| X10 | |
|---|---|
 Skydio X10 in flight | |
| General information | |
| Type | Camera drone |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Skydio AeroArc |
| Primary users | United States Army |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2023–present |
| Introduction date | September 2023 |
The Skydio X10 is an American teleoperated compact quadcopter drone produced by Skydio. Introduced in September 2023, the X10 is intended for both military and civilian use and has also been produced in India by AeroArc.
The Skydio X10 was announced in September 2023. [1] The drone has is a quadcopter with a folding design which, according to Skydio, can be made flight ready from a backpack in 40 seconds. [2] The X10's name derives from the drone's computing power being improved tenfold compared to its predecessor, the Skydio X2. [3] The X10 also has an IP55 protection rating, a "NightSense" zero-light autonomous flight system, and can be controlled using a 5G cellular connection, giving it a theoretically infinite range. [3] [4] [5] Like the X2, the X10 was originally released in two variants; the X10 for civilian users and the X10D for military and government use. [2] Unlike the baseline X10, the X10D is equipped with a multi-band radio, allowing it to operate in contested environments. [2]
The drone was initially released with two interchangeable camera options; the VT300-Z and VT300-L. [6] The VT300-Z features a 48-megapixel telephoto zoom camera, a 64MP narrow-angle camera, and a 640×512 Teledyne FLIR Boson+ thermal camera. [3] [6] [7] The VT300-L, intended for low-light operations, swaps the telephoto zoom camera for a 50MP wide-angle camera with a 1-inch sensor and adds a 2800-lumen flashlight. [6] [7] A third option, the VT100-L, was released later with the flashlight, wide-angle, and narrow-angle cameras of the VT300-L, but without the thermal camera. [7]
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Data from Skydio X10 operator manual [8]
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