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Ukraine’s New FP-7.x Interceptor Missile Is Almost Fully Domestically Produced
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Ukraine’s Fire Point says nearly all components of its FP-7.x interceptor missile, developed as part of the “Freya” air and missile defense project, are manufactured inside Ukraine, according to comments by the company’s co-founder and chief designer Denys Shtilerman during the “Rendezvous with Yanina Sokolova” podcast published on May 18.
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Shtilerman said the missile system is being designed to intercept ballistic targets during the terminal phase of flight at altitudes of up to 20 kilometers. “We created a clone of the S-400, which we called FP-7. It is made of carbon, it is lighter, so it will probably fly even farther and be more maneuverable than the S-400,” Shtilerman said.
According to the company’s chief designer, the FP-7.x program has avoided some of the supply chain limitations affecting Fire Point’s FP-5 cruise missile project, where imports of turbojet engines remain a bottleneck.
“In the case of FP-7.x, we have established a full production cycle, except for one detail,” he said. Shtilerman added that the missing component has already been secured through a contracted supply.
“And that one detail, which we do not manufacture in Ukraine, we contracted in a certain quantity. We already have it,” he said.
The FP-7.x interceptor is being developed under the “Freya” project, which aims to create a pan-European integrated air and missile defense system. The missile is expected to use either an infrared or semi-active seeker head and reach speeds of 1,500 to 2,000 meters per second.
The planned architecture for the system includes several Western radar options for long-range target detection, including Sweden’s Saab Giraffe 8A/4A, France’s Thales Ground Master 400, and Germany’s Hensoldt TRML-4D. Fire Point also plans to integrate the Weibel GFTR-2100/48 radar for target illumination and missile guidance.
The command center is expected to use the Kongsberg Fire Distribution Center with open-architecture Network Access Nodes modules, while the launcher itself is planned as a lightweight mobile platform developed by Fire Point.
Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said France was prepared to cooperate with Ukraine on developing anti-ballistic defense capabilities following talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on May 16, as Kyiv continues searching for alternatives to Patriot interceptor systems amid ongoing Russian missile attacks.
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