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EU Defence Fund kicks off EUR 50 million iMUGS2 ground robotics project

The European Defence Fund kicked off iMUGS2, a EUR 50 million project led by Estonia's Milrem Robotics with 29 partners, to build an interoperable European unmanned ground systems architecture with AI-enabled autonomy.

Verified Editor-read European Commission (DG DEFIS) press release, 20 November 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish when any resulting unmanned ground vehicle reaches a fielded capability.

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