DSEI 2025: Frankenburg Technologies C-UAS Missile System
At London’s DSEI 2025 defense exhibition, Frankenburg Technologies, an Estonian company displayed a new counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) missile. C-UAS is a prominent focus at DSEI with numerous company’s offering systems. Frankenburg Technologies’ Mk1 ‘Ultra Short-Range Air Defence Missile’ is still in development but offers an engagement range of up to 2km, with a a 1.5km altitude ceiling.
Equipped with a high-explosive payload the missile is designed to engage one-way and loitering munitions like Shahed or Lancet, reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles like Russia’s ZALA Kub-BLA, Supercam or Orlan. Frankenburg Technologies note that once launched the missile is autonomous with no external communication needed.
In a recent LinkedIn post, including a short clip of a Mk1 test launch, Frankenburg Technologies noted “Mass-producible, easy to deploy, and engineered to slash the intercept costs. Still some refining ahead, but we’re on track.” They claim that the system is 10x more affordable and 100x faster to produce than comparative systems.
Frankenburg Technologies describe the Mk1 as a cost-effective system able to be mounted on multiple platforms, it weighs less than 2kg and is planned to be around 650mm long. The systems’ launcher is agnostic and was displayed with four launch canisters on a mount but a variety of configurations are possible. The single use launch canisters are less than 1100mm long and can be quickly deployed and replaced on their mount in the field.
The new system is still in development with initial tests taking place in July and further tests planned. In March the company announced that they would be providing there system to the Latvian armed forces and as the system clearly positioned for use engaging the multiple aerial threats which have emerged during the war in Ukraine, Frankenburg Technologies aim to deploy the system in theatre for operational testing.