THeMIS

THeMIS (Tracked Hybrid Modular Infantry System) is an unmanned ground vehicle designed and manufactured by Milrem Robotics of Estonia. It is a tracked platform with a modular payload bay that accepts logistics, casualty evacuation (CASEVAC), ISR sensor suites, and direct-fire weapons mounts including the ADDER remote weapon station. The modular architecture lets operators swap roles without a different vehicle, which is the core of its operational and commercial appeal.

THeMIS entered service with multiple NATO member armies and has been operated in Ukraine since 2022, providing Milrem with combat feedback at a pace no peacetime programme could match. Versions have operated in the Sahel under French Army command as well as in northern European exercises.

On approximately 4 June 2026 the first THeMIS units rolled off a new production line at Born, Netherlands, assembled by VDL Defentec under a Dutch government contract for more than 100 vehicles destined for Ukraine. It is the first THeMIS production outside Milrem's Estonian factory, established because a single national line cannot sustain wartime surge demand. The Dutch order follows Germany's ARX Robotics expanding its rival GEREON fleet fivefold for Ukraine in May 2026, confirming European UGV procurement is scaling across multiple programmes simultaneously.

THeMIS's combat record in Ukraine is the product's most powerful sales argument: no test environment replicates the logistics, CASEVAC and electronic warfare conditions Ukrainian operators have encountered. The Born line's output will ADD to operational data that no competitor with shorter Ukrainian exposure can match.