Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team announced it has started incorporating the Skydio X10 as its primary operational drone. The X10, which will replace a number of the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team's current drones, is an advanced small uncrewed aircraft system, or sUAS, that can be used for a multitude of operations, including search and rescue missions, thermal mapping and overall situational awareness during a crisis. It is capable of power up in less than 40 seconds.

The drone can reach a max flight speed of 45 miles per hour and has 40-minute flight time. The main payload is a sensor package consisting of multiple cameras, including telephoto, narrow, and radiometric thermal cameras for use in low light environments. Additionally, the Skydio X10 is the only drone on the market with NightSense, enabling autonomous flight, including obstacle avoidance, in zero light conditions.

This helps ensure that crisis response can continue uninterrupted 24 hours a day. The Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team provides on-demand, emergency assistance during crisis situations to government agencies and emergency responders, at no cost to the supported agencies, on a 24/7 basis. Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team members set up portable cell sites, Wi-Fi hotspots, charging stations and other Verizon Frontline devices and solutions that enable communications and/or boost network performance.

Verizon Frontline is the advanced network and technology built for first responders - developed over three decades of partnership with public safety officials and agencies on the front lines - to meet their unique and evolving needs.