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DJI Ban Not Moving Forward—Senate Drops the Countering CCP Drones Act from the 2025 NDAA

The DJI ban is not moving forward—for now. The Senate Armed Services Committee has released its version of the National Defense Authorization Act 2025 (S. 4638, NDAA FY25), and it does not inclu

The House version of the NDAA FY25 was put out last month and did include the CCP Drones Act, leading to widespread speculation about whether the ban would become law and what might happen if it did. Anecdotally, we know that hundreds if not thousands of pilots have contacted their representatives expressing their opposition to the law, some citing DJI’s data that the ban would lead to the closure of 67% of small US drone businesses. And finally, President Biden has said that he’d veto the current House version of the NDAA if it was presented to him due to it containing “culture war issues” (though he wasn’t specifically referring to the drone industry, the DJI ban does seem relevant).

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