Skydio Dock for X10: Battin 40.140.65 - 12 June 2025

Flight System Update Procedure 

1. Update your drone
2. Update your external radio
3. Update your Dock
4. Perform your preflight check
5. Conduct a functional test flight
6. Work with your Skydio account team to conduct a new Setup Flight - this is required to enable Pathfinder and Drone-to-drone deconfliction

[note] Do not update your system while the drone is in flight. [/note]

Update Features

This release boosts mission efficiency and safety with smart flight planning, autonomous parachute deployment, and robust drone deconfliction—while enhancing compliance, expanding mission capabilities, and streamlining fleet and data management.

This release includes updates that impact different roles within the Skydio ecosystem. To help you quickly identify what matters most to you, we have grouped updates by role. Use the definitions below to identify which sections apply to your responsibilities:

REMOTE PILOTS

Pathfinder (Beta)

Instead of flying in a straight line, Pathfinder uses terrain, building, and geofence data to calculate an optimal path between two points while maintaining AGL.

• Pilot Efficiency: Frees pilot to focus on comms, awareness, and intel gathering
• Faster Routing: Chooses shortest path to save battery and reduce response time
• Lost Comms Safety: Calculates routes onboard to ensure safe return without connectivity
• Connectivity Gaps: Enables flight through dead zones and still reaches the destination respecting timeout settings

Visit: Getting started with Skydio Pathfinder (Beta) for more information about using this feature.

[note] Pathfinder is in Beta and is available for DFR customers flying Dock for X10. Work with your Skydio account team to enable Pathfinder for your organization. [/note]

[note] Pilot attention is still required during Pathfinder autonomous flight. [/note]

Parachute (EAP)

Mitigates risk to people on ground and enables compliant “Ops Over People”

• Spot problems before they escalate: Internal sensors proactively monitor flight conditions to detect anomalies and deploy Parachute if necessary
• Protect what matters—automatically: In the event of a failure, the Parachute deploys autonomously to safeguard people and property
• Take action when you need to: Manual override option gives pilots the ability to deploy the Parachute on demand or disable it entirely
• Battery lock: Prevents dislodgement during Parachute deployment for safer landings

Visit: Getting Started with Parachute for Skydio X10 (EAP) for more information about using this attachment.

[note] Parachute is available in the US as part of an Early Access Program for select Dock for X10 customers. Work with your Skydio account team for enablement. [/note]

[note] Parachute is not intended to protect your drone from damage. If deployed, both the drone and Parachute must be sent back to Skydio. Parachute is only compatible with Rev 2 propellers. [/note]

Safety and Flight Experience Improvements

Skydio drone-to-drone deconfliction (Beta)

• Avoid mid-air collisions: Deconfliction prevents Skydio drones in the same Site from colliding—enabling faster, safer ops. Drones are automatically paused when traffic is detected.
• Stay in the know: Pilots receive real-time on-screen visual alerts when deconfliction is triggered
• You’re still in control: Manual override lets pilots resume flight—but may introduce collision risk
• Skydio-only awareness: System does not detect or avoid non-Skydio aircraft. Drones must have connection to internet

[note] Docks, and their respective linked drones, must be added to the same Site in Skydio Cloud for deconfliction to be enabled. If Docks and their drones are not in the same Site, they will not deconflict in flight. [/note]

Wind Direction and Speed Estimation Indicators

• Know what you're flying into: Wind estimation indicators reveal in-air conditions that impact battery performance and flight speed
• Fly with confidence: Visual guidance shows wind direction relative to drone heading—helping pilots make faster, smarter decisions

[note] This is an estimation, not a direct observation, of wind behavior.  We infer wind speed and direction based on the difference between expected and observed drone behavior. [/note]

Missions in Night and Rain

• No mode-switching required: Reuse the same mission plan at night—no need for separate twilight configurations on X10
• Manual Overrides for Obstacle Avoidance: Remote Pilots get new alerts when it’s raining or too dark, and their selected Obstacle Avoidance settings will now override Mission settings
• Auto-abort in darkness: If conditions darken mid-flight and no action is taken after the alert fires, the drone will auto-abort and return to home

Camera Settings by Drone and Sensor Package

• Choose your drone/sensor upfront: Select your device package at the start of Waypoints or Map Capture missions
• Smart camera settings: See only the camera settings that match your selected configuration
• Mismatch warnings: Get pre-flight alerts if your mission includes unsupported settings for the chosen drone. Missions can still be run, but camera settings may differ depending on sensor package capabilities.

Updates to Live Mission Planner

• Planning Workflow Improvements: Live Mission and Map Mission planning now offer a more consistent experience—from setup to post-flight review. The entire waypoint list is now visible, which lets Remote Pilots go to any waypoint without pressing next multiple times, delete waypoints, and see where new waypoints will be created.
• See missions instantly: Live Missions automatically appear in the mission list as soon as the drone lands. VPS maps still need time to get uploaded as before.
• GPS by Default: Live Planning now uses GPS mode (vs VPS) by default

Panorama Support for Dock for X10

• New camera setting: X10 missions from Dock now support Panorama as a camera action at waypoints
• Easy access and sharing: Captured panoramas are saved to the media tab—easily viewable in third-party apps or downloadable as individual images. Each panorama will require about 10-60 seconds to be stitched after landing and will prevent flight until processing is complete.

Skydio X10 Generation 2 Support

• Device Visibility: X10 Gen 2 drones are now listed in the Skydio Cloud with Gen 2 labeling and all-gray drone image
• Carrier Management: View carrier for each drone, see which carriers are active per flight, filter flights and export data by carrier in the Reports tab
• Telemetry Support: Remote Flight Deck displays live cellular telemetry and carrier information

ORGANIZATIONAL ADMINS

Mixed Fleet Cloud Orgs for Docked and Non-Docked X10s

• Simplify fleet management: Manage both docked and non-docked X10 drones under a single cloud org—no more siloed operations
• Streamline ops, enhance security: Unified management eliminates the need for separate orgs, enabling full access to planning, telemetry, and fleet tools
• One platform for all insights: Centralized reporting captures all X10 flight data in one place for easier reporting, analysis and oversight

[note] S2 and X2 docked drones are not supported in this consolidation [/note]

Radiometric Image File Handling

• Spot radiometric images at a glance: Thermal images captured via skills, 3D Scan, Map Capture, or other workflows now include a _R.JPG suffix in the filename.
• Simplify analysis and storage: New naming makes it easy to distinguish radiometric files from standard thermal imagery—no guesswork required

RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS

This update improves Dock launching and landing reliability across the board in all environments and flight states.

• Dock for X10 launches and landings are now in a 4:3 aspect ratio video mode. This is a critical change to ensure we have the most reliable and safe Dock landings. Thermal video is unchanged.

[note] As a result of this change, video footage for launching, landing, and flight is automatically segmented into multiple files. We will work on streamlining this workflow in an upcoming release—stay tuned! [/note]

For more information about this behavior and some recommendations for managing your video files, **visit our Support article: Understanding Dock for X10 Flight System Media Files .

FIXES and ENHANCEMENTS

• Skydio Connect SL is more resistant to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks
• Improved reliability of drone reboots initiated from Skydio Cloud
• Improved GPS estimator for waypoints reduces instances of waypoint and return failures
• Fixes an issue where the Skydio External Radio would randomly fail. When the issue occurred, the radio would display a red light, fail to connect the drone in flight, and trigger the following fault in Skydio Cloud:
  
• Fixes an issue of erratic flight while flying laterally due to perceived blind spots
• Fixes an issue where Dock lights remained on despite being set to "Off When Not in Operation" in cloud settings
• Fixes an issue of video tearing (e.g. “Monet painting” video quality) caused by restricted backhaul, resulting in improved feeds when operating on a slower backhaul connection
• Fixes an issue with Auto White Balance not being consistent during Map Captures, resulting in improved color accuracy

KNOWN ISSUES

• Parachute is available via Early Access Program and has some known issues and limitations. For more information, visit: Getting Started with Parachute for Skydio X10 (EAP)
• Pathfinder is a Beta feature and has some known issues and limitations. For more information, visit: Getting started with Skydio Pathfinder (Beta)
• If Low Light mode has not been enabled when flying in low light conditions, the Dock AprilTags will not be lit when the drone returns to Dock, potentially resulting in a failed Dock landing. This is most likely to occur during transitional times such as twilight. Ensure that Low Light mode is enabled if it gets dark during operations.
• If the drone loses connection to the Dock during return and landing, the drone will land in the nearest Safe Landing zone and will not land in the Dock. This is expected behavior.
• If a Skydio X10 Dock battery is replaced with a new battery, Skydio Cloud may display the battery percentage of the previous battery for about one minute or until a new flight is conducted
• If the Dock is powered off while a drone is inside—and the charger is extended—the drone will continue to draw power from its battery, which will eventually become fully depleted
  • If fully depleted, the drone battery will enter “hibernation mode” and will display a single flashing blue light when the battery button is pressed. Connect the drone to a USB cable to charge the battery via the drone (and not the Dock)—this will cause the battery to exit the hibernation mode.
• After rebooting or updating the drone or dock, an erroneous "Battery Error" message may briefly display in Remote Flight Deck
• In some environments, Skydio X10 Gen 2 may experience a delay when switch between 5G and 4G connectivity, resulting in about 30-40 seconds of cellular disconnect
• Skydio drone-to-drone deconfliction only works for X10s in the same Cloud Site. Drones in different Sites will not deconflict, regardless of where they’re flying
• Editing Dock Height results in associated Missions in the Organization getting a new edit date, causing them to reorder themselves in the Missions Library when sorted by edit date.
• With drone-to-drone deconfliction, if a drone (Drone A) is returning to Dock, but there is another drone (Drone B) within the vicinity, Drone B may automatically pause flight and block Drone A from returning to Dock. Override the flight pause for Drone B and pilot it out of the way to enable Drone A to successfully return to Dock.
• In some cases, “Paused for Drone Traffic” may falsely appear prior to launch. Select “Override” or reboot the drone to resolve this issue.
• In some low-feature views, the drone may yaw left and right slightly after 2 seconds without user input, causing the video feed to not be stable