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Policy & Regulation
The FCC Is About to Make DJI Impossible to Buy on Amazon — and Every Wireless Gadget Harder to Fake
The FCC votes July 22, 2026 on a Third Report and Order requiring marketplaces like Amazon to show FCC IDs at checkout and closing a "logic-bearing hardware" loophole that let Covered List components, including DJI's, back into U.S. commerce.
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Policy & Regulation
DHS and DOJ Issue Interim Final Rule Letting State and Local Police Detect, Track and Take Down Drones
A new joint DHS/DOJ interim final rule, effective July 1, 2026, hands state, local, Tribal and territorial police and correctional agencies detection and — for the first time — drone mitigation authority, with public comment open through September 4.
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Policy & Regulation
DHS, DOJ and FCC Finalize SAFER SKIES Act Rules Giving Local Police Counter-Drone Authority
A new Interim Final Rule, effective July 1 and published July 6, 2026, lets trained state, local, Tribal and territorial agencies detect, track, disable or seize drones — backed by FCC spectrum actions and a mandatory FBI training course at Redstone Arsenal.
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Policy & Regulation
From ISM Bands to Part 88: How U.S. Drone Spectrum Regulation Works
Most commercial drones fly on unlicensed ISM spectrum shared with Wi-Fi and baby monitors — a structural problem for BVLOS operations that require aviation-grade, interference-protected command links. Here is how a 2012 ITU allocation became Part 88, and what remains unresolved.
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Policy & Regulation
The American Security Drone Act, Explained: What the Federal UAS Ban Actually Covers
The American Security Drone Act of 2023, enacted in the FY2024 NDAA, banned federal procurement and operation of Chinese-made drones — effective December 22, 2025 — extending to every contractor and grant recipient spending federal money, not just agencies.
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Policy & Regulation
The Layer Import Bans Can't Reach: Congress Targets Drone Magnet Supply Chain
A bipartisan House bill introduced June 10 pairs tiered production credits with an OEM demand-side incentive to pull rare-earth permanent magnet manufacturing out of China's grip — reaching the one chokepoint that banning Chinese drones outright cannot fix.
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Policy & Regulation
Is DJI Banned in the U.S.? A Precise Map of Six Overlapping Restrictions
"DJI is banned" is both true and false depending on which of six distinct legal instruments you mean. This explainer maps each layer — export controls, federal procurement, the DoD blacklist, the FCC Covered List, state laws, and the BVLOS draft rule — with its exact scope and status as of June 2026.
