Drones for peace gathering - HCA Airport (Fyn) 18/19 June 2025

af Dylan Cawthorne

Drones for peace? Ja tak 🙂 This gathering is to show support for the non-violent use and development of drone technology. Drones for peace - not for war!

(Link to FB event: https://fb.me/e/4GnPAHGmd)

The gathering will take place outside of the International Drone Show (https://internationaldroneshow.com/) at the Hans Christian Andersen airport in Beldringe, Denmark (Lufthavnvej 131, 5270 Odense N) at 9:00 on the 18th, and 8:30 on the 19th of June, 2025 (you are welcome to join any time during the day, but this is where we want to focus the gathering).

There is a mini bus if you need transportation (send a direct message), and it is also a nice bike ride from Odense. We will provide drinks, snacks, and signs with messages of peace on them.

There will be interested people, drone engineers, and citizens, as well as these organizations coming together:

*Denmark's Communist Youth
*International Socialists Denmark
*Socialist Youth Front

For the past several years, drone research and use in Denmark has been for peaceful, civilian purposes such as farming, infrastructure inspection, and medical transportation. But now, our government wants us to turn our technologies of peace into technologies of violence. They are investing heavily in "defense", with at least 5% of Denmark's GDP going towards military dual-use technologies. Meanwhile, all Danish universities are enrolled as part of the National Defense Technology Center (NFC) – without the consent of the employees or students therein.

With this gathering, we will show that not all drone users, developers, researchers, students, and citizens support the violent use of drones. We reject the militarization of our work and study place - and of our society more broadly. We support diplomacy, de-escalation, disarmament - and investments in peace.
We hope you will join us in supporting drones for peace! ❤

Sted

Hans Christian Andersen Airport
Lufthavnvej 131
5270 Odense N