Milrem Robotics, the leading European robotics and autonomous systems developer and system integrator is showcasing its THeMIS Combat Support unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) with partners Glenair and FN Herstal at the ongoing Sofins exhibition held in France from June 29 until July 1.
THeMIS Combat Support being displayed at Sofins, is an unmanned ground vehicle that can be easily integrated with several third-party technologies, one being the deFNder Light remote weapon system by FN Herstal.
The deFNder Light is the lightweight remote weapon station of FN Herstal RWS family.
It can integrate all FN Herstal machine guns up to 7.62mm calibre and is capable of extreme elevation and depression angles of operation.
Milrem Robotics’ research and development director, the former member of Estonian Defence Forces, Jüri Pajuste explained that the THeMIS could have been used in Afghanistan. “Because Afghanistan’s battlefield was very canalized and we could not take our armour with us, everything a soldier could carry was what we went to battle with. Such a vehicle, even without a weapon system, would add a lot of operating distance, operating time and firepower,” explained Milrem Robotics research and development director.
The THeMIS Combat Support being showcased at Sofins, is primarily used to assist defence forces, especially special forces and special intervention police units in high threat, riot control and counter-terrorist urban environment scenarios. This system includes a stretcher for CASEVAC and enough room to store a squad’s gear or extra equipment and weapons.
THeMIS Combat Support can be easily integrated into a Battle Management System together with other aerial and ground unmanned and manned technology to provide commanders with a simple operational interface, enhanced situational awareness and direct and in-direct fire support.
The THeMIS UGV has already proven itself in Mali during the French lead counter-terrorism operation Barkhane where it was deployed for 12 months. The UGV was operational for over 330 hours.
THeMIS traversed 1200 km during the deployment in one of the world’s harshest terrains of lava rock soil and climates climbing to 50 degrees Celsius in the shade.
Milrem Robotics has two offices in Estonia, one in Sweden and Finland and will shortly open another one in the Netherlands.
The European firm is the leader of a consortium that was awarded 30,6 MEUR from the European Commission’s European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) to develop a European standardized unmanned ground system (UGS).
During the project, titled iMUGS, a modular and scalable architecture for hybrid manned-unmanned systems will be developed to standardize a European wide ecosystem for aerial and ground platforms, command, control and communication equipment, sensors, payloads, and algorithms.
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