The FCC does not have the statutory authority to refuse to license equipment solely on origin. They are usurping the role of Congress with setting foreign trade policy.
The difference is that what Congress passed was a rider to the NDAA that required a review of specific Chinese-based drones companies. They loosely defined a process to follow.
What the FCC did was to issue blanket ban on all new foreign-made...
The news release from the FCC uses this language: "unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), otherwise known as
drones". They do not mention cameras as a requirement.
All new Chinese-made drones are affected. It's literally any drone and the components...
If they are flying into the US, then unlicensed drones will probably be confiscated... This really won't be too much of an issue. Unless someone reports them or they get caught doing something illegal, they will be literally flying under the...