# Skydio Battery Supply Disruption (China Sanctions 2024): partnership

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China restricted battery sales to Skydio in October 2024, forcing Skydio to ration supplies to drone customers. This exposed a critical vulnerability in the U.S. drone supply chain — China controls most battery mineral processing and cell production. Skydio designs and assembles all products in Hayward, CA but depends on Chinese battery cells.

- **Type:** technology
- **Status:** concluded
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties (2)

- [Skydio](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/skydio.md) customer
- Chinese Battery Suppliers _(off-registry)_ manufacturer

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2024-10-28

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.exiger.com/perspectives/china-restricts-supply-of-components-to-top-drone-maker/


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