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23 Commercial markets Development of the Multiscope started two years ago at platform level, while the company also looked for non-military activities in which to add value. One of those is the peat mining industry, and Milrem is working with several peat companies to refine the concept, which includes powering pure electric UGVs with alternative energy sources such as solar and wind, all generated on site. Milrem has also carried out a feasibility study on a version with a lower physical profile for use in underground mines in which the ore is in thin layers. With current large mining equipment, excessive quantities of spoil come out with the ore, leading to unnecessarily high energy consumption and cost, whereas a low-profile vehicle could very precisely take only the layer with the ore in it. Underground mines also need regular safety inspections, which can be dangerous and are always time- consuming, providing opportunities for a UGV equipped with a 3D lidar sensor to map the tunnels and monitor them for problems such as rock falls, flooding and so on. Firefighting and rescue in mines are other applications Milrem is investigating. With forest fires ever more frequently in the news, fighting them is an area in which the company has gained real- world experience with the Multiscope. In summer 2018 the Estonian Rescue Board, the national agency responsible for rescue and firefighting services, invited Milrem to bring a Multiscope to help control a grass fire on a military firing range. Adding to the hazards of the fire itself was a large quantity of unexploded ordnance lying around. In one configuration, one Multiscope carried fire hoses that remained connected to the fire engine, while another carried a water tank and a remotely operated water cannon. That vehicle can take on board almost a tonne of water, but it is still not enough to be used with high flow rates. Instead, this two-vehicle configuration is more suitable for precision operations for cooling critical areas. It is also not limited by the reach of fire hoses, which would also make driving the vehicle more complicated. Base vehicle Roughly the size of a small car, the baseline Multiscope consists of a pair of largely self-contained tracked propulsion modules linked by a broad, flat platform capable of supporting a range of civil and military payloads. With a maximum gross weight of 2200 kg, it is 2.4 m long, 2.15 m wide and 1.11 m high, and offers a 750 kg payload. Its series hybrid diesel-electric, or optionally pure electric, propulsion system provides a 20 kph top speed Milrem Multiscope | Dossier Unmanned Systems Technology | December/January 2019 A tethered multi-copter UAV operates from the THeMIS during military trials, improving situational awareness for soldiers (Courtesy of Milrem)