Ukrainian defense company Fire Point has successfully tested a fully controlled maneuvering flight of the FP-7.X missile. The development is expected to become the technological basis for the future FREYJA anti-ballistic interceptor, which is being created to protect Ukrainian skies.
Ukrainian defense company Fire Point has successfully tested a fully controlled maneuvering flight of the FP-7.X missile. The development is expected to become the technological basis for the future FREYJA anti-ballistic interceptor, which is being created to protect Ukrainian skies.
Iryna Terek, CEO and CTO of Fire Point, spoke about the successful tests and philosophy of the FREYJA project on her X (Twitter) page.
According to her, the FREYJA project is designed to ensure Ukraine’s technological sovereignty and enable it to create critical defense solutions independently, without dependence on external political factors.
«When a country underfunds engineering education for years, cuts research, loses production competencies, or becomes accustomed to relying on foreign technologies, it gradually accumulates a strategic deficit. It becomes noticeable only when war begins. However, we must climb out of the death pit, draw the right conclusions from our own past mistakes and move forward, as well as take the initiative into our own hands, without waiting for changes in government policies or funding,» Terek noted.
States lose wars on the battlefield much less often than they lose them in institutes, laboratories, and factories ten years before they begin.
— terekh (@iraterekh) June 3, 2026
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The FREYJA anti-ballistic missile complex will be based on the FP-7.X interceptor missile. Its body is made of composite materials, which significantly reduces the cost of one launch. The missile is capable of reaching speeds of 1,500 to 2,000 m/s. For comparison, the speed of the Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile at the end of the active section of the trajectory is about 2,100 m/s.
The Ukrainian interceptor measures 7.25 meters in length, has an outer diameter of 1.15 meters, and a fuselage diameter of 0.53 meters. The missile is also equipped with an infrared homing head.
Recall that the FREYJA project is aimed at integration with a pan-European single secure air and missile defense system.
