DJI is on a Defense Department list of Chinese military companies whose products the U.S. armed forces will be prohibited from purchasing in the future. As part of the defense budget that Congress passed for this year, other federal agencies sand programs are likely to be prohibited from purchasing DJI drones as well, New York Times reported.
The drones — though not designed or authorized for combat use — have also become ubiquitous in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
According to New York Times, Congress is weighing legislation that could kill much of DJI’s business in the United States by putting it on a Federal Communications Commission roster blocking it from running on the country’s communications infrastructure.
If passed and signed into law, the legislation would effectively ban any new models of DJI drones from that point on. It would not apply to drones already in use. The F.C.C. has twice considered a rule change that would lead to the revocation of authorizations for drones currently in use, according to federal findings and a government staff member, but it is not clear what likelihood there is of such a change being enacted.
TechRadar reported drone brand DJI could soon be banned from operating in the United States. According to a report from the New York Times (NYT), a bill called the Countering CCP Drones Act passed unanimously by the House Energy and Commerce Committee” last month.
The legislation will move on to a floor vote in the House of Representatives within the next two months. If it passes there, it’ll continue onward to the Senate and potentially the President of the United State’s desk.
According to TechRadar, there seem to be two main motivations behind this ban. One of the bill’s sponsors, Representative Elise Stefanik of New York, claims “DJI presents an unacceptable security risk” pointing to the company’s connection to the Chinese government.
The NYT mentions how vulnerabilities were discovered back in 2020 that CCP officials could’ve utilized to access the personal information of American users. Although these vulnerabilities have been since patched, that hasn’t stopped the US Department of Defense from prohibiting its armed forces from buying the drones.
The Verge reported if passed, the Countering CCP Drones Act would add DJI drones to the FCC’s list of equipment covered by the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. This bars communications equipment or services that “pose a national security risk” from running on US networks.
It also prevents companies from using federal funding to purchase banned equipment. Chinese companies such as Huawei and ZTE are already included on the FCC’s list.
In my opinion, we are just going to have to wait and see what happens next regarding DJI’s drones. If the bill passes, it could mean that the U.S. government agencies will no longer be allowed to purchase DJI drones.
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