Deployment

NOMAD at Fort Irwin, California, USA

Name: NOMAD at Fort Irwin, California, USA
Start: 2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Fort Irwin, California, USA

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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US Army Project Convergence Capstone exercise. ~10,000 soldiers gathered to experiment with new technologies. NOMAD used 12-13 times for resupply missions in Mojave Desert conditions. Heat caused tablet glitches; rocky terrain reduced range from 600m to 200m. One ramp failure incident caused NOMAD to flip on its side (no damage).

Exposure

Customer segment: defense
Scale tier: commercial 10 99

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Safety record

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

minor: 1

Most recent: Jul 2026

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Incidents on record (1)

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

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Trust tier: Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated: 2026-08-21
Model: NOMAD
Company: Hendrick Technical Solutions
Location: Fort Irwin, California, USA
Operator: Hendrick Technical Solutions
Status: operational
Scale at site: 11 to 100 units
Site environment: outdoor
Location precision: city centroid
First seen: 2026-07-01
ID: af02c278-99fd-405e-984a-e7c04cd2211c

Timeline

Jul 2026
First recorded
NOMAD first documented operating at Fort Irwin, California, USA.
Aug 2026
Current status: operational, reviewed
Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (1)

Rugged robotic mules could make dangerous supply missions safer for US soldiers · https://www.businessinsider.com/us-soldiers-ground-robots-for-resupply-missions-2026-8 · 2026-07-01

Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

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Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: defense

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the NOMAD deployment at Fort Irwin, California, USA?

NOMAD, built by Hendrick Technical Solutions, is recorded as a deployment at Fort Irwin, California, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Hendrick Technical Solutions operates the deployment directly.

Who operates NOMAD at Fort Irwin, California, USA?

Hendrick Technical Solutions, the manufacturer of NOMAD, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

When did the NOMAD deployment at Fort Irwin, California, USA go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting July 1, 2026 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

Have there been incidents at the NOMAD deployment at Fort Irwin, California, USA?

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

Is NOMAD at Fort Irwin, California, USA safe?

NOMAD at Fort Irwin, California, USA 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.

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