Aimed at military and civilian markets, the drone is not subject to ITAR restrictions[2] making it easily exportable around the world.

[3] The Falco Xplorer was first presented at the Paris Air Show of 2019 by Fabrizio Boggiani, senior vice-president of airborne sensors and mission systems at Leonardo Electronics.

[5] On 22 October 2020 during testing, an unknown problem forced one Falco to be ditched at sea.

[6] The Falco Xplorer finished its first round of testing on 22 December 2022, after which it started a new round of testing with the Direzione degli Armamenti Aeronautici e per l'Aeronavigabilità (ARMAEREO) with the objective to meet the NATO STANAG 4671 standard.

Leonardo hopes to complete the certification process and start receiving orders by 2024.