Deployment
THeMIS at United Arab Emirates
Tracked diesel-electric hybrid modular UGV (logistics, casualty-evac, ISR, or armed remote weapon station); 100+ ordered for Ukraine, plus UAE, Japan, Thailand and US deployments.
THeMIS by Milrem Robotics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Defense UGV
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Under a January 2024 contract valued at over $200M with the UAE Ministry of Defence, 40 THeMIS UGVs (armed with 30mm M230LF and observe variants) and 20 Type-X RCVs are being delivered and integrated, with an experimentation and trial programme ongoing but not yet at full operational deployment. EDGE Group, which acquired a majority stake in Milrem in February 2023, serves as the operator.
Key facts
- Operator
- UAE (via EDGE Group)
- Contract
- Jan 2024, over $200M with EDGE; 40 THeMIS + 20 Type-X
- Lifecycle stage (re-verified 2026-06-07)
- Under delivery and integration per January 2024 $200M+ contract with UAE Ministry of Defence. Order: 20 Type-X RCVs (30mm MK44) + 40 THeMIS (30mm M230LF + observe variants). Experimentation and trial programme ongoing; EDGE Group acquired Milrem majority stake February 2023. Not yet full operational deployment.
Exposure
- Customer segment
- research
- Scale tier
- commercial 10 99
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Safety record
No incidents on record for THeMIS at United Arab Emirates.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Model
- THeMIS
- Company
- Milrem Robotics
- Location
- United Arab Emirates
- Operator
- Milrem Robotics
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- Scale at site
- 11 to 100 units
- Site environment
- mixed
- Location precision
- verified coordinates
- First seen
- 2024-01-01
- ID
3c5ab0b7-a88d-4790-9f08-d3980de917d1
Timeline
- Jan 2024First recordedTHeMIS first documented operating at United Arab Emirates.
- Jan 2024created
- Jun 2026field updatedkey facts: lifecycle enrichment added → Lifecycle stage (re-verified 2026-06-07)
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
THeMIS operates in United Arab Emirates. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: defense_ugv
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Milrem Robotics footage of its THeMIS tracked uncrewed ground vehicles in a live-fire manned-unmanned teaming exercise with the Estonian Defence Forces. THeMIS is operator-controlled and teleoperated under crew supervision, not autonomous combat.