Frankenburg Technologies and BAE Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner in supply chain and capture collaboration opportunities, with an initial focus on addressing the growing challenges of drone warfare.

Both companies will explore opportunities to combine their expertise to accelerate the development of warheads for Frankenburg’s mass producible, low-cost missile systems for use in counter drone operations, as well as exploring other future technologies for development.

Scott Jamieson, Managing Director of BAE Systems’ Maritime & Land Defence Solutions business, said:

“Collaborating with innovative companies like Frankenburg Technologies enables us to accelerate the development of advanced, affordable solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.

By bringing together our proven munitions expertise with Frankenburg’s disruptive missile technology, we’re helping to deliver the next generation of counter drone capability at pace to stay ahead of emerging threats.”

Dan Hallett, Managing Director UK at Frankenburg Technologies, said:

“This partnership marks a powerful step forward for the UK defence ecosystem. By bringing together Frankenburg’s agility and rapid innovation with BAE Systems’ scale, industrial depth and global reach, together we’re creating the conditions for new technologies to move from concept to capability far faster.

I am proud that this MoU further highlights the UK as a place where SMEs and primes can collaborate to deliver the next generation of sovereign capability.”

Frankenburg Technologies is building a new generation of affordable, mass-manufacturable missile systems engineered for scale and sovereign production. This MoU reflects a shared ambition to strengthen the UK’s defence industrial base by combining established UK munitions capability with emerging missile technologies to accelerate scalable, cost-effective and sovereign solutions.

This collaboration is part of BAE Systems’ wider work harnessing its established industrial scale and defence expertise to support disruptive small and medium-sized enterprises in driving technological advancement and performance at pace.

About BAE Systems

We provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions, helping customers stay ahead of evolving threats across land, sea, air, cyber and space. We are a skilled workforce of around 110,000 people, working with customers and local partners in more than 40 countries to deliver military capability, protect national security and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

About Frankenburg Technologies

Frankenburg Technologies is a European defence technology company building affordable, mass-manufacturable missile systems. The company operates across the United Kingdom and seven other European countries, with a third of its engineering team based in the UK.

Its flagship missile system, Mark I, is a compact precision-guided interceptor developed to counter low-flying unmanned aerial systems. Built from commercially available components and delivered from concept to live fire in just 13 months, Mark I reduces short-range intercept cost by more than 10–20×.

Frankenburg combines modular missile design with relocatable, industrialised production methods to enable sovereign supply chains and scalable local production in partner nations.