Drone flight controller
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).
Relationships
- Supplied byPeople'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.