Frankenburg Technologies
Frankenburg Technologies builds low-cost, AI-enabled counter-drone interceptor missiles (Mark I) for mass production using commercial components, targeting European SHORAD gaps.
Background
Founded in 2024 in Tallinn, Estonia, by Taavi Madiberk and Marko Virkebau, Frankenburg Technologies was built around the premise that Western air-defense gaps — exposed sharply by drone warfare in Ukraine — could be closed with affordable, mass-manufacturable interceptors rather than legacy high-cost missiles.
CEO Kusti Salm, former Permanent Secretary of the Estonian Ministry of Defence, joined to lead the company's scaling and institutional engagement.
The company's flagship product is the Mark I interceptor missile, a short-range air-defense munition designed for counter-UAS and SHORAD roles.
The Mark I is built using commercially available components integrated with AI targeting to reduce unit cost and accelerate production timelines without dependence on traditional defense-industrial supply chains.
Frankenburg operates across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Germany, Poland, the UK, and Ukraine. Its own careers page reports 80 staff.
The company has established a UK headquarters alongside its Tallinn base and Latvian operations, reflecting a deliberate multi-jurisdiction manufacturing and regulatory strategy targeting both NATO procurement channels and Ukraine urgent-supply pipelines.