US government abandons plan to blacklist Chinese-made drones

[Marty Markoe]

See:

US government abandons plan to blacklist Chinese-made drones

Commerce Department, FCC make U-turn after barring imports of new Chinese drone models in December to address national security concerns.

www.scmp.com

Apparently our extreme leader (oops dictated esteemed) has backtracked due to realities of international commerce. Hope to be able to purchase Mini5 as soon as possible.
Martin

 

[Len750]

See:

US government abandons plan to blacklist Chinese-made drones

Commerce Department, FCC make U-turn after barring imports of new Chinese drone models in December to address national security concerns.

www.scmp.com

Apparently our extreme leader (oops dictated esteemed) has backtracked due to realities of international commerce. Hope to be able to purchase Mini5 as soon as possible.
Martin

TDS is real, Folks.

 

[Shoe]

This was almost as predictable as the sun rising in the east.

 

[Cafguy]

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[BlueHeeler]

So, all that BS to slow or stop DJI and others from import is null & void ?

and what about the Audit ?

 

[Cafguy]

Not DJI or autel they are done. BUT many homebuilds and FPV Drones now have a big loophole and we will still be getting parts (just more expensive and slower to get.)

 

[anotherlab]

The title of this post is misleading. The FCC did not roll back the ban on licensing new drones from foreign countries. The FCC had previously exempted a small list of drone vendors. The article linked by the OP referred to the Commerce Department, not the FCC.

 

[JeffreyS]

What anotherlab said. This post is inaccurate,

 

[Occams Razor]

The linked article is about US Dept of Commerce which had a proposal to ban the import of Chinese made drones but they just withdrew that proposal. This is completely independent of the FCC covered list which is still intact.

 

[mavic3usa]

We dodged a major bullet with this blanket ban from the Commerce department.

Listen to one interesting viewpoint on the situational analysis regarding the proposal:

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[Droning on and on...]

This was almost as predictable as the sun rising in the east.

Well yes... my brilliant self predicted it

 

[dgibbphoto]

I'm confused now. No drone ban from China now?

 

[MS Coast]

I'm confused now. No drone ban from China now?

No, there is not not a ban on Chinese drones. Clear now?

It's a confusing situation and there's incomplete information, but all these headlines saying there's no ban on Chinese drones are misleading at best and attention-getting sensationalism at worst.

From what I understand, @Occams Razor summed things up accurately in post #9.

 

[moldorf]

expecting the current federal government to have a coherent policy that is consistent across departments is like expecting a horse to play a violin or a whale to use AI to search for plankton.

 

[PINEBARON]

When you see all latest drones available on US DJI website, is only when we'll know.

 

[mavic3usa]

100% agreed.

Commerce Department Drops Drone Restrictions As Trump Prioritizes Xi Diplomacy Over China Hawks

I spent the morning reading a story that should make every drone pilot pay attention to what is happening in Washington, not just with the FCC, but with the

dronexl.co

 

[SkyeHigh]

expecting the current federal government to have a coherent policy that is consistent across departments is like expecting a horse to play a violin or a whale to use AI to search for plankton.

“I know what you mean”, said Chesnut as she practised for tonight’s performance of ‘Carnival of the Animals’.

 

[hank970]

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“I know what you mean”, said Chesnut as she practised for tonight’s performance of ‘Carnival of the Animals’.

Brilliant! I appears that AI can be good for laughs, if nothing else.

 

[Rchawks]

I think I’ll celebrate by buying another Drone!

...
(joking, too many batteries now).

 

[Rchawks]

Thank you for posting that mavic3usa!