Deployment
Skydio X10D at Ukraine
Defense variant of the Skydio X10, on the US DoD Blue UAS cleared list; subject of the US Army's largest single-vendor tactical sUAS order (over 2,500 units, Mar 2026).
Skydio X10D by Skydio · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Drones
Recent coverage
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Skydio shipped approximately 1,000 drones to Ukraine for use on the battlefield. The drones are deployed for reconnaissance and surveillance by Ukrainian forces against Russian forces. Skydio drones have been at the forefront of drone warfare in Ukraine.
Key facts
- Fleet size
- ~1,000 drones
- Operator
- Ukrainian Armed Forces
- Application
- Battlefield reconnaissance and surveillance
Safety record
No incidents on record for Skydio X10D at Ukraine.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-09
- Model
- Skydio X10D
- Company
- Skydio
- Location
- Ukraine
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2024-09-01
- ID
d58e6152-32ad-46e6-aaa7-61dda624e621
Timeline
- Sep 2024First recordedSkydio X10D first documented operating at Ukraine.
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Skydio X10D operates in Ukraine. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
- Ukraine's Future Vision and Current Capabilities for Waging AI-Enabled Autonomous Warfare · https://www.csis.org/analysis/ukraines-future-vision-and-current-capabilities-waging-ai-enabled-autonomous-warfare · 2024-09-01
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-09
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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