Facts

• Company: XTEND
• Product type: Reconnaissance UAV
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Defense
• Website: https://www.xtend.me/scorpio-1000

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

SCORPIO 1000 is XTEND small unmanned aerial system for defense and security missions. It is designed for reconnaissance, UAS interception and close-combat operations, using XTEND human-guided autonomy stack to keep operators in control during complex missions.

Overview

SCORPIO 1000 is XTEND small unmanned aerial system for defense and security missions. It is designed for reconnaissance, UAS interception and close-combat operations, using XTEND human-guided autonomy stack to keep operators in control during complex missions.

Market context

Larger tactical SUAS in the Scorpio family for reconnaissance, interception, and close-combat missions.

• Target environment: Defense field environments, GNSS-denied areas, reconnaissance routes and close-combat operating contexts.
• Workflow context: Tactical ISR, interception, close-combat support, remote operation and payload-enabled mission execution.
• Customer context: Defense forces, security teams and government operators using tactical small UAS.
• Deployment model: Commercial defense sUAS in XTEND's Scorpio family.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial product with public product page and defense mission positioning.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on procurement, export controls, mission rules, payload fit, training, communications and battlefield reliability.
• Market position: Larger Scorpio-family tactical drone for higher mission capacity than compact close-combat sUAS.
• Adjacent products: SCORPIO 500, XTEND Wolverine, Teal Black Widow, PDW C100

Audience

Defense

Workflow

Tactical ISR, interception, close-combat support, remote operation and payload-enabled mission execution.

Capability

defense

Deployment environment

Defense field environments, GNSS-denied areas, reconnaissance routes and close-combat operating contexts.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Defense
• Workflow: Tactical ISR, interception, close-combat support, remote operation and payload-enabled mission execution.
• Capability: defense
• Deployment environment: Defense field environments, GNSS-denied areas, reconnaissance routes and close-combat operating contexts.

Specifications

• Speed: Max speed 44 mph / 70 km/h
• Flight Time: 20 minutes
• Range: Over 3 miles / 4.8 km
• Communication: 256 AES encryption, sense-and-avoid, 1.980–2.7 GHz communications, ATAK/RTSP/C2 API, and 1.8 mi / 2.9 km optic fiber option
• Payload Options: Interchangeable payload generic ICD
• Task Scope: Reconnaissance, target detection, homing, and counter-UAS missions
• Operational Role: Tactical sUAS for reconnaissance and counter-UAS operation
• Wind Resistance: Gust endurance 12.9 m/s / 25 knots

Tags

• Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
• Workflow: Tactical reconnaissance
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Defence operational environment, Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Deployed platform

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• Iroko UAV - Terra Industries - UAV
• VECTOR RCV - Milrem Robotics - UGV
• GEREON RCS - ARX Robotics - Unmanned Ground Vehicle