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It did not. Section 1709 of the Fiscal Year 2025 NDAA called for an official review of DJI. It did not all FCC is to issue a blanket ban on all non-US drones.

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 drones.

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 that make up the drone that are produced outside...

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 radar. Larger drones for commercial use will be more...

If you run Insta360, you have to be wondering what happened yesterday. The conditions set out by the FCC apply to any new Antigravity drones after the A1

It really didn't matter to Hochul. Had Stefanik stayed in the race, the Republican primary would have been very bruising to Stefanik and Blakeman. Stefanik would have beaten Blakeman, but it would have taken a chunk out of her war chest. Hochul would have still beaten Stefanik handily. The...

You are expecting DJI to provide answers for non-rational behaviour from an increasingly unhinged FCC. I didn't have "The FCC was going to ban all new non-American drones and the parts that make them work" on my 2025 Bingo card. I doubt that many people did. That changes the game from banning a...

It's accurate. The FCC made its decision on political and protectionist grounds. What else would you have expected DJI to say publicly? You used the term "weak". What other card could DJI have played publicly right now? Since the DCC, "Department of War", and Homeland Security are run by...

This didn't target DJI only; the FCC has just blocked all new UAS and UAS components produced outside the US. What do you expect or need to see from DJI? I guess that they (and every other player in this space) are reviewing all of their options before taking a public stance. There is a...

The FCC didn't wait long. Yesterday, it issued a news release, which you can read here. It's titled "FACT SHEET: FCC Updates Covered List to Include Foreign UAS and UAS Critical Components on Going Forward Basis:". If you don't read any further, that pretty much sums up how bad this is. From...

Or it just means that eBay will ban any company singled out by 1709(a)(1).

Stefanik saw the handwriting on the wall when Trump declined to endorse her for the gubernatorial race. She faced an uphill battle running here in NYS, and she would have had to defend her backing of a president who is not popular in the districts she would need to carry. Most polls showed...

Manufacturing consumer electronics in China has an advantage because the parts are made close to the factories. Even if you factor out the labor costs, parts are cheaper because they don't have to be shipped over large distances. If you want to make a drone completely in the US, you need to...

I used a label (Brother P-Touch) and printed my own.