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September 14, 2020

U.S.-China rift could put domestic drone makers in the catbird seat

  • National security concerns about the world's dominant consumer drone-maker, China-based DJI, have upended the market for small drones.
    • By MATT O'BRIEN
    AP Technology Writer

    Skateboarders, surfers and mountain bikers used to be the target customers for California startup Skydio, a maker of high-end drones that can home in on people and capture their movements on video all by themselves. Now police officers, firefighters and soldiers are interested in the self-flying machines.

    That's partly because U.S. national security concerns about the world's dominant consumer drone-maker, China-based DJI, have upended the market for small drones and opened the door to lesser-known companies pitching applications for government agencies and big businesses.


     
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