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Digital Camera World
Hillary K. Grigonis

The foreign-made drone ban is heartbreaking as an American drone pilot, but this Chinese brand is exploring US-based manufacturing

Skyrover S1 drone.

As an American drone pilot, I’m faced with a future of a decreasing number of high-tech drones available in the US, thanks to a ban on all foreign-made drones. But consumer drone maker SkyRover has issued a new promise to not only remain in the US, but to “explore” US-based manufacturing and supply chain.

Skyrover is a relatively new drone brand that appeared so quietly and suddenly that many speculated that the brand was actually an offshoot of the popular drone maker DJI and that the new company was a spinoff to keep DJI drones available in the US amid a threatened DJI drone ban set to happen in December 2025.

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