The world has to wake up. We need a second source after DJI for drones. I think of this book

https://www.amazon.com/American-Challenge-Jean-Jacques-Serva...

which pointed out in the late 1960s that Europe was going to fall behind in aviation if they were going to insist that Italian airlines are going to fly Italian airliners and that Europe was only going to be relevant if it took the Airbus route.

In the case of drones there is DJI and then there is... For all the talk of industrial policy, the RoW badly needs another drone maker.