Company

Hendrick Technical Solutions

Defense technology company spun out of Hendrick Motorsports's NASCAR racing legacy, building unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and tactical mobility platforms…

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Founded: 2020
HQ: Concord, North Carolina, USA

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As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Hendrick Technical Solutions: 2 models, 1 active incident. 5 sources back the record.

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Overview

Defense technology company spun out of Hendrick Motorsports 's NASCAR racing legacy, building unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and tactical mobility platforms for the US military. Headquartered in Concord, NC with ~250,000 sq ft of advanced manufacturing space. Products include the NOMAD tactical UGV and STEED autonomous transport platform. 4x GM Defense Supplier of the Year. Federal contract awards totaling $11.7M across 398 awards.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: 1 incident on file

Key facts

Founder

Rick Hendrick (also founder of Hendrick Motorsports)

President

Scott Lampe

Concord, North Carolina, USA

Manufacturingsee manufacturing →

~250,000 sq ft advanced manufacturing space

Products

NOMAD (tactical UGV), STEED (autonomous transport), Commando Kits

GM Defense Supplier of the Year

4 consecutive years

Federal contracts

$11.7M across 398 awards

Origin

Spun out of Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR racing operations

Data & sources

Press releases

Web sources

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Models (2)

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Current platform

STEED

Autonomous transport platform designed for casualty evacuation and heavy equipment movement. Soldier feedback from field exercises highlighted STEED's ability to transport multiple patients in a single movement, carry heavy loads over long distances, and navigate rough terrain. Used for construction material transport, casualty transport (3 casualties in full kit 500m through woods), and loading equipment onto aircraft/vehicles.

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Current platform

NOMAD

Lightweight tactical unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) weighing under 650 pounds with over 1,000 pounds of payload capacity. Designed for resupply, CASEVAC (casualty evacuation), breaching, CUAS integration, and power export missions. Operable via tablet in autonomous, teleoperated, or manual drive modes. Towable behind multiple vehicle types, airdrop-capable, and transportable on NATO pallets. Built with open architecture for flexible mission configurations. Tested at US Army's Project Convergence Capstone exercise at Fort Irwin, California, where soldiers used it 12-13 times for resupply missions in Mojave Desert conditions. Range ~600m (reduced to ~200m in rocky terrain). No return-home feature. Provides up to 3 kWh exportable power (33.4 kWh with additional MMPs).

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Hendrick Technical Solutions on the deployment map

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Current leadership (2)

Rick Hendrick Founder & Chairmansecondary-verified
Scott Lampe Presidentsecondary-verified

Safety record

1 incident on record (1 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026.

minor: 1

Most recent: Jul 2026

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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →

Incidents affecting Hendrick Technical Solutions (1)

NOMAD UGV flips onto side when transport trailer ramp fails during Army exercise2026-07-01 · Malfunction
via NOMAD

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Recent coverage

Hendrick Technical Solutions in third-party press

Rugged robotic mules could make dangerous supply missions safer for US soldiers, but there are some things still to work out

Aug 17, 2026

Neya Systems & ARA Showcase Collaborative Autonomous Breaching at XPO USA 2026

May 14, 2026

Peer companies

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdAug 17, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Deployment recordedJul 1, 2026
NOMAD at Fort Irwin, California, USA
Incident recordedJul 1, 2026
NOMAD UGV flips onto side when transport trailer ramp fails during Army exercise

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Sources (5)

Common questions

What is Hendrick Technical Solutions?

Defense technology company spun out of Hendrick Motorsports's NASCAR racing legacy, building unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and tactical mobility platforms for the US military. Headquartered in Concord, NC with ~250,000 sq ft of advanced manufacturing space. Products include the NOMAD tactical UGV and STEED autonomous transport platform. 4x GM Defense Supplier of the Year. Federal contract awards totaling $11.7M across 398 awards.

What does Hendrick Technical Solutions make?

Hendrick Technical Solutions has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: STEED, NOMAD (Hendrick Technical Solutions builds physical robots).

Who competes with Hendrick Technical Solutions?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Hendrick Technical Solutions building in the same form factors include Blackswan Space, Lockheed Martin, Ceres Robotics, Katalyst Space Technologies.

Where is Hendrick Technical Solutions headquartered?

Hendrick Technical Solutions is headquartered in Concord, North Carolina, USA.

Where does Hendrick Technical Solutions operate robots?

Hendrick Technical Solutions is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

When was Hendrick Technical Solutions founded?

Hendrick Technical Solutions was founded in 2020.

Are there any incidents involving Hendrick Technical Solutions?

1 active incident involving Hendrick Technical Solutions is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

Is Hendrick Technical Solutions safe?

Hendrick Technical Solutions has 1 active incident on record in the DEPLOY registry. 1 incident on record (1 minor). Most recent: Jul 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-17

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-17

Sources by quality tier

3: primary-company-ir; Company IR disclosure
2: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Hendrick Technical Solutions

Overview

Key facts

Data & sources

Models (2)

STEED

NOMAD

Hendrick Technical Solutions on the deployment map

Current leadership (2)

Safety record

Incidents affecting Hendrick Technical Solutions (1)

Recent coverage

Peer companies

Recent activity

Sources (5)

Common questions

Peer companies

In the press

Rugged robotic mules could make dangerous supply missions safer for US soldiers, but there are some things still to work out

Neya Systems & ARA Showcase Collaborative Autonomous Breaching at XPO USA 2026

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