Helsing and EURENCO sign partnership to deliver a sovereign European strike drone capability

Paris, June 17, 2026. Helsing, the leading European defence technology company, and EURENCO, the European leader in energetic materials, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deliver sovereign European warheads for HX-2, Helsing's AI-defined strike drone. Designed for European armed forces, the capability will be built to meet French operational requirements in the first instance.

Europe is rearming. But rearmament without industrial coordination produces incompatible systems, duplicated supply chains, and platforms that cannot operate together. Helsing and EURENCO are addressing this challenge directly.

Helsing brings the AI-defined strike drone platform, tailored to modern battlefield requirements by being swarm-compatible, highly scalable, and capable of operating day and night in both GNSS and communications-denied environments. EURENCO brings the complete high-performance Modular Explosive Warhead, which is easy to operate and specifically adapted to the drone mission.

Global supply chains for propellants and explosives are under severe strain, with lead times of 12 to 24 months now the norm. Access to sovereign energetic material has become a strategic imperative. The EURENCO partnership is part of a deliberate effort by Helsing to build resilient warhead supply chains across Europe, reducing dependence on non-European suppliers across multiple markets and operational contexts.

The result is a proven, scalable strike system that European armed forces can procure, operate, and sustain - built in Europe, for Europe.

Helsing’s existing partnership with Instalaza remains in place.

Frank Dirksen, Chief Commercial Officer, Helsing says: “Armed forces cannot depend on platforms whose supply chains they do not control. With EURENCO, we are giving French customers a strike capability they can procure, sustain, and scale - without relying on suppliers outside Europe. That is what sovereign capability truly means in practice.”

Thierry Francou, CEO of EURENCO says: “A truly sovereign strike capability requires mastering both the digital and the physical domains. By combining Helsing's cutting-edge AI with EURENCO's strategic expertise in energetic materials, we are securing the entire value chain. This partnership demonstrates our ability to rapidly deliver a fully integrated, European-made solution that provides our armed forces with a decisive and reliable advantage.”

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