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Chance Townsend

on November 27, 2025

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DJI, one of the world's largest drone manufacturers, is on the verge of a full-scale ban in the United States, with a Dec. 23, 2025, deadline looming. With less than a month to go, the ban marks the culmination of years of escalating restrictions on drones from the U.S. government, which has been eyeing DJI warily since as far back as 2017.

Those efforts have intensified over the past year, and now a DJI drone ban looks inevitable, barring a last-minute surprise.

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"This is about forcing the biggest manufacturer of drones out of the market so that American drone manufacturers don’t have to compete with them," said Adam Welsh, DJI’s Head of Global Policy, in a recent interview with Mashable.