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Unmanned Systems

Executive Order for Security Assessment of Foreign-Made Drones

Kelsey Reichmann

Tuesday, January 19th, 2021

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Executive Order for Security Assessment of Foreign-Made Drones

The DJI Mavic is one of the drones experts from DOI have analyzed for data leakage.

President Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 18 that instructs federal agencies to assess the risks of the procurement and use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from foreign drone manufacturers with the goal of removing them in favor of domestically produced UAS. “It is the policy of the United States, therefore, to prevent the use of taxpayer dollars to procure UAS that present unacceptable risks and are manufactured by, or contain software or critical electronic components from, foreign adversaries,…

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