Buying guide
Ghost (Ghost-X) vs Skydio X10 in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
| Attribute | No image on file | No image on file |
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| Manufacturer | Anduril Industries | Skydio |
| Form factor | aerial | aerial |
| Maturity | production | production |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | Not announced | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — | — |
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| Verified deployments | 1United States Army | 3 |
| Privacy practices | — | 8data-retention, data-deletion-control, training-data-use, biometric-storage, third-party-sharing, cloud-upload, data-sale, location-tracking |
| Sources on file | 9 | 12 |
Editorial summaries
Ghost (Ghost-X)
Anduril's Ghost (current Ghost-X variant) is a helicopter-style single-rotor autonomous VTOL small drone for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, redesigned on Ukrainian combat feedback from the 2020 Ghost 4. It carries about 20 to 25 pounds over roughly 75 to 90 minutes and 25 kilometers, runs Anduril's Lattice autonomy, and sits on the Defense Innovation Unit's China-free Blue UAS list. Its autonomy is verified-substantive, not marketing: Lattice delivers fielded onboard autonomy including radio-silent flight, single-operator multi-drone teaming, and automatic low-battery mission hand-off, and the registry wires Ghost to the Lattice brain (not to Shield AI's Hivemind). The deployment record is strong: a September 2024 US Army Company-Level small-UAS Tranche 1 selection under a $14.417 million ten-year contract, Replicator fielding to Brigade Combat Teams, more than 1,200 unit-hours across thirteen Army units, and combat use in Ukraine since 2022. It is defense procurement equipment sold on contract; there is no consumer price.
Skydio X10
Skydio's X10 is the company's flagship autonomous drone (announced September 2023): three cameras, night-capable sensors, and the onboard Skydio Autonomy Engine for self-flying inspection and public-safety operations. It is the genuine-autonomy anchor of the commercial drone set: where most consumer and commercial drones are operator-piloted with assist features, the X10's self-flying autonomy is the product. It is sold into enterprise and public-safety channels on a quote basis (not a published consumer retail price), so DEPLOY records no reviewed consumer price. Skydio is a US maker spanning commercial and defense use; the X10 is at production maturity.
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