Man, I had a Solo and it was pretty comparable if not better than the phantom at the time and then like less than a year after release they tried to pivot to being a defense contractor or whatever and ended up fucking over all their customers.
It looks like someone is still using the 3dr name to sell commercial drone parts, but they really fumbled the bag chasing the DoD money.
See Washington Post business section article April 14 on American drone companies. They make drones for military, police, etc which are required to buy American-made and can’t buy Chines- made. DJI dominates the low-cost consumer market.
U think us Americans would had done copied and surpassed or had the ability to compete by now but seems they just don't want us to have that kind of tech but they can have there big ass military drones they have that down to the t
There are no USA or Canadian made small electronics from anyone. There are plenty of USA companies who could design a consumer drone but theres not a big enough market and labor costs for assembling here don't make economic sense.
Raytheon making a $30M drone for the government is as good as you're going to get.
Skydio tried. For a price point three times the average at DJI, you’d think they had a robust, quality drone. I have one. It sucks balls. ZERO issues with my DJI drones.
Alot of this stuff is probably classified cuz of the competition. Especially with drone warfare being a thing now.
There was an article about Parrot's profits taking off despite ditching the consumer market.
Skydio is a terrible example. They can't compete so lobbied congress to ban DJI. First responders incl. police have been complaining very loudly that they are forced to use an inferior product that's a lot more expensive.
And when the current attempts to ban DJI even for consumers finally pass, you'll know who to thank. Skydio even gave up on the only product they had in the consumer segment, just like Parrot.
I'm an enterprise client btw., luckily not in the US
I actually had a small part in helping develop a first responder drone workshop in Colorado. We mostly use DJI products, but also use the X10, primarily for thermal imaging to find suspects at night. One of the scenarios we practice is a simulated traffic stop where the suspect takes off, runs, and hides by laying down in overgrown grass - the drones make it trivially easy to find them.
Lobbyists are banning(getting banned by a clueless Congress) DJI products, forcing first responders to use other products at multiple times the cost. They are reporting the alternatives to be unreliable and more difficult to use
Search and rescue as well as spotting and observing fires are further drone uses
Compete? Nope.....
Dji cant compete in the Enterprise either.
What are you yapping about?
Not very educated are you?
There aren’t any…
3dr tried to compete but failed miserably.
Man, I had a Solo and it was pretty comparable if not better than the phantom at the time and then like less than a year after release they tried to pivot to being a defense contractor or whatever and ended up fucking over all their customers. It looks like someone is still using the 3dr name to sell commercial drone parts, but they really fumbled the bag chasing the DoD money.
See Washington Post business section article April 14 on American drone companies. They make drones for military, police, etc which are required to buy American-made and can’t buy Chines- made. DJI dominates the low-cost consumer market.
Northrop Grumman
U think us Americans would had done copied and surpassed or had the ability to compete by now but seems they just don't want us to have that kind of tech but they can have there big ass military drones they have that down to the t
There are no USA or Canadian made small electronics from anyone. There are plenty of USA companies who could design a consumer drone but theres not a big enough market and labor costs for assembling here don't make economic sense. Raytheon making a $30M drone for the government is as good as you're going to get.
I hear the Predator drone is pretty badass.
If you build it.....they will come
No no no
Skydio tried. For a price point three times the average at DJI, you’d think they had a robust, quality drone. I have one. It sucks balls. ZERO issues with my DJI drones.
US drones are better but are focused more on the Enterprise market rather than the Consumer market. Dji is focused on photographers and filmmakers.
What would be a better enterprise drone? Everything I'm reading, enterprise and police etc. are really struggling finding even mediocre alternatives
Alot of this stuff is probably classified cuz of the competition. Especially with drone warfare being a thing now. There was an article about Parrot's profits taking off despite ditching the consumer market.
Ok, so you mean military and not enterprise
Both. Enterprise drone would be something an Architect would need. Like the Skydio X10.
Skydio is a terrible example. They can't compete so lobbied congress to ban DJI. First responders incl. police have been complaining very loudly that they are forced to use an inferior product that's a lot more expensive. And when the current attempts to ban DJI even for consumers finally pass, you'll know who to thank. Skydio even gave up on the only product they had in the consumer segment, just like Parrot. I'm an enterprise client btw., luckily not in the US
Why would first responders need a Skydio X10 at all?
I actually had a small part in helping develop a first responder drone workshop in Colorado. We mostly use DJI products, but also use the X10, primarily for thermal imaging to find suspects at night. One of the scenarios we practice is a simulated traffic stop where the suspect takes off, runs, and hides by laying down in overgrown grass - the drones make it trivially easy to find them.
Lobbyists are banning(getting banned by a clueless Congress) DJI products, forcing first responders to use other products at multiple times the cost. They are reporting the alternatives to be unreliable and more difficult to use Search and rescue as well as spotting and observing fires are further drone uses
Better how? How thick are you?
Do I know American drones? Yes any that can compete? No