Skydio X10D Drones

Funds are not currently available for this solicitation, and no award will be made until funding is secured; the Government retains the right to cancel the solicitation at any time without obligation to reimburse offeror costs. This is a Firm-Fixed Price contract under solicitation number FA466126Q0057, issued by the Department of Defense, specifically the 7 CONS office at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5 for NAICS code 336411 (Aircraft Manufacturing). The requirement is for two units of the Skydio X10D Starter Solution (Multi-Band, IR) with the VT300-Z sensor, which must be NDAA compliant, designed and assembled in the USA, RAS-A compliant, and utilize the open MAVLINK protocol. The drones must be backpack deployable, weigh no more than 2.11 kg with batteries, startup in under 40 seconds, feature four modular attachment bays, include a Teledyne FLIR Boson+ thermal camera with 640x512 resolution and six 32 MP navigation cameras for 360-degree obstacle avoidance, and operate autonomously in GPS-denied or high-EMI environments with Skydio NightSense mode and a 12 km radio range. Offers must be submitted via email to samson.reeves@us.af.mil and taylor.norris@us.af.mil no later than 12:00 P.M. (CDT) on 13 July 2026, and must include a signed Page 2 of the RFQ or equivalent containing all required information, detailed technical specifications addressing the Salient Characteristics, and a price certification affirming fair allocation of all direct and indirect costs including overhead, profit, and taxes. Evaluation will be based solely on the lowest priced technically acceptable quote, with technical acceptability functioning as a pass/fail gate tied directly to meeting the Salient Characteristics. Offerors must be registered in SAM.gov with a valid CAGE code and Unique Entity ID, and comply with all mandatory representations and certifications including Small Business status, Buy American requirements, prohibitions on inverted domestic corporations, telecom equipment restrictions, and trafficking in persons. The contract requires item unique identification per MIL-STD-130, shipment labeling per MIL-STD-129, machine-readable marking verification using approved AIT devices, and electronic