HX-2

The HX-2 is Helsing's one-way effector (loitering munition), the primary hardware product underpinning the Munich-based defence-AI company's transition from software-only to integrated weapons development. It uses AI-enabled targeting, GPS-denied navigation and electronic-warfare-resistant guidance to prosecute ground targets autonomously. Germany awarded Helsing a €269 million initial contract in 2025, within a framework ceiling of €1.46 billion over seven years, covering an initial tranche of 4,300 units for the Bundeswehr brigade in Lithuania .

The HX-2 has accumulated a verified combat record in Ukraine, where it has been cleared for frontline use and confirmed hitting Russian targets in GPS-denied, EW-contested conditions, making it the most operationally tested European loitering munition at scale . On 9 June 2026, US Army V Corps put the HX-2 through Project Flytrap 5.0 at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, achieving 15 kills and 2 near-misses across 17 engagements (88%) in a GPS-denied, EW-contested exercise, the first confirmed US Army operational test of a European autonomous strike drone on NATO's eastern flank .

Helsing's $18 billion valuation (May 2026) was anchored in part by the HX-2 contract providing investors a modellable government revenue floor . The system competes directly with AeroVironment's Switchblade 400 in the anti-armour loitering category. The Flytrap result opens a pathway to US procurement consideration and further validates the European model of combining combat-proven field data with NATO interoperability trials.