DJI and Autel Robotics have one year to convince skeptical national security agencies that their equipment doesn't pose a threat to the U.S.

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The US Senate passed the 2025 NDAA, and it included no provisions for a DJI ban yet. DJI must prove that it presents no national security risk to continue selling drones in the US. TikTok is facing its US ban soon,

The US Senate has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense spending bill, and it may have major consequences for the world’s largest drone company — though not necessarily the immediate ban that China’s DJI feared.

The U.S. is passing a law that requires DJI to have it devices certified that it's not a risk to the U.S., or else it would face an automatic ban.