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52 Show report | IDEX 2019 performance, engine temperatures and fuel efficiency. Maximum power from this engine set-up is 13.5 kW.” The C-band primary data link enables line-of-sight comms and control at up to 200 km from the GCS, with a networking capability to hand control from one GCS to another across geographically separate operations teams. The latest configuration of Milrem Robotics’ Themis UGV was on show at IDEX. It had two of French weapons company MBDA’s MMP anti-tank guided missiles and a 7.62 mm machine gun incorporated into the integrated MMP precision attack combat turret mounted on the UGV’s payload platform. The payload weighs 250 kg, fitting within the vehicle’s 750 kg carrying capacity, and was developed to replace the MBDA Milan and Raytheon-Lockheed Javelin anti-tank guided missiles currently deployed by the French infantry and special forces. “We have designed the Themis so that new payloads such as the Impact system can be powered directly from the battery, and the diesel generator charges the batteries,” said Gert Hankwitz. “No mechanical adjustments were needed since Impact has practically no recoil.” Integrating the system with the UGV comes after a joint project between MBDA and Milrem Robotics. Aquabotix attended the NAVDEX portion of the show to display its range of UUVs for defence and commercial applications, including one of its newest systems, the SwarmDiver Edge. The craft weighs 1.7 kg out of water, is 750 cm long and can operate at speeds of up to nearly 8 knots (or with endurances of up to 2.5 hours). It can operate at depths down to 50 m and, when surfaced, it can communicate wirelessly with the operator’s control station, and navigate using GPS accurate to 2.5 m. The SwarmDiver Edge is equipped with high-intensity lights for illuminating points of interest for covert operations and port protection authorities, and for deterring pirates and other potential hostiles. Palfinger Marine designs and manufactures slipway-type launch and recovery systems for marine craft of different weights, hull shapes and propulsion systems, including AUVs and USVs. Its range of systems provide an alternative to cranes and other mechanical approaches, which can be complex, expensive and require several crew members to operate. Palfinger’s systems are hydraulically powered slipways that consist of a number of wheel drive units arranged in two or more rows, which rotate individually on axes to adapt the slipway’s effective shape to the hull of the craft during launch and recovery. “The specially designed drivetrain configuration for each wheel drive – that April/May 2019 | Unmanned Systems Technology Tellumat’s Astus surveillance UAV One of Palfinger Marine’s slipway systems