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DJI Ban · Day 1

DJI Sets Up At Booth 903 With $1.56 Billion Stuck At The FCC

Commercial UAV Expo opens in Las Vegas with an FCC Covered List panel while DJI works booth 903, no keynote, and a Ninth Circuit case worth $1.56 billion.

Haye KestelooSep 16 min read

DJI

DJI Offers College Students Cash And Free Gear As FCC Blocks Its New Drones

DJI's new Campus Creators program pays students to post about DJI gear, eight months into an FCC block on every new DJI product in the US and days before a second ban deadline.

Haye KestelooAug 24

Aerial view of a red crawler crane lowering a steel deck section at the tip of the unfinished Gordie Howe International Bridge cable-stayed span over the Detroit River

DJI

DJI Is 97% Of US Contractor Drone Fleets Despite FCC Ban, ABC Finds

An ABC survey of construction contractors finds DJI is the primary drone for 97.1% of members who fly, months after the FCC blocked new foreign models.

Haye KestelooAug 24

Close-up of a DJI Mini 5 Pro in flight, its gimbal camera and forward sensors facing the viewer against blurred green trees.

OPERATORS

DJI Ban Hits Home: Drone Pilots Ask Whether Their Businesses Survive

A new Part 107 pilot asked Facebook if the DJI ban killed his drone business before launch. 268 comments show what operators face ahead of September 3.

Haye KestelooAug 20

AUVSI President and CEO Michael Robbins on stage at XPONENTIAL Detroit in May 2026, weeks after defending the FCC's expanded Covered List.

ADVOCACY

DSPA Presses AUVSI To Back Operators Over Bans After Robbins Exit

DSPA calls on AUVSI to reset after Michael Robbins' exit: back drone operators, demand evidence, and judge drones on risk, not country of origin.

Haye KestelooAug 20

Vic Moss of the Drone Service Providers Alliance speaking into a studio microphone with a red CENSORED stamp across his mouth, seated in front of a pegboard workbench and framed aerial photos.

FAA

Vic Moss Drops The Diplomat Act On The FCC Drone Ban Ahead Of The September 2 Deadline

DSPA co-founder Vic Moss abandoned six years of measured advocacy to attack FCC Docket 26-189. Under the anger is a filing deadline three weeks out.

Haye KestelooAug 11

DJI

FCC Scares A Republican Senator. Drone Pilots Know The Feeling

Sen. John Kennedy told the FCC's own lawyer the agency scares him. He meant television. Drone pilots staring down Docket 26-189 know the feeling.

Haye KestelooAug 10

A white DJI Phantom quadcopter hovers above the Hudson River in New York at dusk, with a pink and orange sunset glowing over the distant hills.

DJI

DJI Calls On American Drone Pilots To Fight FCC Ban On Already-Approved Drones

DJI is urging drone operators to file FCC comments before September 2 as the agency weighs cutting off imports and sales of previously approved drones with thermal, LiDAR, spray, and docking capabilities.

Haye KestelooAug 8

DJI Ban

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