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 "slug": "helsing-area-9-rx-1-robotics-centaur-ca-1-europa-autonomous-fighter-paris",
 "title": "Helsing Moves From Software Into Hardware With Its Area 9 Lab and RX-1 Robot",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/helsing-area-9-rx-1-robotics-centaur-ca-1-europa-autonomous-fighter-paris/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/helsing-area-9-rx-1-robotics-centaur-ca-1-europa-autonomous-fighter-paris/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-01T18:59:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:47.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 1 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * At a Paris launch on 1 June, Helsing announced Area 9, an advanced-research division led by chief scientist Antoine Bordes, and the RX-1, its first European-designed and -manufactured robotics research platform\n * Area 9's debut project, Centaur, is an AI pilot for air combat already flown on the Saab Gripen under the Helsing–Saab Project Beyond — now the foundational technology of the CA-1 Europa autonomous fighter\n * The RX-1 is an outdoor fiel",
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  "military-ai-robotics-intelligent-systems",
  "drones-uav"
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 "sources": [],
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