SitaWare & Helsing Partner for AI-Enabled Swarm Capabilities

Defence C2 & AI Swarm Capabilities Helsing and Systematic partner to integrate AI-enabled swarm capabilities into SitaWare for European forces

2025-09-12 Source: Press release 1 min Reading Time

Helsing and Systematic have announced a partnership to embed Helsing’s AI-enabled sensing and strike capabilities into Systematic’s SitaWare C2 suite, aiming to deliver sovereign, interoperable swarm operations for European militaries.

Helsing’s AI-enabled sensing and strike capabilities will be integrated into Systematic’s SitaWare C2 suite to support sovereign, interoperable swarm operations and end-to-end F3EAD workflows for European forces.(Source: Helsing) — Helsing’s AI-enabled sensing and strike capabilities will be integrated into Systematic’s SitaWare C2 suite to support sovereign, interoperable swarm operations and end-to-end F3EAD workflows for European forces.
(Source: Helsing)

Defence technology company Helsing and international software provider Systematic have agreed a partnership to integrate AI-enabled swarm capabilities into the SitaWare command-and-control (C2) suite, widely used by armed forces in more than 50 countries. The agreement is being signed today at DSEI in London.

The collaboration seeks to strengthen Europe’s ISR-to-effects chain by enabling faster decision-making and more precise strikes, drawing lessons from recent conflicts. Embedding Helsing’s AI technology into SitaWare is intended to simplify the operational deployment of drones, including autonomous sensors and effectors, and to support swarm tactics within existing force structures and processes.

The integrated solution is designed to accelerate data exchange between platforms—for example, between surveillance UAVs and Helsing’s HX-2 loitering munition—so SitaWare users can execute tasks such as target nomination, plan generation, weapon allocation, airspace deconfliction and force tracking with reduced latency. Data gathered from unmanned systems will support workflows from target development to battle damage assessment, providing an end-to-end F3EAD (Find, Fix, Finish, Exploit, Analyse, Disseminate) framework.

Helsing co-CEO Gundbert Scherf said the partnership brings together interoperable C2 and AI-enabled sensing and strike to connect systems at the speed required by the threat environment. Systematic founder Michael Holm highlighted the aim to maximise the value of existing platforms through data-driven capabilities while reinforcing Europe’s industrial and technological base.

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