Missile systems
Our systems protect armed forces and critical infrastructure against large-scale aerial threats such as drone swarms and other low-cost airborne systems.
Frankenburg develops guided interceptor missile systems and the industrial capacity required to produce them at scale. Our missiles are platform-agnostic effectors, built to integrate with partner sensors, launch platforms and battle-management systems.
Frankenburg Mark I
Short-Range Air Defence Missile
Mark I is Frankenburg’s first operational guided interceptor missile, designed to defeat Class I-III unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including drone swarms. Compact, affordable and mass-manufacturable, Mark I delivers scalable counter-UAS defence across land, air and maritime launch platforms.
In December 2025, Mark I successfully intercepted a moving Class III UAS target during a live-fire demonstration at the Ādaži NATO training area in Latvia.
Mark I is the smallest and lowest-cost guided interceptor missile ever live-fired, engineered for localised, sovereign mass production using commercially available components, and developed from concept to successful live-fire intercept in just 13 months.
Primary point-defence applications
Mark I is Frankenburg’s first operational guided interceptor missile, built for affordable counter-UAS defence across land, air and maritime launch platforms.
Ground-launch applications
Military units and bases
Airports and
ports
Energy infrastructure
Logistics hubs and industrial facilities
Airborne-launch application
Early interception
Drone route disruption
Wide-area patrol
Airborne self-defence
Targets:
Class I–III UAS and similar aerial threats, including slow one-way attack drones with propellers (150–200 km/h) and faster targets using jet engines (450–600 km/h), including swarm-type systems.
Compatible with partner sensors, launch platforms and battle-management systems.
Performance:
| Range | <2 km |
| Speed | High subsonic |
| Weight | <2 kg |
| Length | 0.65 m |
| Propulsion | Solid-fuel rocket motor |
| Engagement | Fire-and-forget |
| Warhead | Proximity-fuzed |
| Launch | Land, air and maritime adaptable |
Compact ground launcher
Mark I can be deployed from Frankenburg’s compact launch system, designed for rapid setup, simple operation and fast reload in field conditions.
The system uses single-use launch missile canisters that can be replaced manually without specialised tools, reducing operator burden and enabling sustained engagements with minimal support equipment.
| Rapid deployment | Fast field setup |
| Simple operation | Manual handling without specialised equipment |
| Fast reload | Click-on and click-off single-use missile canisters |
| Low logistics burden | Reduced transport, handling and storage requirements |
FieldFoundry
FieldFoundry is Frankenburg’s manufacturing model for rapidly-deployable, sovereign high-volume interceptor missile production.
Frankenburg’s FieldFoundry concept under construction
Built around modular production stations, lean manufacturing processes and standardised workflows, FieldFoundry is designed with a standard site configuration of 100 missiles per day, with output scalable through additional production modules.
It helps partner nations establish local interceptor production capacity quickly, shorten supply chains and replenish stockpiles closer to the point of need.
Production can be deployed in existing facilities, temporary structures or containerised installations and scaled across multiple sites.
| High-volume production | 100 missiles per day per standard site |
| Sovereign manufacturing | Local interceptor production aligned with national defence needs |
| Rapid relocation | Modular production capacity designed for quick setup and redeployment if conditions change |
| Scalable output | Capacity expandable through additional modules and multiple sites |
| Industrial resilience | Standardized workflows and shorter supply chains built to keep production running under pressure |
Frankenburg has established initial production capability in several NATO countries.
Future Systems
Mark I is the first missile system in Frankenburg’s broader air defence missile roadmap.
Future systems will apply the same principles: affordable missile design, scalable production and sustainable cost-to-kill.