Role & capabilities
- Loitering munition programme
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Loitering munition
- Developer / manufacturer
- KNDS France / Delair
- Origin / production countries
- France
- Other names
- Damocles; Colibri MX-10
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- French Army — supplier-reported
Evidence & current status
Manufacturer reports qualification/deliveries; dedicated release has conflicting internal dates. May 2026 corporate results corroborate end-2025 family-level service, not a precise MX-10 delivery date.
MX-10 DAMOCLES is the rotary-wing member of the KNDS/Delair family associated with France's short-range remotely operated munition programme. It should not be conflated with the fixed-wing MV-25 OSKAR or the EOS/KNDS MV-100. A shared portfolio name does not make the aircraft interchangeable.
KNDS reports qualification and deliveries, and its May 2026 annual-results statement places entry into service of the Damocles range at the end of 2025. The dedicated qualification release has an internal chronology problem: its January 2025 dateline accompanies text describing deliveries beginning in December 2025. Consequently that page is not used to manufacture a precise delivery-day milestone.
The record supports a named product and supplier-reported maturity. It leaves fleet quantities and configuration acceptance open. Readers should distinguish the customer programme, the family label and the specific MX-10 aircraft when comparing subsequent procurement reports.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Rotary-wing quadcopter | MX-10 family entry. 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 | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Range | Up to 10 km | Supplier product claim; operating conditions not specified. Source |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. 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 | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
Publication history
- — Published reference update.
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