NOMAD

NOMAD is Tesseract Ventures’ containerized platform for transporting, launching, recovering, refitting and autonomously managing mixed drone fleets with minimal personnel. DIU selected it for the CADDS prototype programme.

Facts

  • Company: Tesseract Ventures
  • Type: Drone Fleet Support System
  • Core: NOMAD
  • Function: Containerised drone-fleet operations
  • Audience: Military drone and logistics teams
  • Status: Prototype
  • Website: https://www.tesseractventures.io/

Specifications

  • Mission Functions: Transport, launch, recovery, refit and autonomous fleet management
  • Payload Integration: Mixed drone fleets
  • Deployment Model: Containerized, minimal-personnel operation
  • Launch Status: DIU CADDS prototype; follow-on production pathway available after successful prototype

Market context

Military drone and logistics teams

  • Peer Group: Drone-in-a-box system
  • Capability: Autonomous drone operations
  • Percepto Air Max - Percepto - Drone In A Box System

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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. - source: prnewswire.com
  • Automated drone fleet readiness - Claimed - Tesseract describes NOMAD transporting, launching, recovering, refitting and autonomously managing mixed drone fleets under a DIU prototype programme. - source: prnewswire.com

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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… - source: prnewswire.com

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