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
- 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.
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