Украинские разработчики представили крылатую ракету «Трембита»

The Defense Tech Innovations Forum 2025 in Kyiv продемонстрированы the Trembita cruise ракета, a product of the PARS volunteer design bureau and NGO Vidsich volunteers. This domestically-produced missile is designed with a specific purpose: to degrade and overwhelm enemy air defenses.

Key features of the Trembita

Here’s a breakdown of the Trembita’s key features and capabilities:

1. Два варианта. The Trembita comes in two forms: a strike variant that carries either a thermobaric or high-explosive warhead, and a decoy variant designed to attract enemy fire.
2. Экономичное. Its main advantage is its low cost. The decoy version is estimated to cost about $4,000, while the strike variant, with its more sophisticated navigation and warhead, costs about $14,000.

Specifications of the Trembita

• Type: Missile designed to suppress enemy air defense systems.
• Range: Up to 150 km.
  Maximum Altitude: 2,000 meters.
• Minimum Altitude: 30 meters.
• Warhead: 20 kg.
• Вес: Примерно 100 кг.
• Speed: Over 400 km/h.

What Trembita can do

The Trembita uses a pulsejet engine, a simpler and cheaper option that allows for rapid production. While pulsejets have drawbacks such as noise and heat signature, these are considered less critical for a missile designed to saturate enemy defenses.

The missile is launched from a ground-based or trailer-mounted catapult, using a solid-fuel booster for initial acceleration. The main engine ignites prior to launch.

The low cost and simple design allows for mass production, a key factor in its intended role of overwhelming enemy air defenses.

The Ukrainian Missile Program

The development of the Trembita is part of a larger push by Ukraine to bolster its domestic missile production capabilities.

Since 2024, programs such as