"December 23rd, 2025. That's the day DJI will automatically be banned from the United States - unless Trump steps in. You'll still be able to fly your existing DJI drones and film with existing Osmo cameras. But DJI will be barred from importing any new products into the US, and the FCC can retroactively ban imports of old DJI products too, after a waiting period. Not just drones, by the way - anything with a wireless radio."
"Why a ban? Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle claim to be worried the Chinese company is spying on us, even though the US government has never publicly provided evidence of that. Some worry China could compel the company to turn over drone data. ( DJI has denied it shares any data with China, claims it stores all such data in the US and announced it would delete all US flight logs in September 2024.)"
"Either way, lawmakers and Trump would clearly prefer that American drones "dominate" the skies rather than Chinese ones, and it's true that DJI's drones dominate today. No other company has been able to produce similarly a volume of high-quality, low-cost drones, to the point that some Republican lawmakers finally began to push back against a ban just weeks before the December 2025 deadline."
An automatic U.S. ban will take effect December 23, 2025, unless the president intervenes. Existing DJI drones and Osmo cameras remain usable, but new DJI imports will be barred and the FCC may retroactively ban older imports after a waiting period. Lawmakers cite national-security concerns about alleged spying and potential Chinese government access to drone data, though no public U.S. government evidence has been released. DJI denies sharing data with China and announced deletion of U.S. flight logs in September 2024. A claim of Chinese Communist Party ownership lacked sufficient evidence in a September 2025 court decision. U.S. customs has blocked many DJI imports amid forced-labor allegations, which DJI denies.
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