Estonian defense firm to test its anti-aircraft missiles in Ukraine

Estonian defense firm to test its anti-aircraft missiles in Ukraine

Ukrinform
Estonian defense industry company Frankenburg Technologies will start testing in Ukraine its anti-aircraft missiles as early as next year.

This was reported by the Estonian broadcaster ERR, Ukrinform saw.

As per company CEO Kusti Salma, an agreement has already been reached, and the company's technology has attracted wide attention. Frankenburg Technologies plans to initially produce several dozen missiles per week, and by the third quarter to reach a weekly production volume of several hundred units.

The company is developing relatively inexpensive missiles for shooting down drones that employ artificial intelligence to destroy targets. The Mark 1 anti-aircraft missile by Frankenburg should more effectively deal with Iranian Shahed-type kamikaze drones, the company claims.

Read also: Outgoing Biden administration pledges “avalanche” of military aid to Ukraine by mid-January - media

As Ukrinform reported, according to a statement by Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, Estonia is convinced that the only truly effective security guarantee for Ukraine would be to give Ukraine full NATO membership, therefore he supports the idea of inviting Ukraine to the Alliance.

While citing and using any materials on the Internet, links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory. In addition, citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet. Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No. 270/96-VR of July 3, 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No. 2849-Х of March 31, 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice.

Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421.

© 2015-2025 Ukrinform. All rights reserved.

Extended searchHide extended search
By period:
-