The humanity ’s turgid drone Godhead , Da Jiang Innovations ( DJI ) , will have another year to convince American defence federal agency that its products do n’t pose a interior security terror to the U.S.
The NDAA , which the Senate overwhelmingly approve on Wednesday , is now waiting for President Joe Biden ’s signature . It includes a provision directing an “ appropriate national security agency ” to prove DJI and Autel products — including drone and any other communication theory or video surveillance equipment — to learn whether they pose a danger to the U.S.
The government agency has one yr from the enactment of the NDAA to make its decision . If it ascertain that the company ’ production pose a threat , the Federal Communications Commission will be required to place those products on the so - called track lean , which bans the selling and sales event of sealed devices . Owners of DJI and Autel product would still be able to utilise gadget they buy prior to the companies being added to the cover tilt .
A DJI Mavic 3 Cine Drone.© Chris Gorman/Getty Images
With the exception of Russia - based Kaspersky Labs , all the equipment currently on the covered listing come from Chinese technical school whale , such as Huawei , ZTE Corporation , Hytera Communications , Hikvision , Dahua Technology , China Mobile International , China Telecom Americas Corporation , Pacific Networks Corporation , and China Unicom Americas .
In a blog post , DJI say it was good news that the Countering CCP Drones Act was n’t admit in the NDAA , but that the “ legislating unfairly singles out laggard construct in China and does not assign an agency to conduct the required risk subject area . ” If no agency take up that obligation , DJI ’s products would mechanically be added to the covered list , the company sound out .
Even if someone step forward to conduct the brushup , many of the relevant U.S. defence agencies have already make unfluctuating stance against Chinese - made bourdon .
“ The Department of Defense ( DOD ) position is that systems produced by Da Jiang Innovations ( DJI ) posture likely threats to home security measures , ” the DOD write in a2021 statementconfirming that military agencies were not allowed to expend the caller ’s equipment .
Earlier this year , the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ( CISA ) release ajoint memowarning that the Taiwanese authorities could pucker sore selective information about Americans and the country ’s base through lagger equipment manufacture in China .
In addition to those security department concerns , politicians have also taken aim at DJI due to its market dominance . Bymostestimates , DJI has control at least 70 percent of the U.S. drone market for several years .
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