{"id":777102,"date":"2026-07-22T03:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/777102\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T03:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:40:13","slug":"us-targets-china-in-move-to-ban-military-grade-drone-imports-xi-jinping-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/777102\/","title":{"rendered":"US targets China in move to ban military-grade drone imports | Xi Jinping News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Proposed rules would have US regulator block the entry of swarm-capable drones, mainly from China.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784691613_842_2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p>The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved to prohibit imports of advanced drones, mainly from China, citing mounting national security concerns over military-grade technology.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed rules announced on Tuesday, the US regulator will block the entry of drones equipped with swarming capabilities and infrared sensors for high-resolution thermal imaging.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, exemptions for components produced outside China, introduced in December, have been extended until January 2028, suggesting a focus on isolating Chinese manufacturers, such as DJI and Autel Robotics.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes days after US President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/17\/key-takeaways-from-donald-trumps-speech-on-election-security\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused China of interfering<\/a> in the 2020 US elections. It signals a hardening of Washington\u2019s stance against foreign-made surveillance technology, while attempting to mitigate immediate supply chain shocks for domestic users.<\/p>\n<p>FCC officials said the measures were necessary to \u201csecure the drone supply chain\u201d and prevent sensitive data from being accessed by foreign states.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2022\/11\/25\/us-bans-chinese-telecom-devices-citing-national-security\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FCC banned<\/a> telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from prominent Chinese brands, including Huawei and ZTE, citing an \u201cunacceptable risk to national security\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>US\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/10\/27\/pacing-challenge-us-defence-strategy-focuses-on-china\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">security officials have warned<\/a>\u00a0that equipment from Chinese brands such as Huawei could be used to interfere with fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks and collect sensitive information.<\/p>\n<p>One of the largest manufacturers of telecommunications equipment in the world, Huawei has had an embattled relationship with the US and its allies, facing some of the heaviest sanctions ever placed on a single company in the US.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2023\/4\/19\/us-ignored-own-security-warnings-to-ground-chinese-drones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed into law<\/a> the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act, which established criteria to identify communications services Washington deemed could pose a risk to national security.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC\u2019s latest move reflects a bipartisan consensus in Washington to treat foreign drone technology as an \u201cunacceptable risk\u201d to national infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Proposed rules would have US regulator block the entry of swarm-capable drones, mainly from China. Published On 22&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,1204,144,3,21,19,22,20,25,1209,24,6132],"class_list":["post-777102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-asia-pacific","tag-china","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-canada","tag-usa","tag-xi-jinping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777102","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=777102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}