Defense & Security 2025: Edge positions for THeMIS opportunity in Thailand
The THeMIS Combat UGV is seen displayed at Defense & Security 2025 in Bangkok integrated with Valhalla's LOKI remote-controlled weapon station integrated with a 7.62 mm gun. (Janes/Jon Grevatt)
The Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System (THeMIS) unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is close to finishing trials with the Royal Thai Army (RTA) before a potential procurement programme.
Speaking to Janes at the Defense & Security 2025 show in Bangkok on 11 November, an official from Edge Group, which is the majority shareholder in THeMIS developer Milrem Robotics, said RTA trials of the UGV are expected to conclude shortly.
The Thai THeMIS programme is being jointly pursued by Edge and the Defence Technology Institute (DTI), an agency under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Bangkok.
“We partnered with DTI some time back,” said Miles Chambers, Edge's senior vice-president of international business. “We have had an extensive programme of test and evaluation, together with DTI, on the THeMIS platform.”
He added, “Now we are in user trials including active deployment, and that's ongoing. We hope that this will conclude in the coming months, and on the back of that we are confident we will see a larger programme of acquisition.”
Miles also confirmed that the THeMIS Combat variant on display at Defense & Security 2025 is the configuration that is being promoted to the RTA. This configuration features Slovenian company Valhalla's LOKI remote-controlled weapon station (RCWS) integrated with the 7.62 mm gun.
The LOKI RCWS supports weapon calibres from 5.56 mm to 12.7 mm and, according to Edge, can effectively engage targets at distances of up to 2,000 m and can also undertake a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) role.
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