This Detroit company is tapping the auto industry to build all-American drones

Drone startup Birdstop relocated to Detroit to take advantage of automotive supply chains so it could build an all-American UAV.

Many proponents of American manufacturing talk about making cars domestically and helping the U.S. auto industry soar. In the case of Detroit-based drone startup Birdstop, that is literally the plan. 

In its search for ways to better manufacture drones amid a surge of demand for domestically produced unmanned aerial vehicles, Birdstop decided to make use of one of the country’s most expansive industrial........

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