Elbit ranks 40 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 84; Helsing ranks 86 with 79. Elbit is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. Helsing is ahead on progress. Level on technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Elbit is based in Haifa, Israel, Helsing in Munich, Germany. Elbit: public. Elbit is named in 2 signals and Helsing in 36.
Elbit Systems develops and sells unmanned defense systems, including aerial, ground and other autonomous platforms used for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and combat missions.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Elbit Systems is an Israeli defense contractor (Nasdaq/TASE:ESLT) whose Hermes UAS family, UGVs, and autonomous systems sit inside its Aerospace and Land segments; group Q2-26 revenue was $2,287M (+15.9%) against a record $32.0B backlog (73% ex-Israel). Recent activity includes a ~$350M MBT upgrade contract (May 2026) and $370M+ in US CBP awards (July 2026), with Land segment revenue up 32%. Unmanned-specific revenue and orders are not broken out (group-scoped).
2 signals name Elbit.
11 facts on file.
Helsing develops and deploys autonomous defense systems, including HX-2 loitering munitions and HF-1 aerial drones, and has delivered AI-enabled reconnaissance and strike capabilities to armed forces.
Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.
Helsing is a German defense-AI and systems company producing the HX-2 strike drone, with the CA-1 Europa aircraft targeting a 2027 first flight. It raised a $1.8B Series E in July 2026 at an $18B valuation (about $4.4B raised cumulatively, Europe's largest defense startup), holds a Bundestag HX-2 contract, and acquired Keybotic and a Lura underwater platform; a German MoD briefing reporting 5-of-14 target hits in Donbas is contested by the company, which cites Russian electronic warfare. Revenue is undisclosed and HX-2 field performance is disputed.
36 signals name Helsing.
24 facts on file.
Elbit ranks 40 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 84; Helsing ranks 86 with 79. Elbit is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. Helsing is ahead on progress. Level on technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Elbit is based in Haifa, Israel, Helsing in Munich, Germany. Elbit: public. Elbit is named in 2 signals and Helsing in 36.
Elbit ranks 40 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 84; Helsing ranks 86 with 79. Elbit is ahead on deployment, production and commercials. Helsing is ahead on progress. Level on technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. Elbit is based in Haifa, Israel, Helsing in Munich, Germany. Elbit: public. Elbit is named in 2 signals and Helsing in 36. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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