Freyja would combine HENSOLDT’s radar expertise with Ukrainian technology tested in combat. Dörre said the partnership was designed to integrate “operational expertise from a battlefield where innovation cycles are measured in weeks rather than years.”
Dörre made the comments during HENSOLDT’s Q2 2026 earnings call. He said Ukraine had already become the company’s most important operational market for the TRML-4D ground-based radar.
“Ukraine is today the largest operator of our TRML-4D radar worldwide,” Dörre said. He described that position as the foundation for a long-term pipeline of support and system upgrades.
The Freyja project has advanced rapidly since HENSOLDT and Fire Point signed a memorandum of understanding. “We have seen unprecedented dynamics on the topic,” Dörre said.
He linked that momentum to the NATO summit in Ankara. Dörre said the United States had approved European work on “a kind of Patriot-like ballistic missile defense system.”
The proposed system would first be directed toward Ukraine, according to Dörre. It could also provide Europe with a new ballistic missile defense capability.
The initiative received another political push during a meeting of senior leaders in Paris, Dörre said. He attended the event alongside a small group of defense industry executives and met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
“The political push is very strong,” Dörre said. He added that industry cooperation was moving with similar momentum.
Dörre said initial activity could begin in 2027. However, he cautioned that “it would be absolutely premature to see how that would feed into revenue streams.”
HENSOLDT’s contribution would initially draw on radar capabilities already supplied to Ukraine. Later phases could involve more strategic and longer-range radar systems.
The schedule could align with HENSOLDT’s production expansion. Dörre said additional radar capacity should enter operation in early 2027.
“That perfectly fits because it gives us the scale to answer this demand,” Dörre said. He added that the programme was still too early for inclusion in firm revenue planning.
