TapTechNews June 17, it is reported by tomshardware that the US House of Representatives passed aCountering CCP Drones Actlast Friday, which means banning the future sales of Chinese DJI drones in the US. The bill is currently pending review by the Senate, If it can be passed by the Senate and then signed by the US president, it will officially take effect, which also means that DJI currently faces the risk of being completely banned from sale in the US at present.
TheCountering CCP Drones Actis part of the US National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25 NDAA), which is an important annual legislation that will determine the allocation of defense spending that year.
TapTechNews sorted out the relevant actions of the US against DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. in recent years:
2016: US lawmakers began to propose restrictions on DJI on the grounds ofcyber data security.
2017: The US officially launched an investigation against DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., and the US Department of Defense put it on the sanctions list.
2018 May: The US Department of the Army, in the form of a memo, required all subordinate units to stop purchasing and using the products of DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. and banned all drone products of DJI.
2019 May: The US Department of Homeland Security expressed strong concern about the data security collected by DJI drones and imposed additional tariffs on it.
2020 December 18: The US Department of Commerce, on the grounds ofendangering US national security, included 59 Chinese enterprises and individuals including DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. in theentity list and prohibited US companies from exporting technology to them.
2021 December: The US Department of Commerce included DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. in the trade blacklist; The US again announced that 8 Chinese enterprises including DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. were included in the investment blacklist.
2023 April: The federal jury in Waco, Texas decided to support the claim of Textron Company and ruled that the drones produced by DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. violated two patents of the company, and DJI Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. had to compensate the company 279 million US dollars (TapTechNews note: currently about 2.03 billion Chinese yuan).