Germany Takes Control of Helsing's MissionOSBw Combat Air Code
Koblenz – November 04, 2026 -- Germany's armaments agency BAAINBw has accepted the source code of the Mission Operating System Bundeswehr (MissionOSBw) from Helsing, giving the state ownership of the software core of a research programme worth more than EUR 220 million.
MissionOSBw forms the core of the CFSN programme
The software anchors the Combat Fighter System of Systems Nucleus (CFSN). Its open, modular architecture is designed to network unmanned combat aircraft, sensors and mission modules for joint operations. The Bundestag budget committee approved CFSN in July 2026, and the first key result has arrived a few months later.
Besides MissionOSBw, CFSN covers two experimental unmanned combat aircraft, called BALU, and two ground control stations. Helsing is developing the software core together with other German industry companies.