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Why America fell behind in drones, and how to catch up agaon
A guest post by Cat Orman and Jason Lu
Drones operate behind the scenes of every American industry — they inspect our civil infrastructure and electric grid, shoot movies, conduct land surveys, detect diseases in crops, prospect for minerals, locate gas leaks, and create 3D models. Artem Vyunnik, who had been building a consumer drone company at the time of the invasion, modified his prototype into the fixed-wing A1-CM “Fury” for military use, which was quickly adopted by the National Guard and the Armed Forces. In 2019, the United States National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2020 — the annual bill funding our military — first included language banning the use of drones with electronic components made in China (today, also expanded to Russia, Iran, and North Korea.)
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