Frankenburg Technologies has successfully executed a full kill-chain hard-kill intercept against a fast-moving aerial target, marking a significant step in the development of low-cost, mass-manufacturable missile defence systems.

The video shows the Mark I missile in a live-fire test, demonstrating:

• Launch of a moving fixed-wing Class III target drone (200 km/h)
• Initial target detection and tracking by an external sensor and C2 system
• Mark I missile launch from a tripod system
• Autonomous post-launch flight using INS-based midcourse guidance from target data
• Terminal homing with onboard guidance sensors at high sub-sonic interceptor speed (exceeding 1,000 km/h)
• Proximity-based warhead initiation and in-air target defeat
• Controlled descent of target debris for range safety

This is a breakthrough for defence innovation — a true “SpaceX moment” for the missile industry, bringing affordability and scale to a traditionally high-cost, low-volume sector.

This is only the beginning. Every missile category urgently needs affordability and scale, and that is Frankenburg’s mission we promise to deliver.

About Mark I

Frankenburg’s Mark I is the first guided missile designed for mass manufacturing, built from commercially available components and delivered from concept to live fire in just 13 months.

Missiles matter in defence for one simple reason: speed. Mark I uses a solid-fuel rocket motor to generate missile-class closing speed, enabling intercepts at short-range (<2 km).

The system is intended to engage low- and slow-flying one-way attack drones with propellers (150–200 km/h), as well as faster targets using jet engines (450–600 km/h), including swarm-type systems.