FCC Bans New Models of Chinas DJI Drones, Citing Security Risks

A drone in flight at a DJI store in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, on July 12, 2022. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it will ban all new models of foreign-made drones due to national security concerns, a move that will shut out Chinese drone manufacturers DJI and Autel from the U.S. market.The FCC said in a Dec. 22 public notice that its decision was made after obtaining results from an executive-branch interagency review convened by the White House, which concluded that foreign drones and related critical components pose “unacceptable risks to the national security of the United States and to the safety and security of U.S. persons.”