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PDW C100

An American modular tactical quadcopter with documented Army use and configurable observation and communications payloads.

Country / region
United States
Programme status
In service / use documented
Sources reviewed
21 Sept 2026
In service / use documentedIn service / use documented
Primary domain
Air
System type
Multirole aircraft
Developer / manufacturer
Performance Drone Works (PDW)
Origin / production countries
United States
Other names
No additional names recorded
Variants / configurations
Not distinguished in reviewed sources
Operators / programme customers
US Army, including documented 25th Infantry Division use

Evidence & current status

Ambiguously rendered animated counters are excluded. C100X and other PDW products are not treated as synonyms.

Role & capabilities

  • Modular observation payloads
  • Communications relay option
  • Portable multirotor operation

Specifications in context

Airframe
Quadcopter

Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Endurance
74 minutes with ISR payload

Manufacturer's explicit prose specification; specific sensor configuration not fully identified.

Source
Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Speed
40 mph maximum

Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source
Sensors
Configurable electro-optical / infrared payloads

Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

Source
Communications / navigation
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.

Source