Skydio X2D INTL: v19.4.19 - 29 June 2022

[note]This information applies to non-United States government and international operators.[/note]

June 29, 2022

What's in this release

NEW

Skydio ATAK Integration

Integrating the Skydio Enterprise and the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) apps allows you to monitor your Skydio X2D fleet. ATAK provides geospatial information about your Skydio X2D and controlling device, allowing you to navigate using GPS and map data overlays for real-time situational awareness.

Integrating the Skydio Enterprise and the Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) apps allows you to monitor your Skydio X2D fleet. ATAK provides geospatial information about your Skydio X2D and controlling device, allowing you to navigate using GPS and map data overlays for real-time situational awareness.

Attitude Mode

Attitude Mode is a new Vehicle Mode available on Skydio X2D that allows you to disable the visual and GPS navigation systems. Designed to be flown by expert pilots, in GPS-denied environments, or where there is the potential for jamming, Attitude Mode offers a manual flight experience. You have direct stick control of the aircraft’s throttle, yaw rate, pitch, and roll angles, rather than relying on automatic altitude and position stabilization. All autonomous functions, such as Return to Home and Obstacle Avoidance, are disabled.

Thermal Settings

Thermal imaging detects infrared radiation to help see objects in the dark. It distinguishes the relative temperature to help you see warmer objects, such as people and animals, against cooler backdrops. There are now more settings available to meet your operational requirements.

Automatic Gain Control (AGC) Tuning - With AGC Tuning, the gain or signal noise in your thermal image will automatically optimize for the contrast you selected. Tuning presets are available for all thermal palettes. Options include:

Reconnaissance - uses the lowest contrast settings; the temperatures in your image will be represented with a narrow range of colors or shades.
Low contrast - displays a broader range of color than Reconnaissance allowing for more defined temperature differentiation.
Medium contrast (default) - as you add contrast to your images the resulting temperature variances are represented by more colors, providing greater detail in your thermal imagery.
High contrast - displays temperature variances using a wide range of colors, providing the highest level of detail in your thermal imagery.

Region of Interest - you now have the ability to select a Region of Interest (ROI) on your thermal image and apply AGC to that specific area. The area inside the ROI will be optimized with AGC, while the area outside the region of interest can still be viewed. Specifying the region of interest is useful in situations when you need to quickly determine thermal irregularities by ignoring sections of a thermal reading that are irrelevant to you.

ENHANCEMENTS

Thermal Video Feed Improvements

This update offers improved infrared stream quality. Skydio X2D now uses an adaptive bit rate that adjusts depending on the wireless channel conditions of your range and environment.

• • Maximum bit rate up to 1Mbps

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