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US won’t catch up, if anything the gap will continue to widen. You can’t offshore all the industry except the thin layer of bloated military subcontractors and hope to stay competitive.

Anyone who’s used Skydio will tell you the only thing it’s good at is obstacle avoidance - it’s a one trick pony. And while recent DJI drones have improved their obstacle avoidance, Skydio has shattered its consumer product division, so the only thing you would expect after DJI ban is overpriced shittier drones from Skydio and grey market imported ‘not DJI’ drones that DJI has ‘licensed’ to such brands as ‘Cogito’ - basically, a carbon copy that’s technically not DJI.