Frankenburg Technologies

UK @DefenceHQ selects Frankenburg to develop a low-cost air defence missile system in the UK Frankenburg Technologies has been awarded a contract under the UK Ministry of Defence’s Low-Cost Air Defence Effectors (LCADE) programme to develop cost-effective interceptor capabilities against mass drone attacks and other airborne threats. Frankenburg’s work will focus on further developing, integrating and trialling the air-launched version of our guided Mark I air defence missile. The solution builds on Project LOAD with @AirbusDefence, combining Mark I with the Airbus Bird of Prey uncrewed aircraft. The system completed its first demonstration earlier this year, with further trials planned during 2026. LCADE is the UK contribution to LEAP, a joint initiative between the UK, Poland, France, Italy and Germany to develop affordable air defence systems that can be produced in large numbers. The UK is the first LEAP partner nation to award contracts under the programme. The programme will be UK-led and supported by a prioritised UK supply chain, aligned with Frankenburg’s wider plan to establish missile production in the UK in 2027. UK MoD announcement: gov.uk/government/new… #WinTech

Latvian Minister of Defence Raivis Melnis visited Frankenburg as the Riga–Ādaži missile production system moves toward scale-up. Frankenburg has already invested more than €10 million in Latvia. The Ādaži final assembly site is set for autumn 2026 and will form our first complete FieldFoundry production system together with Riga, with target capacity of up to 100 missiles per day by the end of 2026. “Latvia welcomes defence-industrial investment that strengthens our security, creates skilled jobs and builds local capability. Frankenburg’s work in Riga and Ādaži is an important contribution to bringing affordable missile defence technologies into production and improving the wider region’s ability to counter drone and aerial threats.” – Raivis Melnis, Minister of Defence of Latvia @MoD_Latvia Full statement: frankenburg.tech/latvian-defenc… #WinTech #FieldFoundry

In @FT today, ahead of the NATO Summit in Ankara and after the UK published its Defence Investment Plan: Frankenburg Technologies is building affordable missile systems, focused on speed and scale, using commercial off-the-shelf components where possible, low-capex assembly factories and localised production. Financial Times article: ft.com/content/f67994… #WinTech

Frankenburg opens the world’s first affordable air defence missile mass-production facility in Riga Riga is the first operational step in our plan to build annual capacity for 1,000,000 affordable guided air defence missiles. The Riga Weapon System & Missile Assembly Factory supports production of Mark I, our affordable guided air defence missile system developed to counter mass drone and aerial threats. Together with the Ādaži final assembly site now under construction, Riga will form Frankenburg’s first Latvian FieldFoundry production system, planned to reach capacity of 100 missiles per day by the end of 2026. Next FieldFoundry sites are planned in Estonia, the United Kingdom and Poland. The opening was attended by @KubiliusA, European Commissioner for Defence and Space. Full statement: frankenburg.tech/frankenburg-te… #WinTech #FieldFoundry

Frankenburg and Milrem Robotics partner on affordable mobile C-UAS missile defence @MilremR is the world’s leading developer of robotic and autonomous systems for defence, with proven unmanned ground platforms, modular payload integration experience and established reach across international defence markets. Our cooperation focuses on integrating Frankenburg’s affordable guided Mark I interceptor missile onto Milrem Robotics’ unmanned ground platforms to deliver a new, cost-effective mobile and distributed short-range air defence capability. This means robotic missile systems that can autonomously move, reposition and rapidly engage aerial threats, helping protect wider areas such as border zones, critical infrastructure and military installations with lower-cost air defence that can scale with the threat. Full announcement: frankenburg.tech/frankenburg-te… Photo: Maurice Buttermann #Wintech

Frankenburg is at #Eurosatory in Paris this week. We build affordable, mass-manufacturable guided missile systems defenders can afford to fire, produce at scale and field from any platform. At #Eurosatory2026, we are showcasing Mark I, the first operational guided interceptor missile system in Frankenburg’s broader air defence missile roadmap. Mark I is the smallest and lowest-cost guided interceptor missile ever live-fired, engineered for localised, sovereign mass production and adaptable to land, maritime and air launch platforms. Hall 6 · J119 #WinTech

Frankenburg is at @ILA_Berlin this week. ILA brings together those pushing the boundaries of aerospace, air power and defence. Frankenburg is pushing boundaries to bring affordability and scale to missile defence and to equip the free world with missile systems defenders can afford to fire, produce at scale and field from any platform: land, maritime or air. Visit us at #ILA2026: Frankenburg Technologies – Hall D · 426 Mark I air defence missile system at our first-ever Frankenburg stand @AirbusDefence Static Display – S4/108 Airbus Bird of Prey uncrewed interceptor drone equipped with Frankenburg Mark I missiles

Frankenburg and @ColtCZGroup partner on affordable interceptor missiles for Czechia and Central and Eastern Europe Colt CZ Group is a major European defence-industrial group headquartered in Czechia, with strong manufacturing capabilities across firearms, ammunition and energetic materials, and established reach across military and law-enforcement markets. Our cooperation focuses on bringing Frankenburg’s low-cost, mass-manufacturable missile systems to Czechia and the wider Central and Eastern European defence market through regional industrial cooperation, while supporting Ukraine’s urgent air-defence needs. The cooperation agreement was signed during the Estonia–Czechia Business Forum in Tallinn, in the presence of H.E. Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic, and H.E. Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia. Full announcement: frankenburg.tech/frankenburg-te… #WinTech Photo: Karli Saul

Frankenburg CEO @KustiSalm in @guardian: “A lot of supply chain diversification dreams have evaporated. I think it’s natural if Europe wants to sustain its prosperity and freedom.” Frankenburg Technologies is building affordable, mass-producible guided missile systems and relocatable sovereign manufacturing capacity designed for rapid scaling and wartime replenishment. Full article: theguardian.com/world/2026/may… #WinTech

This video shows our Mark I missile in an air-to-air system configuration undergoing ground test firings. All part of our risk reduction strategy to derisk air-to-air launch dynamics: rail/pylon configuration, safe separation, and transition to stable flight. From the outset, one of Frankenburg Technologies’ core tenets has been that, to maximise warfighting pace, you need to enable utility. Our Mark I missile exemplifies that. The Mark I has not only been designed to be platform agnostic, but also domain agnostic. Land, Sea, and Air: each with their own challenges and adaptations to our core system, delivered by Frankenburg and enabled by our industry partners. #WinTech #MissileDefence

Frankenburg leads EU-backed development of a new class of drone-based air-to-ground missile precision strike systems Frankenburg Technologies has been selected by European Defence Fund (EDF), Europe’s core defence R&D initiative, to deliver the 24-month EURODAMM (Drone-Based Affordable Mass Munitions) programme. Defending effectively today requires the ability to respond quickly and limit further attacks at their source, before they reach population centres, critical infrastructure, or overwhelm air defence. EURODAMM addresses this by developing affordable precision strike capabilities that can be sustained in real operations, not limited to a few high-cost uses. EURODAMM develops a sovereign, EU-built system combining reusable swarm-capable drones, low-cost attritable missiles, and coordinated targeting and communications, designed for precision strike against ground targets at ranges of up to 50 km beyond the forward edge of the battle area (FEBA). The programme progresses through prototyping and live demonstration to an operationally validated system, with a path to industrial production. Consortium partners across Europe: · @FrankenburgTech (Estonia, coordinator) · Aktyvus Photonics (Lithuania) · Civitta (Poland) · DefSecIntel Solutions (Estonia) · @Fraunhofer (Germany) · @FrankenburgTech (Latvia) · KrattWorks (Estonia) · @mansLMT (Latvia) · Novian Pro (Lithuania) · @SafranElecDef (France) · @TEKEVER (Portugal) · @TeknologiskInst (Denmark) The programme is co-financed by EDF, with additional support from the Ministries of Defence of Estonia, Denmark, and Latvia. €10.5M total | €9M EU funding | 24 months #WinTech

We shouldn’t be using million dollar missiles to stop $20k kamikaze drones. @FrankenburgTech is building itself up to deliver 1 million low-cost, effective air defence missiles every year, like this one being tested here. That’s 100 times more than the West’s current missile industry. Right now, countries are spending between 10 and 100 times more than their attackers to defend against drone and missile threats. That’ll bankrupt even the strongest economies. So, at Frankenburg, our mission is not to be the next generation prime defence contractor. We just want to be the globally leading missile company. We have one job and we want to do it exceptionally well. Frankenburg is doing that in partnerships with @BAESystemsplc, @Babcockplc, @PGZ_pl, and @AirbusDefence @AirbusSpace. More will be revealed soon. I do not think defence is a winner-takes-all market. We win through collaboration and, here in Europe, our strength is in our diversity of countries and competencies. All of us at Team Europe need to focus on core competencies and collaborate deeper, including by learning from partners in Ukraine, the Gulf, and beyond.

The Wall Street Journal: Frankenburg is building a new generation of missile defence, redesigned around cost and production scale. Frankenburg’s Mark I already brings affordability and mass production to a short-range missile defence category where scale has not existed before. · Simplified design focused on the most immediate threats · Use of commercial components where possible · Cost reduced significantly We will deliver the same approach across the entire missile catalogue next. Full @WSJ article: wsj.com/world/america-… #WinTech

Airbus & Frankenburg: Mark I missile engages kamikaze drone in first airborne intercept Frankenburg’s Mark I guided interceptor missile has been successfully integrated for air-to-air launch with @AirbusDefence Bird of Prey uncrewed interceptor drone. In a live demonstration, the Bird of Prey autonomously detected and engaged a one-way attack drone using a Mark I missile. This marks the first time a low-cost, mass-manufacturable guided interceptor missile has been deployed from a reusable airborne platform in this way. The integration was completed in just 9 months. This is a defining step for modern air defence: making large-scale interception economically viable. 1) Multiple air-to-air engagements from a single reusable interceptor drone 2) Up to 8 missiles per drone, each weighing less than 2 kg 3) Order-of-magnitude reduction in cost per intercept Full statement: frankenburg.tech/successful-fir… #WinTech

Bringing Mark I missile into production in Poland with @PGZ_pl We’ve signed an agreement with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, one of Europe’s largest state-owned defence manufacturers, to establish domestic production of the Mark I very-short-range air defence missile system in Poland, building national industrial capacity with a planned output of up to 10,000 missiles per year. Poland is strengthening its sovereign air defence capability, supported by strong government and industrial alignment. It is a privilege to work with PGZ on this. The cooperation also lays the groundwork for the next-generation Mark II missile system, extending interception range to 5–8 km. Full announcement: frankenburg.tech/frankenburg-te… @KosiniakKamysz @AdamLeszkiewicz Marcin Idzik @HPevkur @KustiSalm #WinTech

Frankenburg joins UK defence leaders reinforcing Gulf air defence under Iranian attacks “We’ve put a huge amount of work into this – long hours, hard engineering, constant iteration – because our partners need a new kind of system: one that can be produced quickly, replenished continuously, and used at scale without breaking budgets when they’re under attack. That’s what we’re building together with our UK team and partners across the UK and the Middle East.” — Dan Hallett, UK Director, Frankenburg Frankenburg is part of a select group of UK defence companies working with government and regional partners to support Gulf states under sustained drone and missile attacks. Our Mark I is the world’s smallest and lowest-cost guided interceptor missile, built from commercially available components and engineered for localised, sovereign mass production. It is designed to cut intercept costs by more than tenfold and to be produced locally at the point of need. UK government press release: gov.uk/government/new… #WinTech

“Countries will soon have a choice: go bankrupt or prepare for defence. The current missile industry is simply too expensive. We have assembled key missile engineering talent in Europe to solve this, including chief engineers from some of the continent’s largest missile programs.” – Frankenburg CEO @KustiSalm on @CNBCi this week on Frankenburg’s mission to make modern air defence economically sustainable for the free world. Frankenburg is building Europe’s next-generation missile house, combining leading missile engineering talent with commercial supply chains and industrial manufacturing to develop interceptor systems designed to cut intercept costs by more than tenfold, while enabling local, sovereign industrial-scale production.

Mark I is a fire-and-forget guided interceptor missile designed to engage drone swarms. - Initial target detection is provided by external sensors or higher level Integrated Battlespace Management System - The missile is autonomous post-launch, using INS-based midcourse guidance from target information and performing terminal homing with onboard guidance sensors - Proximity fuze enables in-air target defeat Mark I is the world’s smallest and lowest-cost guided interceptor missile, built from commercially available components and engineered for localised, sovereign mass production by Frankenburg Technologies. #WinTech