HX-2 sits in DEPLOY's new-defense cohort alongside Anduril Ghost-X and Shield AI V-BAT: Western AI-first builders whose deployment is verified by state contracts and fielding, contrasted with remotely-piloted legacy platforms.
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The verified fielding anchor is 1,950 HF-1 units delivered to Ukraine, of a German-underwritten 4,000-unit order, plus an operational serial-production factory at the Resilience Factory.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. The HX-2 is a defense strike munition sold to states on contract, so DEPLOY records zero price points rather than a consumer figure.
Availability
Internal use only
The HX-2 is sold to defense customers, not consumers. DEPLOY's verified fielding anchor is a German-underwritten 4,000-unit HF-1 order with 1,950 units delivered to Ukraine; the 6,000-unit HX-2 order announced February 2025 is ordered, not yet verified-delivered.
Real-world status
The HX-2 is a production-maturity AI strike platform from Helsing, the Munich defense-AI company founded March 2021 and chaired by Spotify's Daniel Ek. It is an electric X-wing precision-strike munition (about 100 km range, 250 km/h, up to 5 kg payload) with onboard AI for electronic-warfare resistance, built at the 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. DEPLOY records production maturity on a verified fielding anchor (1,950 HF-1 delivered to Ukraine) and holds the 6,000-unit HX-2 order as ordered, not delivered.
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DEPLOY cap-flags the order figure: the 6,000-unit HX-2 order announced February 2025 is ordered, not yet verified-delivered. The registry counts the delivered HF-1 units as fielding, not the announced HX-2 order. (The valuation on record is a ~12B euro June 2025 Series D, not a larger later round.)
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There is no consumer price. The HX-2 is a defense strike munition sold to states on contract, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
New-defense drones: HX-2 vs Ghost-X vs V-BAT
Helsing HX-2
Anduril Ghost-X
Shield AI V-BAT
Maturity
Production
🟢verified
Production
🟢verified
Production
🟢verified
Autonomy stack
Onboard EW-resistant AI
🟢verified
Lattice
🟢verified
Hivemind
🟢verified
Role
Strike / loitering munition
🟢verified
VTOL ISR small UAS
🟢verified
VTOL ISR (Group 3)
🟢verified
Verified anchor
1,950 HF-1 delivered (Ukraine)
🟢verified
$14.4M Army IDIQ + Replicator
🟢verified
2 deployments (USCG, Ukraine)
🟢verified
Cap-flagged
6,000 HX-2 ordered, not delivered
🟡stated
None
🟢verified
None
🟢verified
Origin
Helsing (Germany)
🟢verified
Anduril (US)
🟢verified
Shield AI (US)
🟢verified
Sources: Helsing, US Army / DIU, Shield AI, DEPLOY registry
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Helsing drones have been delivered?
1,950 HF-1 units delivered to Ukraine🟢verified out of a German-underwritten 4,000-unit order. The 6,000-unit HX-2 order announced February 2025 is ordered🟡stated, not yet verified-delivered.
Can I buy a Helsing HX-2?
No⊘absence. It is a defense strike munition sold to states on contract; there is no consumer price.
What is the HX-2?
An electric X-wing precision-strike munition (about 100 km range, 250 km/h, up to 5 kg payload) with onboard AI for electronic-warfare resistance🟢verified, built at Helsing's southern-Germany Resilience Factory.
Is the HX-2 autonomous?
It carries onboard AI for electronic-warfare resistance, and the related HF-1 uses GPS-independent AI navigation🟢verified. As a strike munition its autonomy is terminal guidance and navigation, not the persistent ISR teaming of a reusable drone.
How does the HX-2 compare to Ghost-X and V-BAT?
All three are production-maturity, verified-autonomous new-defense drones🟢verified; HX-2 is the strike munition, Anduril Ghost-X is a VTOL ISR drone (Lattice), and Shield AI V-BAT is a Group 3 VTOL ISR drone (Hivemind).
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.