西科斯基周一推出了一套集装箱式套件，将四架其Nomad 100无人机及其飞行所需的装备装入一个标准集装箱。此次发布正值美国陆军协会年度会议在华盛顿开幕之际。
Sikorsky on Monday introduced a containerized kit that packs four of its Nomad 100 drones and the gear needed to fly them into a single shipping container. The announcement came as the Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting opened in Washington.
公司在一份声明中表示，Nomad 100快速打包套件可将四架飞机、任务指挥软件、电力、通信和保障装备装入一个标准20英尺集装箱内。
The Nomad 100 fast pack fits four aircraft, mission-command software, power, communications and sustainment equipment inside one standard 20-foot shipping container, the company said in a release.
根据西科斯基的说法，在其规划配置中，两架飞机可在15分钟内完成任务准备，另外两架则可在四到六小时内可用。
In its planned configuration, two of the aircraft can be mission ready in under 15 minutes, and the other two available within four to six hours, according to Sikorsky.
该系统设计为可在无需跑道的情况下从诸如军舰、战术车辆停放区和临时降落区等地点起飞。任务结束后，机组人员可重新打包集装箱，将其装载到兼容车辆上并转移至新地点。
The system is designed to launch without a runway from sites such as naval vessels, tactical vehicle staging areas and improvised landing zones. After a mission, crews can repack the container, load it onto a compatible vehicle and move it to a new site.
公司表示，根据客户的配置方式，该套件可支持情报、监视、侦察和目标定位任务，也可用于轻型攻击和争夺后勤任务。
Depending on how a customer configures it, the kit could support intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting missions, as well as light attack and contested logistics, the company said.
西科斯基称，美军需要通过紧凑型系统快速扩大其自主飞机库存，这些系统能够在争夺环境中快速部署、维持和转移。
Sikorsky said the U.S. military needs to rapidly expand its inventory of autonomous aircraft with compact systems that can be deployed, sustained and moved quickly in contested environments.
“通过将飞机、任务指挥、通信、电力和保障装备打包进一个集装箱式系统，我们使得VTOL UAS能力的移动、使用和重新定位变得更加紧急和灵活，”西科斯基副总裁兼总经理Rich Benton在声明中表示。
“By packaging aircraft, mission command, communications, power and sustainment into a single containerized system, we are making it easier to move, employ and reposition VTOL UAS capability with urgency and flexibility,” Rich Benton, Sikorsky’s vice president and general manager, said in the release.
Nomad 100翼展为18英尺，根据国防部的分类系统，它属于第三组无人机。它采用西科斯基的旋翼吹气翼设计，将直升机的垂直升力和悬停能力与固定翼飞机的速度、航程和续航能力相结合，并配备公司的MATRIX自主软件进行飞行。公司尚未公布Nomad 100的有效载荷、航程或续航时间。
The Nomad 100 has an 18-foot wingspan and is a Group 3 drone under the Defense Department’s classification system. It uses Sikorsky’s rotor blown wing design, which pairs a helicopter’s vertical lift and hover with the speed, range and endurance of a fixed-wing aircraft, and it flies with the company’s MATRIX autonomy software The company has not released the Nomad 100’s payload, range or endurance.
西科斯基公司在国防高级研究计划署（DARPA）的早期垂直起降飞机演示项目（EVADE）的资助下开发了该飞机。
Sikorsky developed the aircraft with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, under its Early VTOL Aircraft Demonstration program, known as EVADE.
西科斯基公司7月表示，已完成Nomad 100的初步地面和飞行测试，接下来将在政府设施中对该无人机进行密集的飞行测试。公司称，DARPA选择MATRIX作为EVADE项目中全部五架飞机的自主系统。
In July, Sikorsky said it had finished initial ground and flight testing of the Nomad 100 and would next put the drone through an intensive flight test campaign at a government facility. The company said DARPA chose MATRIX as the autonomy system for all five aircraft in the EVADE program.
西科斯基公司于2025年10月推出了Nomad系列，此前对一款名为Nomad 50的较小原型机进行了延长的飞行测试，其翼展为10.3英尺。
Sikorsky introduced the Nomad family in October 2025, after an extended flight test of a smaller prototype, the Nomad 50, with a 10.3-foot wingspan.
周一的声明未说明是否已制造出快速包，或是否有任何军种订购或正在评估该系统。
Monday’s release did not say whether a fast pack has been built, or whether any military service has ordered or is evaluating one.