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Choose up to three systems. Specifications retain their source and configuration; missing information is left undisclosed.

HX-2

German electric loitering munition with large Ukrainian production commitments and supplier-reported frontline testing.

Country / region
Germany
Programme status
Supplier-reported status
Sources reviewed
20 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported statusSupplier-reported status
Primary domain
Air
System type
Loitering munition
Developer / manufacturer
Helsing
Origin / production countries
Germany
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
HX-2; not interchangeable with HF-1
Operators / programme customers
Ukraine — ordered; testing described by supplier

Evidence & current status

Frontline performance and disputed procurement reporting require independent corroboration; supplier claims are labelled and not treated as immunity to countermeasures.

Role & capabilities

  • Loitering munition

Specifications in context

Airframe
X-wing loitering munition

Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Launch / recovery
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Propulsion
Electric

Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Dimensions
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Mass
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Endurance
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Range
Up to 100 km, supplier claim

Manufacturer-published specification; maximum values are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Speed
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Altitude
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Payload
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Sensors
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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Communications / navigation
Not established from the reviewed public sources.

Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.

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