Overview

• Helsing presented a full‑scale design study of the uncrewed CA‑1 Europe at Grob Aircraft’s Tussenhausen site, with Bavarian Minister‑President Markus Söder attending and voicing support.
• Designed for reconnaissance, precision strike and electronic warfare, the multi‑role jet is intended to fly near the speed of sound in the three‑to‑five‑tonne class, operating alone or in coordinated swarms.
• Control is centered on Helsing’s Centaur software, which the company says has been flight‑tested on Saab Gripen fighters and can support autonomous mission execution.
• Helsing plans first flight in 2027 and says the platform could reach serial readiness in about four years, with hundreds of millions of euros in development funding and a European supplier base led by Grob.
• The company pitches CA‑1 as a European answer to collaborative combat aircraft concepts and a faster complement to long‑horizon programs like FCAS, while procurement and certification decisions remain open.