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About NOMAD

NOMAD packages drone storage, launch, recovery, maintenance and command equipment inside a transportable containerised system. The platform is intended to support mixed fleets and can manage aircraft preparation, mission assignment and post-flight turnaround from a shared operating site. Modular bays and interfaces accommodate different unmanned aircraft and payloads.

Tesseract Ventures is developing NOMAD for dispersed military operations requiring a small support crew and rapid relocation. The system was selected by the Defense Innovation Unit for the Contested Autonomous Drone Delivery System prototype programme. NOMAD remains in prototype development and government evaluation.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

Capability areas: Autonomous drone operations
Multi-vehicle control
Claimed - Tesseract describes NOMAD transporting, launching, recovering, refitting and autonomously managing mixed drone fleets under a DIU prototype programme.
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Automated drone fleet readiness
Claimed - Tesseract describes NOMAD transporting, launching, recovering, refitting and autonomously managing mixed drone fleets under a DIU prototype programme.
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Timeline

DIU selects Tesseract Ventures for CADDS drone-fleet prototype
2026-07-14 - Contract Award - The prototype targets mixed fleets operated with minimal personnel. A successful prototype may transition to follow-on production without a new competition. The Defense Innovation Unit selected Tesseract Ventures to demonstrate its NOMAD containerized infrastructure for transporting, launching, recovering, refitting and autonomously managing mixed drone fleets.
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