Fire Point Tests FP-7.X Air Defense Missile for FREYJA Project

The Ukrainian company Fire Point has tested its FP-7.X missile, which will form the basis of the FREYJA missile defense project.

Iryna Terekh, the company’s executive director, reported this on her X account.

According to her, the test involved a fully controlled maneuvering flight of the missile.

Earlier, Denis Shtilerman, the company’s co-founder, shared that the missile is made of composite materials.

It is stated to be capable of reaching speeds of 1,500-2,000 m/s. For comparison, the Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile reaches about 2,100 m/s at the end of its active phase.

The missile is 7.25 meters long, with an outer diameter of 1.15 meters and a fuselage diameter of 0.53 meters.

The FP-7.X is equipped with an infrared seeker. Plans also include integration of a semi-active seeker developed by Diehl Defence.

Three radar options are planned for long-range detection: SAAB Giraffe 8A/4A (Sweden), Thales Ground Master 400 (France), and Hensoldt TRML-4D (Germany).

The illumination and guidance radar is the Weibel GFTR-2100/48 or Leonardo KRONOS Land.

The command center is the Kongsberg Fire Distribution Center, featuring an open architecture and Network Access Nodes modules.

A light, in-house-produced mobile launcher is planned as the launch platform.

A key component of the system’s integration with Ukraine’s air and missile defense network is the Link 16 protocol.