Frankenburg Technologies has launched the facility to produce its highly compact Mark 1 C-UAS missile in large numbers at Riga, the capital of Latvia.
Estonia-based Frankenburg Technologies, focusing on compact and low-cost C-UAS missiles, has opened its major production facility in the capital of Latvia, Riga.
Together with the Ādaži final assembly line, the Riga-based plant to form the first FieldFoundry production system, is planned to reach a capacity of 100 Mark 1 C-UAS missiles per day by the end of 2026. The goal of Frankenburg Technologies is to reach an annual capacity of one million missiles per day with additional FieldFoundry lines to be set up in other countries, including Estonia, the UK, and Poland.
Mark 1 presents a new approach to air defence missile adopting a simpler design to increase production speed and reduce the unit costs. Weighing two kilograms, the missile can reach a range of two kilometres and high subsonic speeds and is intended against Class 1 to 3 UAVs. Guidance consists of midcourse updates and a TV seeker with AI-assisted automatic target recognition.
The missile has been tested from land-based launchers and Airbus Do-DT25 “Bird of Prey” UCAV, intended as a reusable interceptor UAV.
Author: Kaan Azman
Editor:Özgür Ekşi
