Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization

Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization

Forsvarets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse
Organization overview
Formed	1 October 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-01)
Preceding Organization	FMT
Type	Military acquisition & logistics
Headquarters	Ballerup, Denmark
Employees	approx. 2,400[1]
Organization executive	Lt.gen. Niels Henrik Bundsgaard[2], Commanding officer
Parent Organization	Ministry of Defence
Child Organization	Defence IT Agency
Website	Official Webpage

The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) (Danish: Forsvarets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse, FMI) is a joint service unit under the Ministry of Defence, tasked with purchase, service and support of equipment within the Danish Defence. It used to be known as the Danish Defence Material Service (Forsvarets Materieltjeneste, FMT).

Tasks

DALO acquires, maintains and phases out equipment for all of the military authorities - from tanks, ships and aircraft to boots and pocket knives.^[3] In collaboration with the Joint Defence Command, FMI ensures support and supplies for the Armed Forces ongoing operations at home and abroad.

Organisation

In 2006, Army Materiel Command, Navy Materiel Command and Air Materiel Command, were merged to form the joint materiel command (FMT). As part of the Danish Defence Agreement 2013-2017, FMT was reorganized into FMI.

The new FMI (pr. 1 October 2014) is subject to the Ministry of Defence department, and manages nearly DKK 7 billion (approx. US$1 billion) of the total defence budget. Ministry of Defence department and FMI worked together to prepare a performance where, among other FMI's role, mission and vision are described.

Commander

No.	Portrait	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Defence branch	Ref.
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
Defence Material Service (Forsvarets Materieltjeneste)
1		Counter admiral Finn Hansen [da] (born 1957)	1 January 2006	15 March 2008	2 years, 74 days	Navy	[4]
2		Lieutenant general Per Ludvigsen [da] (born 1957)	15 March 2008	15 March 2011	3 years, 0 days	Army	[5]
3		Lieutenant general Per Pugholm Olsen [da] (born 1964)	15 March 2011	1 March 2015	3 years, 351 days	Air force	[6]
Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (Forsvarets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse)
4		Lieutenant general Niels Henrik Bundsgaard (born 1957)	1 March 2015	1 July 2017	2 years, 122 days	Army	[7]
5		Lieutenant general Flemming Lentfer (born 1964)	1 July 2017	1 December 2020	3 years, 153 days	Air force	[8]
–		Brigadier general Peter Christian Alexa (born 1968) Acting	1 December 2020	14 December 2020	13 days	Air force	[9]
6		Lieutenant general Kim Jesper Jørgensen (born 1962)	14 December 2020	1 May 2024	3 years, 139 days	Air force	[10]
(3)		Lieutenant general Per Pugholm Olsen [da] (born 1964)	1 May 2024	Incumbent	236 days	Air force	[11]

References

1. "Home". Welcome to DALO. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
2. "Commander of Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization". Forsvaret/DALO. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
3. "Overview of Planned Major Stock Investments and Material Operations" (PDF) (in Danish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
4. "Ny chef for Forsvarets Materieltjeneste". fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. 21 December 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
5. "Ny chef for Forsvarsstaben og ny National Materieldirektør". fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
6. "Nye topchefer i Forsvarsministeriet". fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
7. "Udnævnelse af direktør for Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse". fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
8. "Nye topchefer til stillinger på Forsvarsministeriets område". fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
9. "Nye fungerende chefer for Forsvarsministeriets Ejendomsstyrelse og Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse". fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
10. "Generalmajor Kim Jesper Jørgensen bliver ny chef for Forsvarsministeriets Materiel- og Indkøbsstyrelse". fmn.dk (in Danish). Ministry of Defence. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
11. FMI KOM (24 April 2024). "Ny chef for FMI pr. 1. maj 2024". FMI (in Danish). Retrieved 26 May 2024.