Overview

• Helsing presented the full-scale design study at Grob Aircraft in Germany, with development and testing now underway at the facility.
• The company says a production-capable version could be operational in about four years, developed with European aerospace partners.
• The three-to-five-ton, high-subsonic jet uses a mass-producible airframe with modular sensors, effectors and self-protection, and is designed for multi-mission use.
• The aircraft is natively controlled by Helsing’s Centaur AI autonomy stack, with an operator command-and-control system and prior Centaur demonstrations on Saab’s Gripen.
• Helsing positions CA-1 to fly solo or in swarms and stresses a European supply chain to bolster strategic autonomy and reduce cost and pilot risk.