Skydio Dock for X10: Battin 40.142.23 - 31 July 2025

Update Details

This release focuses primarily on bug fixes and improvements, while introducing the ability for Dock-based organizations to encrypt media for secure operations.

Launch and Landing Video Workflow Improvement

With this release, we’ve reduced the number of video files generated per Dock-based flight, simplifying media management (especially in Evidence.com) and reducing confusion while maintaining launching and landing reliability.

• In Battin 40.140.65 (released June 12, 2025), Skydio made improvements to Dock for X10 launching and landing reliability across the board in all environments and flight states. Part of these improvements involved changing all Dock for X10 launches and landings to a 4:3 aspect ratio video mode, increasing the drone’s vertical field of view to aid in its positioning and ensure we have the most reliable and safe Dock landings.  
• However, as a result of this change, video footage for launching, landing, and flight was automatically segmented into multiple files, adding complexity to video media management.

You will now see:

• 1 color video (video ends right before the drone lands)
• 1 thermal video (covers full duration of the flight)
• 1 LRV (low-res video) (covers full duration of the flight)

[note] For updated information about Dock for X10 video files, visit our Support article: Understanding Dock for X10 Flight System Media Files. [/note]

Media Encryption for Docked Drones

Ensure sensitive footage is never exposed—even in the rare case that a drone is lost during a mission

• Dock-deployed drones automatically encrypt all media before launch and decrypt it only post-flight
• Protects media and telemetry data if a drone is lost or compromised during flight, ensuring drone data security
• Good for organizations with strict data security requirements
• Automated media sync remains fully supported
• The same dock that encrypted the drone must be used to decrypt the drone
• Uses FIPS 140-3 compliant encryption modules

[note] The drone encrypts the media card automatically before launch. Media is decrypted securely upon landing in the original dock, enabling automated upload to Skydio Cloud without user interaction. If the drone lands outside of the dock and is still flyable, only relaunch if the goal is to return to the original Dock. Otherwise, the onboard storage may fill up—leading to potential data loss. [/note]

[note] Media encryption for Docked drones is currently only available for Dock-only organizations. Skydio Cloud orgs with mixed fleets (Dock-based and controller-based) do not currently support media encryption for Docked drones. [/note]

Bug Fixes and Improvements

Drone-to-drone Deconfliction

• Fixes an issue where an erroneous “Paused for Drone Traffic” message might display prior to launch
  • Previously, the user would select Override or reboot the drone via Skydio Cloud to resolve this issue
  • Now the user will no longer incorrectly see the “paused for drone traffic” prior to launch
• Reduces instances of drones landing outside of the dock due to a 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.
  • Previously, if Drone B did not move in time, Drone A would initiate a smart landing
  • We will now wait a longer period of time (up to 10 min) for before initiating a smart landing for Drone A. This gives the blocking drone, Drone B, more time to move out of the way
• New prompt now shows when a drone is close to other drone(s) and has priority to move:
  • “Nearby Drones Detected: Flying near other drones. Collision avoidance is active.”
  • Previously, only the drones that did not have priority and were paused would get a notification
  • Ensures the pilot with the priority drone is aware that they are blocking progress of another drone and may consider moving

Launch, Return, and Land

• A small adjustment was made to camera settings during Dock landing to increase landing reliability. The video will get darker during landing
• Resolves an issue where, with fully loaded attachments in high wind conditions, a drone may try to launch right after landing (and get blown away)
• Reduces the likelihood of an erroneous “unsafe launch space” message flashing for brief period of time before launch

Additional Fixes

• Fixes a rarely occurring issue where video feed instability may occur in some environments without a lot of visual context or texture (e.g. views with a lot of sky), as the drone may yaw left and right slightly after 2 seconds without user input
• Fixes an issue where Panoramas can have missing spots around the edge/corner
• Mitigates an issue where in some locations, the Dock for X10 setup flight fails due to bad GPS
• Fixes an issue where temperature sensors cause Dock to fail to manage battery temperature correctly.

Known Issues

• If the drone lands outside the Dock or if the charger fails to connect properly, a dismissible prompt will appear indicating that media storage may be limited. In this case, media and logs will remain encrypted until the vehicle lands in the Dock and establishes a proper charging connection