Italian company IDV has entered into an agreement to become the majority shareholder in Mira UGV, Horiba Mira’s Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV) division. The agreement combines IDV’s expertise as a manufacturer of defence vehicles with its technological know-how and global production capabilities, with Horiba MIRA’s position as a sector-leading company in delivering state-of-the-art Uncrewed Ground Vehicle solutions. The agreement also provides capital and capability to move Horiba Mira’s UGV platforms and technology to the next stage of development and production.
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Horiba Mira’s Viking UGV platform has become a mainstay of the UK MoD’s evaluation of autonomous technologies (Picture source: IDV)

On January 24th, IDV and Horiba Mira confirmed the formation of a new partnership to unite their complementary capabilities in the rapidly developing Uncrewed Ground Vehicle (UGV) market. IDV will become the majority shareholder and will contribute to moving Horiba Mira’s UGV platforms and technology to the next step of development, accelerating the technology roadmap and aiming to fulfil the growing and advanced requirements of the UK MoD and its allies.

Horiba Mira’s Viking UGV platform has become a mainstay of the UK MoD’s evaluation of autonomous technologies, as the venture will merge twenty years of pioneering experience collected by Horiba Mira in the use of remote control, teleoperated and autonomous vehicle technology in the defence sector. Based on its patented capability to navigate without GNSS, manage advanced off-road routing and self-identify and classify terrain and objects, when combined with IDV systems integration capability across a wide range of all-terrain wheeled or tracked platforms, the new partnership will develop state-of-the-art UGV solutions. The business will remain headquartered at Mira Technology Park in the UK.