TALLINN, Estonia-Monday 21 January 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) --
Gen (ret) Riho Terras who served as the Commander of the Estonian
Defence Forces for 7 years and retired in December 2018 joins the team
of one of the leading unmanned warfare systems developers Milrem
Robotics to head up its Defence Division.
(BUSINESS WIRE) --
Gen (ret) Riho Terras who served as the Commander of the Estonian
Defence Forces for 7 years and retired in December 2018 joins the team
of one of the leading unmanned warfare systems developers Milrem
Robotics to head up its Defence Division.
General
Terras’ main responsibilities will be establishing Milrem Robotics’
international business development and program support teams, leading
the process of gaining a strong foothold in the defence market and
bringing end-user specific know-how to company’s strategic R&D
activities.
“General
Terras’ strong background and experience put him in a good position to
grow the company’s international presence and build up our teams
worldwide,” explained Kuldar Väärsi, CEO and owner of Milrem Robotics. “Our goal is to be the first choice in every upcoming ground robotics program worldwide,” he added.
“I
have gained significant knowledge and built up an international network
during my seven years as the CHOD of Estonia and as a member of the
Military Committee of NATO and EU. My special fields of interest have
been development of disruptive and cyber technologies,” said General Riho Terras.
Gen
Terras also worked intensively during the Estonian EU presidency in
order to launch Europe’s defence technologies development and PESCO.
“In
the last 10 years Estonia has been able to establish a forward looking
modern defence industry with ground breaking technologies such as Milrem
Robotics’ THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle,” Gen Terras added.
Gen
Terras will also be leading the Defence capabilities development in
EDIDP program Modular Unmanned Ground Systems (MUGS) led by Milrem
Robotics. The project’s objective is to increase situational awareness
and force protection of ground units, lighten soldier’s workload, enable
faster deployment, increase interoperability and affordability of the
ground forces.
In
the next five years Milrem Robotics plans to expand significantly. In
January Milrem Robotics opened a subsidiary in Sweden in order to engage
skilled and experienced engineers.
“The
ground robotics market is in the beginning of exponential growth and
our products are very well placed. We foresee significant growth of
turnover in 2019 and the number of employees will grow from 85 in 2018
to more than 130 this year,” said Kuldar Väärsi.
The
company also targets the commercial market (rescue services, border
guard, mining and agriculture industries) under the trademark Sinrob
(Singular Robotics).
About Milrem Robotics
Milrem
Robotics is an Estonian company with the primary focus of manufacturing
unmanned ground vehicles, developing robotic warfare solutions and
performing concept of operations and doctrine level warfare analysis.
Milrem Robotics has partnered up with some of the most distinguished
industry leaders such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, MBDA, QinetiQ,
Nexter, KMW, Diehl Defence, Kongsberg, ST Engineering, FN Herstal,
Safran, CNIM, EOS, Tencate etc.
The company’s main product is the THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle that can be used for a variety of defence applications.
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Contacts
Gert Hankewitz
Export Director
gert.hankewitz@milrem.com
