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To intercept drones and cruise missiles: Skyhammer and Starhammer are introduced

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Cambridge Aerospace– a startup founded in Britain at the end of 2024, presented its first two products at the DSEI 2025 defense exhibition (London) – the Skyhammer and Starhammer interceptors designed to combat drones and missiles.

According to the developer, compared to traditional rocket manufacturers, he managed to apply a "revolutionary development method" that allowed him to go from a computer screen to the first Skyhammer launch in just 6 weeks. This interceptor is fired from a launcher, flying out of which it spreads two half-wings and an inverted V-type tail.

Skyhammer

In the front of the hull there is a turbojet engine with an air intake fuselage. There is also an X-band radar homing head for operation in all weather conditions. Behind the seeker is a high-explosive fragmentation warhead designed to hit a variety of targets, from drones such as the Shahed to subsonic cruise missiles. The current version has a take-off weight of about 18 kg, a length of less than 1 m and a wingspan of 1.3 m. The range is up to 30 km, the speed is up to 700 km/h.

Allegedly, Skyhammer has already been put into production. The company is able to produce several hundred units per year, but it is striving to accelerate production to several thousand units.

Starhammer

For faster and more valuable purposes, a second Starhammer interceptor is being created, designed to combat high–speed cruise missiles, and in the future, ballistic missiles. It is equipped with a Nightstar solid-fuel engine of its own design. The Starhammer rocket is also launched from a launcher, is equipped with a radar seeker, will be able to reach a speed of about Mach 2, will have a range of 20 km and a flight altitude of 10 km. Its take-off weight will be about 90 kg, and its length is about 3 m.

Starhammer is at the final prototype stage and, therefore, should be put into production soon.

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