Legislation that would prohibit drones from Chinese company Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI) has been discussed at a Congressional hearing and passed by the relevant Subcommittee, clearing the way for sending it to the full House Committee responsible.

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), Chairman of the Select Committee on China Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and a number of colleagues wrote to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin "demanding oversight into" the Defense Department's "role in allowing U.S.

In a recent ruling by a jury in Texas, U.S. conglomerate Textron, which runs aircraft, defense, industrial and finance businesses, won a patent infringement lawsuit against DJI, a Chinese commercial drone maker.

Last Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Defense released the names of additional "Chinese military companies" that are "operating directly or indirectly in the United States," pursuant to the statutory requirement of Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.

At a recent U.S. Senate hearing, two Republican Senators pressed Biden administration officials on their Departments' use of Chinese-made drones.

Reports indicate that an American software design firm has stopped providing services to Chinese drone maker DJI, in response to U.S. export controls.

India recently banned most imports of drones, a policy shift that will have a big impact on Chinese drone makers such as DJI. The ban will shield the Indian industry from this Chinese competition, but how effective it will be in developing domestic manufacturing is unclear.