I want to point out one of the failures of this administration, one of many, I know, but I think this specific example partially exists because of DOGE. Late last year, Congress passed a law, and Biden signed it, that all Chinese drone manufacturers have to undergo a security audit by December 23 of this year, or they will no longer be able to import drones or parts. The big player of course is DJI.
To date, no agency has started the audit, so the restriction a went into effect a few days ago. Once current stocks run out, we won’t be able to buy or repair those drones.
Thing is, even the (few) US made drones are affected, because the motors come from China as well.
Trump’s administration has failed to address this issue. I’m sure that the DOGE idiocy contributed by gutting so many agencies.
DJI has been pushing to get this audit started for months, to no avail. Maybe they should have created a gold peace prize drone to bribe Trump.
I want to point out one of the failures of this administration, one of many, I know, but I think this specific example partially exists because of DOGE. Late last year, Congress passed a law, and Biden signed it, that all Chinese drone manufacturers have to undergo a security audit by December 23 of this year, or they will no longer be able to import drones or parts. The big player of course is DJI.
To date, no agency has started the audit, so the restriction a went into effect a few days ago. Once current stocks run out, we won’t be able to buy or repair those drones.
Thing is, even the (few) US made drones are affected, because the motors come from China as well.
Trump’s administration has failed to address this issue. I’m sure that the DOGE idiocy contributed by gutting so many agencies.
DJI has been pushing to get this audit started for months, to no avail. Maybe they should have created a gold peace prize drone to bribe Trump.