FCC adds DJI to Covered List, bars new drone models from US market
S3 · 22 Dec 2025 · DJI
Record
| Company | DJI |
| Industry | Drones / eVTOL |
| Type(s) | regulatory |
| Date | 22 Dec 2025 (day precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | market-wide (new model imports only; existing fleet unaffected) |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
US FCC/interagency executive action barred FCC equipment authorization (required for import/sale) for new DJI drone models and critical components, citing unaudited national-security risks (data exfiltration, remote manipulation, supply-chain vulnerabilities); existing DJI drones already sold remain legal to fly.
Primary source
Publisher: DroneDJ · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Dec 2025 | FCC adds DJI to Covered List, bars new drone models from US market | DroneDJ | DroneDJ |
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