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DISPATCH 03/26 · 13 Jul 2026
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Helsing raises $1.8 billion, valuing the maker of Ukraine's HX-2 strike drones at $18 billion
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Helsing raises $1.8 billion, valuing the maker of Ukraine's HX-2 strike drones at $18 billion

The largest round a European defense startup has ever raised lands with a heavily American investor syndicate, even as Helsing insists it stays European-owned and keeps arming Ukraine's front.

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Helsing AI

Helsing AI is a European defense-software stack built around Altra, Cirra and Centaur, applying machine learning to land targeting, electronic warfare and combat-aircraft autonomy.

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Helsing HX-2

The Helsing HX-2 is a German, AI-enabled, swarming loitering munition — an electrically propelled X-wing drone built for mass, precision, and jamming-resistant deep strikes, now in Ukrainian service and under European and US evaluation.