Ādaži final assembly site planned for autumn 2026 as Latvia becomes home to Frankenburg’s first FieldFoundry production system.
Latvian Minister of Defence Raivis Melnis visited Frankenburg Technologies’ Riga Weapon System & Missile Assembly Factory to review the company’s Latvian missile production scale-up and the development of its Riga–Ādaži FieldFoundry production system.
The visit followed the recent opening of Frankenburg’s Riga missile assembly site and focused on the next phase of moving from initial production capability toward repeatable higher-volume output in Latvia.
During the visit, Minister Melnis reviewed the Riga facility with Kusti Salm, CEO of Frankenburg Technologies, and Juhan Tenisson, Chief Production Officer. The working discussion covered Frankenburg’s Mark I guided air defence missile system, production scale-up in Riga and Ādaži, and how affordable guided missile systems can be produced, integrated and delivered at the scale required for regional air defence against mass drone and aerial threats.
The Riga site supports missile electronics assembly, weapon system assembly, fire control system integration, production testing and quality control. Together with the Ādaži final assembly site now under construction and planned for autumn 2026, Riga will form Frankenburg’s first complete Latvian FieldFoundry production system. The two-site system is planned to reach capacity of up to 100 missiles per day by the end of 2026.
Latvia has played a central role in Frankenburg’s development. It was the first country to contract Frankenburg, enabled access to its military training and testing areas, and is now home to the company’s first missile production base. Frankenburg has already invested more than €10 million in Latvia and expects to employ more than 50 people in the country by the end of 2026.
Kusti Salm, CEO of Frankenburg Technologies, said:
“Latvia moved first. It was the first to back Frankenburg’s mission to bring affordability and scale to missile defence with concrete action: our first contract, access to real testing ranges and the conditions to establish our first national FieldFoundry production base. Riga and Ādaži are becoming the launch point for scaling affordable guided air defence missiles across Europe and allied countries.”
Raivis Melnis, Minister of Defence of Latvia, said:
“Latvia welcomes defence-industrial investment that strengthens our security, creates skilled jobs and builds local capability. Frankenburg’s work in Riga and Ādaži is an important contribution to bringing affordable missile defence technologies into production and improving the wider region’s ability to counter drone and aerial threats.”
Juhan Tenisson, Chief Production Officer of Frankenburg Technologies, said:
“The Riga facility shows how industrial-scale missile system production can be established with a compact, lean and scalable setup. This is how we increase manufacturing speed, reduce production costs and build a model that can be repeated across next FieldFoundry sites.”
Additional FieldFoundry sites are planned in the United Kingdom, Estonia and Poland as part of Frankenburg’s long-term plan to reach annual capacity of 1,000,000 affordable guided air defence missiles.
About Frankenburg Technologies
Frankenburg Technologies is a European defence technology company developing affordable, mass-manufacturable guided missile systems and the industrial capacity required to produce them at scale. The company’s mission is to equip the free world with the tech to win the war.
