{"id":58482,"date":"2026-06-08T12:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/58482\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:54:24","slug":"bae-systems-and-frankenburg-technologies-team-up-to-advance-counter-drone-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/58482\/","title":{"rendered":"BAE Systems and Frankenburg Technologies team up to advance counter-drone tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"370\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baesystems.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BAE Systems<\/a> has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with defence start-up <a href=\"https:\/\/frankenburg.tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Frankenburg Technologies<\/a> to explore collaboration on counter-drone technologies, as the UK defence sector seeks faster, lower-cost responses to evolving aerial threats.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"372\" data-end=\"663\">The agreement will initially focus on combining the companies\u2019 expertise to accelerate the development of warheads for Frankenburg\u2019s planned mass-producible missile systems, designed for counter-drone operations. The partners will also explore additional technologies for future development.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"896\">Scott Jamieson, Managing Director of BAE Systems\u2019 Maritime &amp; Land Defence Solutions business, said: \u201cCollaborating with innovative companies like Frankenburg Technologies enables us to accelerate the development of advanced, affordable solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers,\u201d Jamieson said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"1332\">\u201cBy bringing together our proven munitions expertise with Frankenburg\u2019s disruptive missile technology, we\u2019re helping to deliver the next generation of counter-drone capability at pace to stay ahead of emerging threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1543\">Dan Hallett, Managing Director of Frankenburg Technologies, described the partnership as a step forward for collaboration between large defence contractors and SMEs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1931\">\u201cBy bringing together Frankenburg\u2019s agility and rapid innovation with BAE Systems\u2019 scale, industrial depth and global reach, together we\u2019re creating the conditions for new technologies to move from concept to capability far faster,\u201d Hallett said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1931\">\u201cThis MoU highlights the UK as a place where SMEs and primes can collaborate to deliver the next generation of sovereign capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1975\" data-end=\"2206\">BAE Systems said the agreement forms part of its broader strategy to work with disruptive smaller companies, using its industrial capacity and defence expertise to help accelerate the development and deployment of new technologies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2411\">The move reflects growing industry efforts to address the rapid evolution of drone warfare, with defence firms racing to deliver scalable and cost-effective counter-drone systems for modern battlefields.<\/p>\n<p>For more articles like this, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themanufacturer.com\/channel\/innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Innovation<\/a> channel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAE Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with defence start-up Frankenburg Technologies to explore collaboration on counter-drone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21224],"tags":[21234,8160,8079,2465,28450,4368,2468],"class_list":["post-58482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bae","tag-bae","tag-bae-systems","tag-businessmodels","tag-innovation","tag-npdnpi","tag-rd","tag-skills"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116714593485469657","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}