European Unmanned Ground Systems

The mutual goal for the European nations joined in the PESCO project „integrated Unmanned Ground Systems“ (iUGS) and the EDIDP project „integrated Modular Unmanned Ground Systems“ (iMUGS) is to develop a modular and scalable architecture of unmanned ground systems. This site will cover the results and developments of both mentioned projects and any other relevant projects conducted under the same concept in the future. The PESCO iUGS project is coordinated by Estonia and involves Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland and Spain. Project aims at the development of a modular UGS architecture capable of carrying different payloads and sensors. Given its potential, the project received funds under the EDIDP umbrella with a financial contribution of 30.6 million euro – the iMUGS project. iMUGS is in the overall following the same goal, but the detailed objectives and technical solutions for the European standardized unmanned ground system were agreed by seven of the previously mentioned nations: Belgium, Spain, Latvia, France, Germany, Finland and Estonia as the coordinator. The project is structured along 7 sub-projects that all cover studies, design, prototyping, testing and technical coordination: 1. System Integration 2. Autonomous Functions 3. Cyber Security 4. Communication 5. Swarming 6. Command, Control and Interoperability 7. Manned-Unmanned Teaming The industry consortium, led by Milrem Robotics, comprises some of the best in class European players in their respective fields: SAFRAN Electronics & Defense SAS, GT Cyber Technologies OÜ, Bittium Wireless Oy, Insta DefSec Oy, GMV Aerospace and Defence SAU, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG, Diehl Defence GmbH & Co KG, Nexter Systems SA, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons SIA, (Un)Manned NV, Ecole Royale Militaire – Koninkljike Militaire School and dotOcean NV.