Europes defenceAI champion Helsing is using Rakuten to break into Japans arms market
News Source : The Next Web
News Summary
- Helsing, the Munich startup that has become Europe's best-funded defence-AI company, is pushing into Asia.
- The German firm has enlisted Japan’s Rakuten, a name better known for e-commerce and mobile phones, to help broker the sale of its unmanned systems.
- At the centre of the effort is the HX-2, a compact AI-guided strike drone.
- Alongside the drone, Helsing sells AI software for battlefield analysis, underwater surveillance and combat aircraft.
Helsing, the Munich startup that has become Europes bestfunded defenceAI company, is pushing into Asia, and it has found an unlikely guide.
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