Can DJI Beat the U.S. Drone Ban? BY Timothy Brazzel.

[The Droning Company]

Can DJI Beat the U.S. Drone Ban?

 

[Cafguy]

I like Option 3 for so many reasons ! I think they would stagnate under option 2. Many U.S. Companies are simply about "how to make it cheaper" and any idea of "product pride" has gone out the window!
Im not sayin this is every company, but the fact is there are too many companies here that would mess it up for DJI and fast.
As for the first one, Was not DJI building a factory here in California before this mess started? I know it was for military stuff but a wing or two could have been used for a "avata" factory...

 

[Landshark99]

I think their best bet is a large bitcoin purchase

 

[mavic3usa]

None of the options work for me. You have to be genuine and/or sincere for any of them to work and since everything is so political and it's all about greed, ultimately it won't work out. Most people know the best way to get around your problems is to cave in, show deference, and appease rather than pushing back or fighting against the tide. What works best is to bend a knee and agree to build a factory in the US, commit $$bil to it, and then.....never end up doing it. It has worked in the past (with Foxconn) and it should work now because we are greedy and gullible and since there is no integrity in the system, just make a deal knowing you have no intention of following through. That's where we are today. Those 3 issues are government-forced issues which means none of them will be successful. Let the free market determine what works best.

 

[BlueHeeler]

I hope that Wang Tao ( Frank Wang ) does not cave to the US Government's Blackmail, that's exactly what it is in my mind. He is an Engineer and Businessman with an excellent product, no less, just happens to be from China, therefore there's that stigma of "China Bad" which He and DJI do not deserve.

 

[moldorf]

selling licenses is probably the most practical option. At least it would be the fastest way to get DJI tech to the USA markets.

probably still have to deal with the idiot tariffs being slapped on imports

 

[offtheback]

selling licenses is probably the most practical option. At least it would be the fastest way to get DJI tech to the USA markets.

probably still have to deal with the idiot tariffs being slapped on imports

Though I have no faith in the Supreme Court,the tariffs were struck down by an appeals court.Small step.

 

[Richard R]

As long as there is uncertainty dealing with the U.S., you can be sure that most foreign businesses will stay out of large investment schemes in whatever form, when the rules can be changed at whim overnight as we have seen

 

[Prop Wash]

Option 1-ish. I would think there are some buildings in America that were manufacturing facilities, but the company went out-of-business. It seems to me it would take less $ and time to bring something like this online to get a U.S.-based "foot-in-the-door," while concurrently designing either an expansion of the facility they now use or a whole new facility. They'd get passed the tarrifs, get the latest products into the market avoiding customs generating $ to move forward. Yes, there is the supply chain thing, but maybe partnering with U.S.-based companies, they could get some of the parts they need here.

Just thinking through my fingers.

 

[Cymruflyer]

Option 1-ish. I would think there are some buildings in America that were manufacturing facilities, but the company went out-of-business. It seems to me it would take less $ and time to bring something like this online to get a U.S.-based "foot-in-the-door," while concurrently designing either an expansion of the facility they now use or a whole new facility. They'd get passed the tarrifs, get the latest products into the market avoiding customs generating $ to move forward. Yes, there is the supply chain thing, but maybe partnering with U.S.-based companies, they could get some of the parts they need here.

Just thinking through my fingers.

Did you mean to say... get past the tariffs?

 

[Landshark99]

Option 1-ish. I would think there are some buildings in America that were manufacturing facilities, but the company went out-of-business. It seems to me it would take less $ and time to bring something like this online to get a U.S.-based "foot-in-the-door," while concurrently designing either an expansion of the facility they now use or a whole new facility. They'd get passed the tarrifs, get the latest products into the market avoiding customs generating $ to move forward. Yes, there is the supply chain thing, but maybe partnering with U.S.-based companies, they could get some of the parts they need here.

Just thinking through my fingers.

all sounds great until you realize that it is not just the supplies they would needed to start manufacturing here, but the machinery that makes these things also needs to be imported, with huge tariffs applied to that. The final other issue is the state as it is composed now would never give out the visas for even just the core employees needed to set up and run this new factory.
Their only chance is to appoint either Jared or Ivanka to a board seat, it worked for Unusual Machines

 

[tstr14]

Option 4. DJI pays off the politicians.
Option 5. DJI ships a crapload of product to Canada and waits for the US to make them part of the US.
Option 6. Same as Option 5, only with Iceland instead.

 

[Landshark99]

Option 4. DJI pays off the politicians.
Option 5. DJI ships a crapload of product to Canada and waits for the US to make them part of the US.
Option 6. Same as Option 5, only with Iceland instead.

I think it is Greenland, where they float them in on icebergs

 

[mavic3usa]

Option 4. DJI pays off the politicians.
Option 5. DJI ships a crapload of product to Canada and waits for the US to make them part of the US.
Option 6. Same as Option 5, only with Iceland instead.

I think it is Greenland, where they float them in on icebergs

Yeah it's Greenland and for the record, I think the US should try to annex Greenland if they can. Obviously not take by force or against the citizens wishes but it would be a good deal it is could happen. Iceland, too but that's not on the table since they are basically a sovereign country. Totally against Canada; not cool.

Establish a second international Greenland hub similar to Anchorage and get the goods flowing to the East same way as the West. Don't know if the weather supports year round.

 

[Landshark99]

A January 2025 poll, conducted by Verian for Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq, found that 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join the U.S. Only 6% of respondents were in favor of the idea. 56% want independence for Greenland.
Alberta or Manitoba might be more agreeable to annexation, since they see themselves as an extension of Montana, pretty sure the rest of Canada would not be too happy with that.

 

[mavic3usa]

A January 2025 poll, conducted by Verian for Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq, found that 85% of Greenlanders do not want to join the U.S. Only 6% of respondents were in favor of the idea. 56% want independence for Greenland.
Alberta or Manitoba might be more agreeable to annexation, since they see themselves as an extension of Montana, pretty sure the rest of Canada would not be too happy with that.

US$1M per person, free lifetime healthcare, immediate dual citizenship (US + your own country), and a 10-year right to rescission period (with caveats)......they would roll over by the end of the year. I don't think people understand how badly we could use that island. But again, only with full buy-in from the citizens.

 

[Landshark99]

If they look at health care here, I doubt they would believe he offer of lifetime coverage.
The mining of rare earths on Greenland is much harder than many think the weather is brutal, only two semi operating mines now.

 

[Prop Wash]

Did you mean to say... get past the tariffs?

Meaning...if they built them here, they wouldn't have to pay tarrifs on the drones. The same way Toyota, Nissan, and other foreign based auto manufacturers who built factories here are not paying tariffs in what's built here.

 

[Prop Wash]

all sounds great until you realize that it is not just the supplies they would needed to start manufacturing here, but the machinery that makes these things also needs to be imported, with huge tariffs applied to that. The final other issue is the state as it is composed now would never give out the visas for even just the core employees needed to set up and run this new factory.
Their only chance is to appoint either Jared or Ivanka to a board seat, it worked for Unusual Machines

Sure, I realize there's way more to the story. Would they have I port the machinery? Machinery can be built to spec so maybe a US company could build it for them. Would it be cheaper than importation with tarrifs - I don't know.

 

[Landshark99]

Sure, I realize there's way more to the story. Would they have I port the machinery? Machinery can be built to spec so maybe a US company could build it for them. Would it be cheaper than importation with tarrifs - I don't know.

Not really we import almost all of our hitech manufacturing machines, especially from the European Union. By the time someone built something to speck you are talking a long time, to say nothing of the tariffs on steel , aluminum and copper now. Lastly we all tend to think a start up factory is much easier than it is, with the building being the least of the issues.
The doc "American Factory " on Netflix is an interesting study of the coming together of two cultures in a US factory. Understanding this is just one story and a few years old, it is a good window in how things are not that easy in real life.