ABOUT iMUGS
The integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System or iMUGS for short, was one of the European Union’s largest defence UGV development projects with a total cost of 32,6 million euros.
Launched in 2020 and successfully delivered at the beginning of 2023, the project developed a modular and scalable architecture for hybrid manned-unmanned systems to address a wide range of missions and enable easy update or modification of assets and functionalities within the system: aerial and ground platforms, command, control, and communication equipment, sensors, payloads, and algorithms.
The project was funded by the European Union’s European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and performed by a consortium of 13 entities from seven Member States: Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, France, Spain, and Belgium.
OBJECTIVES OF iMUGS WERE:
- Develop a modular and scalable architecture for hybrid manned-unmanned systems
- Address a large range of non-lethal missions
- Enable easy update or modification of legacy assets and functionalities for unmanned systems
- Showcase progress in live demonstrations
- Analyse ethical and legal aspects and the acceptability of unmanned systems in the general public and military personnel
