UMIS
Exail's Unmanned Mine-countermeasures Integrated System, mountable on small boats.
UMIS is Exail's Unmanned Mine-countermeasures Integrated System, mountable on small boats. In mid-July 2026 an undisclosed European navy ordered three units for rapid-launch mine countermeasures on 9.5-metre inflatable boats.
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Why won't navies say who is buying Exail's UMIS mine-clearance kit?
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Exail wins a second secret navy order
Autonomous Systems: Land & SeaBackground
UMIS, Exail's Unmanned Mine-countermeasures Integrated System, packages sonar, autonomous underwater vehicles and mine-disposal tools into a single modular kit designed to be fitted onto small boats rather than requiring a purpose-built minehunter hull.
That modularity is the system's core proposition: navies can add mine-countermeasures capability to existing rigid-hulled inflatable boats rather than commissioning dedicated minehunter vessels, shortening the path from a procurement decision to a deployable capability.
UMIS sits within Exail's wider undersea-autonomy product range, now owned by Thales following its €3.9 billion acquisition of Exail agreed in July 2026.
UMIS lands a second secret order
UMIS was ordered by an undisclosed European navy in mid-July 2026, to be mounted on three 9.5-metre rigid-hulled inflatable boats for rapid-launch mine countermeasures.
The system packages sonar, autonomous underwater vehicles and mine-disposal tools into a modular kit fitted to a small boat rather than a bespoke minehunter hull, shortening the gap between a procurement decision and a deployable capability. Its order came as the second undisclosed subsea buyer in a fortnight, alongside Kongsberg Discovery's own unnamed infrastructure-protection customer, suggesting demand for small-boat-launched kits like UMIS is maturing faster than governments are willing to publicly confirm.
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