It was developed as a copy of the German V-1 flying bomb and was used to simulate bombers for training anti-aircraft artillery crews and fighter pilots.

The CT 10's design process began in August 1946 with reverse-engineering of V-1 missile stocks captured from the Luftwaffe.

It was first launched from the Centre interarmées d'essais d'engins spéciaux missile range near Colomb-Bechar, Algeria, in December 1949 and became operational in 1952.

It was retired from French service during the 1950s in favour of more advanced derivatives such as the CT20 and CT41 but was still in widespread use by the British and Swedish air forces throughout the 1960s.

However, there were some important differences between the two:[2] A CT 10 is displayed in the Overlord Museum in Colleville-sur-Mer, France.