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DJI ban: how the world’s biggest dronemaker is getting shoved out of the US

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DJI says its civilian customers are the target of a new ban on foreign ‘military-grade’ drones.

On July 21st, the FCC threatened to retroactively ban foreign crop-dusting sprayer drones because they could dispense poison, drones over 55 pounds because they could carry weapons, LiDAR and thermal camera drones and drone docks because they could enable spies. DJI wants you to tell the FCC how you feel about that. Weird times we live in:

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Sean Hollister
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