GNSS-denied navigation - Claimed - 2025-10-13 - The payload lineup includes the CACI Mastodon FireBeast, Silvus StreamCaster MANET relay, and PDW's own A-PNT vision-based navigation module for GPS-denied mission execution. - source: pdw.ai
ISR and tactical support - Demonstrated - 2026-02-18 - PDW demonstrated the C100 at the Crimson Tomahawk 25 joint exercise for U.S. Air Force and Special Forces teams across Joint Fires and Effects, Close Air Support, and mounted and dismounted maneuver scenarios. - source: pdw.ai
Target designation - Demonstrated - Identified and designated threats with a laser-equipped C100 during the Iron Lance campaign. - environment: Iron Lance tactical targeting campaign - Hardware: laser-equipped targeting payload - Control: operator_supervised_autonomy - source: pdw.ai
Communications relay - Claimed - 2025-10-13 - Provide communications relay through the Multi-Mission Payload suite in contested environments. - environment: contested battlefield communications missions - Hardware: C100 Multi-Mission communications-relay payload - Control: operator_supervised_autonomy - source: pdw.ai
Electronic-warfare sensing and response - Claimed - 2025-10-13 - The payload suite extends the C100 from a portable quadcopter into a more flexible battlefield system for relay, APNT, and electronic warfare-adjacent missions. - source: pdw.ai
ISR and tactical support - Claimed - Provide first-in visible and thermal imagery of an emergency scene. - environment: Public-safety, search-and-rescue and emergency-response scenes - Hardware: visible and thermal imaging payload - Control: operator_supervised_autonomy - source: pdw.ai
Public-safety response - Claimed - Carry a phone, radio, medical pack or flotation device into an emergency scene. - environment: Public-safety, search-and-rescue and emergency-response scenes - Hardware: mission-specific phone, radio, medical-pack or flotation-device payload - Control: operator_supervised_autonomy - source: pdw.ai
Fielding and operator support - Demonstrated - 2026-01-28 - PDW supported Army Transformation in Contact units at the National Training Center with C100 training, technical integration, troubleshooting and operator mentorship in contested operating conditions. - environment: military… - source: pdw.ai