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Ukraine's Fire Point integrates European tech into new missile defense system

From Jerusalem Post · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Ukraine's defense tech company Fire Point is integrating European radar, guidance, and other systems into its Freyja missile defense project.
  • The initiative aims to develop a more affordable interceptor missile to counter Russia's ballistic missiles, addressing global shortages of existing systems.
  • Thirteen European defense companies have joined the project, with the goal of achieving the first successful interception by mid-2027.

Ukrainian defense firm Fire Point is accelerating its Freyja missile defense project, integrating components from 13 European companies. The initiative aims to create a ballistic missile interceptor for less than €1 million ($1.2 million) each, a fraction of the cost of systems like the US-made Patriot.

Pretty much everything is agreed.

— Iryna TerekhCEO of Fire Point, confirming the agreements with European partners.

CEO Iryna Terekh stated that "pretty much everything is agreed" and the company is currently in the "most intense and also in the most complicated stage of finally assembling everything together." Fire Point is providing its FP7.X interceptor missile and integrating it with guidance systems. Norway's Kongsberg is developing the command center, while Germany's Diehl Defence is reportedly supplying the guidance system, though details remain unconfirmed.

Right now we are in ⁠the most intense and also in the most complicated stage of finally assembling everything together with surveillance radars, with tracking radars, with the seekers.

— Iryna TerekhDescribing the current phase of integrating various systems for the Freyja project.

The project, launched in Paris last month with support from 10 governments and 12 defense firms including Eurosam, Leonardo, and SAAB, seeks to fill a critical gap in Ukraine's air defense. Global shortages of interceptor missiles, exacerbated by the war in Iran, have left Ukraine vulnerable to high-speed ballistic threats. Fire Point aims to achieve its first successful interception by mid-2027, compressing a typically decades-long development timeline into a few years.

We're trying to squeeze a program that usually takes 20 or 30 years into a matter of a couple of years.

— Iryna TerekhHighlighting the accelerated timeline for the missile defense project.
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Originally published by Jerusalem Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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