The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued $25,000 fines to eight companies it suspects of supplying DJI products.
In December 2025, the FCC added DJI to its Covered List, which names companies deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security. Companies on that list are banned from selling their products in the U.S.
Who are the eight companies?
On its website, the FCC published a notice of apparent liability for forfeiture (NAL) for each of the eight companies. They are Cogito Tech, Fixaxo Technology, Lyno Dynamics, Skyhigh Tech, Spatial Hover, SZ Knowact Robot, WaveGo Tech and Xtra Technology. In each one, the FCC proposed a $25,000 penalty.
Drones and action cameras
Most of the products the FCC is investigating are drones or action cameras. SZ Knowact Robot sells a drone in the U.S. called the SkyRover X1, and it’s very similar to DJI’s Mini 4 Pro. It does have a different outer shell, though, and it won’t take DJI batteries or controllers. Xtra also markets a range of action cameras in the U.S. Its Muse and Edge Pro closely resemble DJI’s Osmo Pocket 3 and Osmo Action 5 Pro, respectively.
Letters of Inquiry
The FCC confirmed it had sent all eight companies Letters of Inquiry (LOIs). The letters asked whether the companies had “marketed within the United States any radiofrequency (RF) equipment that was added to the Covered List on December 22, 2025.” The documents don’t name DJI. But DJI was added to the Covered List on that exact date. The letters also restated that the equipment posed an “unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the safety and security of United States persons.”
Wilfully violated
None of the companies provided the FCC with the information requested in the letters. Failing to respond to an LOI violates the Communications Act of 1934. That’s why the FCC has proposed a $25,000 fine against each of the eight companies.
The companies now have 30 days to pay. Alternatively, they can ask for the fines to be reduced or canceled. Either way, they still have to hand over the information the LOIs requested, whether or not they pay. If they don’t, they’ll face further enforcement action.
What we think
For a while now, rumors have circulated online that DJI products are being rebadged and sold in the U.S. to get around the ban. When we wrote about the Xtra Muse 2 Pro earlier this year, we pointed out how much it looked like a DJI Osmo Pocket 4P. Teardown photos posted online also show that Xtra and DJI cameras share identical internal components, physical dimensions and sensor layouts.
Given all that, it was only a matter of time before the FCC stepped in. For now, the companies can keep selling the products under investigation. But if they ignore the LOIs again, that won’t last long.
