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Ben Goldstein
October 13, 2026
Parallel Flight Technologies’ Firefly is a hybrid heavy-lift drone designed for long-endurance logistics as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and industrial missions. Credit: Parallel Flight Technologies
The U.S. drone industry is scrambling to replace foreign motors, batteries and electronics as Washington tightens restrictions on components built overseas. Executives say that assembling a domestic supply chain will be anything but easy, however. White House ban on foreign components raises…
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