Procurement Agency to “buy, buy, buy,” relatively few defense contracts have so far gone to domestic producers.

Many contracts have been awarded to suppliers in Norway, Sweden, France, and the United States. Norway’s Nammo is expected, at the Danish government’s request, to establish ammunition production in Denmark. It has also been reported that assault rifle production has resumed in Denmark after a 60-year pause.

In addition, Ukrainian company Fire Point plans to build a solid rocket fuel production plant in Skridstrup.