No, they don't. In fact nvidia is one of the few that's NOT involved. It's definitely a group effort: https://militarnyi.com/en/news/czech-engine-and-western-elec...

    Component / part                     Company                 Company country                            Public factory / manufacturing-origin info
 

    TJ150 turbojet engine                PBS Velka Bites          Czechia                    EU                    Czechia; manufacturer is PBS Velka Bites
    TW1721 GNSS antennas, block of 4     Calian / Tallysman       Canada                     Canada / West         Ottawa, Canada manufacturing publicly stated by Calian/Tallysman
    AD9361BBCZ RF transceiver            Analog Devices           USA                        USA                   COO/assembly: South Korea; wafer diffusion: Taiwan
    MIMXRT1052 microcontroller           NXP USA / NXP            USA / Netherlands          West                  Distributor COO often China; NXP PCN references SMIC8 40nm wafer fab
    N63A0QI chip                         Intel                    USA                        USA                   Exact COO not found publicly
    STM32F405 microcontroller units      STMicroelectronics       Switzerland / France / Italy Europe / Switzerland Probably Manufactured in China 
    ADIS16480 inertial measurement unit  Analog Devices           USA                        USA                   COO: Philippines; ADI PCN adds IMI Philippines as approved assembly site
    TMS320F28335PGFA microcontroller     Texas Instruments        USA                        USA                   COO/assembly: Philippines; wafer diffusion: Japan

I found some details on an "AI version" of this drone, using Rockchip chips.

▲ genxy 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

All of that stuff minus the turbojet is like water. It is everywhere. No supply chain control is going to stop it. Not only are these specific parts ubiquitous, but they have set the standard in the industry, so there are numerous compatible and competing parts that could easily substitute.

	▲	HeyLaughingBoy 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Reminds me of the news program in the early 2000's that breathlessly reported that an American company was contributing to terrorism. The "evidence?" Someone found an unexploded IED that had a component with a logo that's familiar to probably every EE in the Western world: Texas Instruments! Problem is that it was a generic "jellybean" 74LS logic IC that's churned out by the millions and sold everywhere, to everyone and also made by a dozen other manufacturers. Hell, I probably had a dozen or so in my parts drawers. The drawback to having easily obtainable electronic components is that the people you don't like can also get them.

▲ dzonga a day ago | parent | prev [-]

so most of the components of the so called cheap drone are western :(.

tragedy.