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A laser rangefinder and target designator are also included on the vehicle, as is a 7.62mm gun on a remote-controlled weapon station, according to a company statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Mission Master-Armed Reconnaissance is designed to execute high-risk scouting missions and deliver a real-time common operating picture without putting soldiers in danger,\u201d the German company said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The six-wheeled vehicle\u2019s autonomous functions are powered by Rheinmetall\u2019s PATH kit, which the company advertises as a means to turn any vehicle into an unmanned platform. Multiple vehicles can be combined to operate as part a \u201cWolf Pack\u201d cluster, a technology enabling communications, cueing and targeting toward a common mission objective, according to Rheinmetall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ground robots with varying degrees of autonomy are rapidly becoming critical for ground forces worldwide. Cargo transport and surveillance are some of the most obvious applications. While some of the new robots carry weapons, Western manufacturers have shied away from connecting their most advanced autonomy algorithms to the process of firing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rheinmetall\u2019s Mission Master series is something of a counterpoint to Estonia\u2019s Milrem Robotics, which has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2020\/11\/06\/estonian-robotics-company-makes-inroads-with-european-armies\/\">making inroads with European<\/a> ground forces through its tracked THeMIS vehicle. Milrem has advertised its operational experience by way of a THeMIS deployment with the Estonian military to the French-led Barkhane counterterrorism mission in Mali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milrem also sits atop a smattering of European companies charged with developing a common architecture for unmanned ground vehicles under the umbrella of the European Defence Industrial Development Programme. The effort is named iMUGS, which is short for \u201cintegrated Modular Unmanned Ground System,\u201d and it received roughly $36 million in European Union funding over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ambition is no less than developing an F-16 [fighter jet] of unmanned ground systems,\u201d Kusti Salm, director general of the Estonian Centre for Defence Investments, was quoted as saying by the Baltic Times website in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The iMUGS effort centers around Milrem\u2019s THeMIS vehicle as a prototype platform. Notable European land warfare companies are part of the consortium, including Germany\u2019s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and France\u2019s Nexter. 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