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FCC adds Autel to Covered List, bars new drone models from US market
S3 · ~Dec 2025 · Autel Robotics
Record
| Company | Autel Robotics |
| Industry | Drones / eVTOL |
| Type(s) | regulatory |
| Date | ~Dec 2025 (month 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
Alongside DJI, Autel Robotics was placed on the FCC's Covered List, blocking FCC equipment authorization for new Autel drone models and components over unaudited national-security risk concerns; Autel publicly disputed the China-data-access rationale. Existing Autel drones remain legal to operate and retained firmware-update support through at least 2029.
Primary source
Publisher: DroneDJ · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Dec 2025 | FCC adds Autel to Covered List, bars new drone models from US market | DroneDJ | DroneDJ |
Drones / eVTOL context
regulatory context
Autel Robotics industry position
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