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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.

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Launch / recovery
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Propulsion
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Dimensions
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Mass
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Endurance
74 minutes with ISR payload

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

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Range
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Speed
40 mph maximum

Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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Altitude
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Payload
Not established in the reviewed public sources.

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

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Sensors
Configurable electro-optical / infrared payloads

Published configuration baseline; maxima are not necessarily simultaneous.

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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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