The FCC plans to ban DJI’s stealth devices as well

Last October, we told you how committed the FCC was power to retroactively ban electronic devices which has already received its approval for export and sale in the United States. Now, the FCC is preparing to use that power for the first time, against “DJI front companies” that it suspects have stolen the Chinese company’s technology. its ban on foreign flights.

For example, we highlighted the partnership for the Xtra version of the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 two weeks ago, a product that was already approved by the FCC before the drone ban came down, and the pride that Amazon delivers with next-day delivery. If the FCC’s ban goes into effect, the product is expected to disappear from all major online retailers and from Xtra’s website, and the company may have to register even though many of the cameras remain in US warehouses like Amazon’s.

Banning I wouldn’t do that it affects devices that have already been purchased, and may not be implemented immediately. The FCC is currently taking public comments for the first 30 days. Although the FCC has determined that these companies are selling devices that should be banned because of national security concerns, it says it will listen to “substantial evidence” otherwise.

Meanwhile, the FCC has said it has “temporarily delayed these industry codes,” a term it does not define. (A former FCC official said Seaside he had never heard that word before; (We are asking the FCC if this means that these companies will not be allowed to import and sell the devices in the future.)

The specific companies that the FCC is looking at are Cogito Tech, Fixaxo Technology, Lyno Dynamics, Skyhigh Tech, Spatial Hover, SZ Knowact and WaveGo Tech (all behind Skyrover), and Xtra Technology, which did not respond to the FCC’s request for more information. It also includes the agricultural drone brand XAG, which has responded to the FCC once, but not with what the FCC asked.

Today, the FCC is making another announcement I’m different and one of the Chinese testing labs that helped some of these products to be sold: SGS-CSTC Shenzhen. Although SGS-CSTC responded to the FCC saying that it is not controlled by the Chinese government, since the China-based CSTC only owns 15 percent of the lab, US law currently considers that another entity must control it if it owns 10 percent or more or a company – especially when it comes to licensing radio stations for use in the US.

On July 10, the FCC said it may take action against eight “DJI front companies” if they don’t respond by today, July 20. We’ll let you know what we hear.