{"id":365258,"date":"2025-12-23T09:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365258\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T09:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:06:09","slug":"the-fccs-foreign-drone-ban-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365258\/","title":{"rendered":"The FCC\u2019s foreign drone ban is here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Federal Communications Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DA-25-1086A1.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has banned new drones<\/a> made in foreign countries from being imported into the US unless the Department of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security recommends them. Monday\u2019s action added drones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/supplychain\/coveredlist#:~:text=L.%20118%2D159)-,December%2022%2C%202025,-*The%20inclusion%20of\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to the FCC\u2019s Covered List<\/a>, qualifying foreign-made drones and drone parts, like those from DJI, as communications equipment representing \u201cunacceptable risks to the national security of the United States and to the safety and security of U.S. persons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">DJI is \u201cdisappointed\u201d by today\u2019s action, Adam Welsh, DJI\u2019s head of global policy, says in a statement. \u201cWhile DJI was not singled out, no information has been released regarding what information was used by the Executive Branch in reaching its determination.\u201d Welsh adds that DJI \u201cremains committed to the U.S. market\u201d and noted that existing products can continue operation as usual. Other items on the FCC\u2019s list include Kaspersky anti-virus software (added in 2024) and telecommunications equipment from Huawei and ZTE (added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/2\/9\/22274575\/huawei-fcc-lawsuit-national-security-ban-broadband-rollout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2021<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The FCC says it received a National Security Determination on December 21st from an interagency body saying that \u201cuncrewed aircraft systems\u201d (UAS) and critical UAS components produced in a foreign country could \u201cenable persistent surveillance, data exfiltration, and destructive operations over U.S. territory\u201d and that \u201cU.S. cybersecurity and critical\u2011infrastructure guidance has repeatedly highlighted how foreign\u2011manufactured UAS can be used to harvest sensitive data, used to enable remote unauthorized access, or disabled at will via software updates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">If you already own a drone made outside the US, you will still be able to use it, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-416839A1.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to the FCC\u2019s fact sheet<\/a>. Drones or drone components can be removed from the Covered List if the DoD or DHS \u201cmakes a specific determination to the FCC\u201d that it does not pose unacceptable risks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">\u201cUnmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones, offer the potential to enhance public safety as well as cement America\u2019s leadership in global innovation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrendanCarrFCC\/status\/2003179047438762084\" rel=\"nofollow\">FCC chairman Brendan Carr says<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Communications Commission has banned new drones made in foreign countries from being imported into the US&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,16777,3,1343,172],"class_list":["post-365258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-drones","tag-news","tag-policy","tag-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}