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Drone flight controller

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The drone's autopilot computer (MCU/SoC + IMU + firmware). ~90% of small-drone flight controllers are Chinese-sourced; DSI risk rank 4 (India 33 vs China 90). Catalogued in Who Builds India's Drones? (Techadyant Labs, 2026).

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Industrial importance3/5

Initial score derived from current Atlas ecosystem coverage.

Strategic importance3/5

Initial score derived from relationship breadth and entity type.

Import dependency2/5

Domestic entity; dependency must be resolved at component/process level.

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  • Supplies toPeople's Republic of China- ~90% of small-drone flight controllers are Chinese-sourced (report estimate, single-source).
  • Manufactures / ProducesCUAV- Open-source-ecosystem autopilot hardware.
  • Manufactures / ProducesHolybro- Pixhawk-ecosystem autopilot hardware.
  • Manufactures / ProducesRadiolink- Flight controllers and RC links.
  • Component ofDrone microcontrollers and SoCs- MCU/SoC is the compute core of the flight controller.
  • Component ofSmall UAV (multirotor)- Autopilot is the control core of the UAV.
  • Component ofMultilayer / HDI PCB- FC boards require multilayer/HDI PCB fabrication, ~88% imported.