Sikorsky packs four Nomad 100 VTOL drones into a 20-ft container

Sikorsky unveiled the Fast Pack, a standard 20-foot ISO shipping container housing four Nomad 100 VTOL drones plus communications, power and maintenance gear. Two aircraft can be prepped and launched in 15 minutes, the other two in four to six hours, with missions run by Lockheed Martin's MATRIX autonomy system.

• Fast Pack holds four Nomad 100 drones in a 20-ft ISO container
• Two aircraft ready to launch in 15 minutes, two more in 4–6 hours
• Missions commanded via Lockheed Martin's MATRIX autonomy from a tablet
• Rotor blown wing design removes the need for a runway