Parrot Awarded Contract from European Defense Force.

[The Droning Company]

Parrot awarded contract from European Defence Force

 

[jaja6009]

Parrot has finally made a drone that actually competes with drones that have been out for years.
The pricing is actually competitive in the market segment it operates in.

I like their new CHUCK more. It can allow you to build your own Parrot UKR on your own platform.

 

[Felix le Chat]

Parrot has finally made a drone that actually competes with drones that have been out for years.
The pricing is actually competitive in the market segment it operates in.

I like their new CHUCK more. It can allow you to build your own Parrot UKR on your own platform.

"...Finally made a drone that actually competes..."

Parrot was the first to release a consumer class drone with a 1" sensor (Anafi), beating DJI to the draw - as well as a drone that was capable of a full 180 degree camera pitch - zenith to nadir (Anafi again).

At one point Parrot, like Autel, was dogging the heels of DJI - until they, like Skydio, dropped out of the consumer market to pursue more lucrative Government contracts.

Parrot drones have been top-tier products for years now.

 

[jaja6009]

"...Finally made a drone that actually competes..."

Parrot was the first to release a consumer class drone with a 1" sensor (Anafi), beating DJI to the draw - as well as a drone that was capable of a full 180 degree camera pitch - zenith to nadir (Anafi again).

At one point Parrot, like Autel, was dogging the heels of DJI - until they, like Skydio, dropped out of the consumer market to pursue more lucrative Government contracts.

Parrot drones have been top-tier products for years now.

Parrot has made top tier drones. My point is that the Anafi USA is not a very competitive product, even when released it was surpassed by the Autel Evo 2 Dual/640T and the Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced.

The Anafi was not a 1" sensor. I owned two of them (Anafi and Anafi Thermal).
The Anafi AI doesn't even have a 1 inch sensor, but it does take very nice images though.
It did have the unique ability to look zenith, and was on of the reasons I bought one.

The UKR addresses a lot of the previous Anafis shortcomings. Hopefully the range issue has been sorted out. The addition of a 640 thermal is a welcome upgrade and I would love to see its ability to use optical sensors to fly in GNSS denied areas.

It does well in government sales due to the fact that DJI and Autel are not included more than a pure cost per performance decision.

But I am not knocking Parrot, as I have owned two of them and have had the recent chance to actually put an Anafi USA through its paces. I am just reporting stats and my opinion of them. I am actually happy that they made a true competitive product and the price is similar to something like a Skydio X10.

 

[Felix le Chat]

"...and the price is similar to something like a Skydio X10...".

OUCH! Not in any way affordable to the average Joe then.

We've been spoiled for the last 8 years - DJI and Autel pricing their kit at a level that gives pretty much anyone the opportunity to build a career as a professional aerial photographer.

After 2025's over and done with, it looks like there's a high probability that opportunity might be lost to anyone who might want to walk down that path in the future... on a budget.

 

[jaja6009]

"...and the price is similar to something like a Skydio X10...".

OUCH! Not in any way affordable to the average Joe then.

We've been spoiled for the last 8 years - DJI and Autel pricing their kit at a level that gives pretty much anyone the opportunity to build a career as a professional aerial photographer.

After 2025's over and done with, it looks like there's a high probability that opportunity might be lost to anyone who might want to walk down that path in the future... on a budget.

You are lucky, being in the UK, you will still have access to the newest, latest and greatest from DJI and Autel.

Parrot does not list prices, I got the pricing from Drone Nerd's quirk where in a Google search it shows a price, but in the site it says to contact them.

We in the US still have time for something to change. I will hold out hope until the end.

On a side note, I gave my Anafi Thermal to a friend's kid and it is still flying! He loves the images it takes and he is actually a much better photographer than I ever will be, so when he says he can do some good images with manual settings, I believe him.

 

[Felix le Chat]

You are lucky, being in the UK, you will still have access to the newest, latest and greatest from DJI and Autel.

Parrot does not list prices, I got the pricing from Drone Nerd's quirk where in a Google search it shows a price, but in the site it says to contact them.

We in the US still have time for something to change. I will hold out hope until the end.

On a side note, I gave my Anafi Thermal to a friend's kid and it is still flying! He loves the images it takes and he is actually a much better photographer than I ever will be, so when he says he can do some good images with manual settings, I believe him.

I'm watching your escalating problem(s) with horror and I genuinely hope that all this Federal flailing around to destroy the domestic American marketplace for DJI and Autel drones does lose traction and peter out.

Best wishes.