Component
Quadcopter drone
A four-rotor camera aircraft with a frame, motors, props, battery, and a flight computer.
Criticality
High
Unit cost
$450
Quality
75 / 100
US saturation
8.0
Made in US
200,000 units
Current demand
2,500,000 units
US exports
16,000 units
Opportunity score
70.4
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$400M
Expected extra output: 300,000 units per year
Requires
Frame
Motor
- BLDC motor (default)
- Small electric motor
Propeller
- Plastic propeller (default)
- Carbon-fiber propeller
Battery
- NMC battery (default)
- LFP battery
- Sodium-ion battery
Camera
- CMOS camera module (default)
- VGA camera
Controls
- Flight controller (default)
- Radio SoC
Landing gear
Used by
Finished product.