- News report states that the Executive Order of the White House that prohibits the sales of Chinese drones is imminent
- DJI affirms that its products are completely safe and appreciate the scrutiny
- DJI has already postponed the launch of the Mavic 4 Pro in the United States
According to the United States reports, the Trump administration may be about to issue a total prohibition of US manufacturing drones. While that may seem disastrous news for people like DJI, in fact you can give you an excellent opportunity to finally clarify any persistent questions about security risks.
The Washington Post states that, already this week, the White House will issue multiple executive orders that could lead to companies like DJI to effectively prohibit them from selling new models in the United States.
Assuming that the reports are true (and taking into account that Trump has become a proposals and commercial policies) this would be the last development in an ongoing cold war between the United States government and Chinese drones companies.
It is one that also precedes the current administration. In December of last year, one of the last actions of Joe Biden as president was to sign the National Defense Authorization Law of 2025, section 1709 requires that “within a year of promulgation, a designated national security agency must assess whether communications and the surveillance team of [Chinese drone] Manufacturers represent “an unacceptable risk” for the national security of the United States or the safety of US citizens. “
American politicians have often made radical and somewhat vague statements that suggest that the data collected by Chinese manufacturing drones could be used for US security or commercial interest purposes. And the law mentioned above assigns the United States security apparatus to definitively find out if this is the case.
“We appreciate this scrutiny.”
Until now, the Trump administration has not yet assigned any of the five national security agencies to assume this task. DJI, however, seems interested in the process begins as soon as possible. In March, DJI’s Global Policy Chief Adam Welsh wrote an open letter to agency chiefs requesting that “Anyone or everything of its agencies ”the evaluation begins immediately.
“We appreciate this scrutiny,” Welsh wrote. The letter continued: “DJI is confident that their products can resist their strictest scrutiny. We are sure not only because we have nothing to hide, but because independent companies and other government agencies have validated and repeatedly confirmed that DJI products are safe.”
Welsh described that the company had implemented a series of measures to ensure that its drones keep user data safe. For example, flight records, photos and videos are not synchronized with DJI servers unless a user chooses to do it, and US -based users cannot synchronize flight records with DJI servers.
DJI drones also have the local data mode, which reduces any connection between the flight and internet application, while the application allows users to administer their data, use third -party software and easily eliminate information about the drone.
Welsh continues to point out the financial effect that restricts the sale of DONS DJI could have in the US economy, claiming that DJI allows more than $ 116 billion in economic activity throughout the country, while supporting almost half a million jobs.
If the Trump administration implemented a general prohibition, it could be a means to boost the national industry of American drones that, at present, seems to represent a small part of the sales of US drones compared to the tastes of DJI and Autel. While it is clear that the US drones industry could use some help, would they be really happy to be forced to buy much more expensive drone hardware, just because it was not done in China?
DJI, like many non -American companies, is already experiencing problems due to the general tariffs of the Trump administration, or, with greater precision, the confusion that surrounds whether they are really going to be introduced or not. Citing this uncertainty, the company has postponed the launch of its excellent new flagship, the DJI Mavic 4 Pro, in the United States.
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