Buying guide
HX-2 (and HF-1) vs Vector (and Trinity) in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
On DEPLOY's record, HX-2 (and HF-1) is further along: at the production stage versus Vector (and Trinity) at the commercial stage, as of 2026.
- HX-2 (and HF-1) has more verified real-world deployments (2 vs 1).
- HX-2 (and HF-1) is at the production stage; Vector (and Trinity) at the commercial stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Helsing | Quantum Systems |
| Form factor | aerial | aerial |
| Maturity | production | commercial |
| Autonomy | — | — |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | $18,000 (analyst estimate) | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — | — |
| Brain | — | — |
| Verified deployments | 2Helsing, Helsing | 1Quantum Systems |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 7 | 9 |
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Editorial summaries
HX-2 (and HF-1)
Helsing's HX-2 is an electric X-wing precision-strike munition (about 100 kilometers range, 250 kilometers per hour, up to 5 kilograms payload) with onboard AI for electronic-warfare resistance, built at the company's southern-Germany Resilience Factory at a stated capacity above 1,000 per month; the related HF-1 is a plywood-fuselage AI loitering munition with GPS-independent navigation made with Ukrainian industry. Helsing, founded in Munich in March 2021 and chaired by Spotify's Daniel Ek, reached a roughly 12-billion-euro valuation in a June 2025 Series D.
DEPLOY records the drone line at production maturity on a verified fielding anchor: a German-underwritten 4,000-unit HF-1 order with 1,950 units delivered to Ukraine. The larger 6,000-unit HX-2 order announced in February 2025 is ordered, not yet verified-delivered, and DEPLOY holds that distinction rather than counting it as fielded. It is defense procurement; there is no consumer price.
Vector (and Trinity)
Quantum Systems' Vector is a fixed-wing VTOL tactical ISR (reconnaissance) drone from the Munich-based new-defense maker founded in 2015 by ex-Bundeswehr pilot Florian Seibel. It is sold to governments, not consumers, so there is no consumer price. Its fielding is the cleanest of the new-defense set: Germany-financed deliveries to Ukraine reached 619 Vector units by April 2025 (up from 438 across 2022-2023 orders), alongside 100 donated Trinity survey drones.
The company raised a EUR 160M Series C in May 2025 (the first European dual-use unicorn) and a EUR 180M round in November 2025 at roughly a EUR 3B / $3.5B valuation. On AI substance the Vector is genuinely AI-powered ISR (onboard detection, combat-reported acoustic artillery detection), but it is a reconnaissance platform whose autonomy is processing-grade, not strike-grade: a lower autonomy ambition than Anduril or Helsing, and much of the AI detail rests on company description.
Recorded at commercial maturity on fielding evidence. A plan to build 400 Vector drones in Ukraine, EUR 300-500M revenue projections, and a possible 2026 IPO are claimed but not verified.
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Recent coverage
- Quantum Systems raises $1.2B to expand drone production and deploymentsVector (and Trinity) · Robotics Business Review · 2026-07-06
- Quantum Systems Doubles Valuation to $8B in New RoundVector (and Trinity) · Bloomberg Technology · 2026-07-03
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