Organization

Helsing

Munich-based defence technology company founded in 2021 that builds strike drones, underwater surveillance systems and battlefield AI software.

Description source: Wikipedia

Connections

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Coverage

Photograph from the hartpunkt.de report

Collected 27 October 2026

Helsing presents CONTRA and two interceptor projects

Helsing presented an autonomous air-defense system on 26 October: its CONTRA command software merges data from different radar, optical and acoustic sensors into one air picture and assigns each threat to the best-suited defensive weapon.

hartpunkt.de
Photograph from the breakingdefense.com report

Collected 23 October 2026

Germany drops direct MQ-28 purchase, Boeing says

Drone wingman: the Defence Ministry formally told Boeing it will not directly procure the MQ-28 Ghost Bat.

breakingdefense.com