{"id":15470,"date":"2021-09-14T17:12:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/14\/milrem-and-kongsberg-are-building-a-robotic-wingman\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:30:09","slug":"milrem-and-kongsberg-are-building-a-robotic-wingman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2021\/09\/14\/milrem-and-kongsberg-are-building-a-robotic-wingman\/","title":{"rendered":"Milrem and Kongsberg are building a robotic wingman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 European-based companies Milrem Robotics<\/a> and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace<\/a> are teaming up to design and build a new robotic combat vehicle geared to meet requirements for European militaries and the U.S<\/a>., according to a Sept. 15 Milrem statement issued at the DSEI defense exhibition in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The companies are exhibiting the concept for the Nordic Robotic Wingman at DSEI that will be based on Milrem\u2019s Type-X RCV <\/a>and Kongsberg\u2019s Protector remote turrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMilrem Robotics and [Kongsberg] have agreed to jointly continue the development of the Type-X RCV by integrating [Kongsberg]\u2019s systems to address the requirements of many countries interested in this type of technology, especially the Nordics and Western Europe, but also the US,\u201d Sverker Sv\u00e4rdby, managing director of Milrem Robotics Sweden, said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two years ago at DSEI, Estonian-based Milrem stood with its THeMIS robotic vehicle platform cropping up all over the exhibition floor<\/a> at other companies\u2019 booths, showing the breadth of partnerships the company had already formed, including with Kongsberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milrem<\/a> has expanded its presence with offices in Sweden, Finland and soon to be in the Netherlands, the statement notes, and it leads the iMUGS Consortium that is funded by the European Commission\u2019s European Defence Industrial Development Programme to develop a standardized unmanned ground system for Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Type-X tactical vehicle platform is designed to deliver \u201cequal or overmatching\u201d firepower to be used by units with Infantry Fighting Vehicles and would also provide mechanized units with the ability to breach enemy defenses while giving troops greater protective standoff, the statement describes.<\/p>\n\n\n\t