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SCORPIO 500

About

About SCORPIO 500

SCORPIO 500 is a compact aircraft for indoor precision operations and counter-UAS interception. The 2.1-kilogram platform carries up to 0.5 kilograms, flies for approximately 15 minutes and operates over ranges beyond 4.8 kilometres.

XOS provides human-guided control, GNSS-denied navigation and a three-aircraft mesh. The aircraft can skid across floors, launch from the ground, hand or another aircraft and automatically recover after landing on its back or contacting a wall. Encrypted communications, ATAK integration and an optional one-kilometre fibre-optic link support operations inside dense or electronically contested environments.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Remote operation
  • Workflows: Reconnaissance, close-combat support, interception, remote operation and tactical aerial sensing.
  • Operating environments: Defence operational environment, Outdoor field environment
  • Target markets: Defense forces, security teams and government users needing compact tactical drones.
  • Deployment model: Commercial compact defense sUAS in XTEND's Scorpio family.
  • Remote and shared control

    Claimed - XTEND presents SCORPIO 500 for compact operator-guided reconnaissance, overwatch and mission support.

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  • ISR and tactical support

    Claimed - XTEND presents SCORPIO 500 for compact operator-guided reconnaissance, overwatch and mission support.

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Context

Market context

Compact tactical SUAS for reconnaissance, interception, and close-combat missions in GNSS-denied environments.

  • Target environment: Defense field environments, GNSS-denied areas, urban operations and tactical small-unit missions.
  • Workflow context: Reconnaissance, close-combat support, interception, remote operation and tactical aerial sensing.
  • Customer context: Defense forces, security teams and government users needing compact tactical drones.
  • Deployment model: Commercial compact defense sUAS in XTEND's Scorpio family.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product with public product page and defense mission positioning.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on mission rules, endurance, payload, operator training, procurement and communications resilience.
  • Market position: Compact tactical drone lane inside XTEND's human-guided autonomy portfolio.
  • Adjacent products: SCORPIO 1000, XTEND Wolverine, Teal Black Widow, BRINC Lemur

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