Frankenburg will build rocket manufacturing plants in Poland and Estonia

Up to 100 missiles per day are expected to be produced by late 2026 at the new Latvian Frankenburg Technologies facilities. In addition to the Latvian capital of Riga, plants will also be established in Ādaži (a final assembly facility), located at the site of a NATO base. The establishment of similar plants is also planned in Estonia, the United Kingdom and… Poland.

According to the company’s press release, the newly opened Weapons Systems and Missile Assembly Factory is the first step toward creating a proprietary production model called FieldFoundry, which is designed for the mass production of „affordable missile systems” (with reports of a tenfold reduction in target interception costs). The Riga plant will primarily be responsible for the production of Mark I guided anti-aircraft missiles (e.g., for countering kamikaze drones). Missile electronics and the final weapon systems will be assembled there. Fire control systems will also be integrated at the site, and the produced missiles will undergo testing.

„Latvia has been the center of Frankenburg’s development from the very beginning. Riga and Ādaži will create our first production system and a Latvian foundation for a broader production network within NATO. From here, we will expand operations to Estonia, the United Kingdom, and Poland. In this way, we will move from thousands of missiles to an annual capacity of one million units, which Europe will urgently need,” said Kusti Salm, CEO of Frankenburg Technologies.

The factory is expected to produce 1,500 missiles by the end of this year.