Deployment
Skydio X10D at United States
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 · 3 sources · not yet field-verified · Drones
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US Army order for over 2,500 Skydio X10D, described as the largest single-vendor tactical small-UAS order in Army history. X10D is on the DoD Blue UAS cleared list.
Key facts
- Operator
- US Army
- Order
- Over 2,500 X10D (Mar 2026); largest single-vendor tactical sUAS order in Army history
- DoD Blue UAS clearance
- Approved under DoD Blue UAS program (trusted supply chain)
Exposure
- Customer segment
- defense
- Scale tier
- fleet 1000 plus
- Customer
- US Army
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Skydio X10D at United States.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Model
- Skydio X10D
- Company
- Skydio
- Location
- United States
- Operator
- Skydio
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- customer deployed
- Scale at site
- 100+ units
- Site environment
- outdoor
- Location precision
- verified coordinates
- First seen
- 2026-03-22
- ID
be985fe8-76c8-4996-bf89-cbbd0b434dda
Timeline
- Mar 2026First recordedSkydio X10D first documented operating at United States.
- May 2026created
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
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Skydio X10D operates in United States. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (3)
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: production
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Skydio's footage of the X10D, the hardened defense variant of its X10 drone, framed for military and duty missions with day and night imagery. Autonomous flight is onboard; missions are operator-deployed.
Skydio's presentation of the X10D, the defense variant of its X10 autonomous drone, built for fleet operations. Autonomous flight and obstacle avoidance are Skydio product features.