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a member Federal Communications Commission He wants to start the process of preventing the Biden administration from spending taxpayer dollars on Chinese drones from a company that has been blacklisted by the Trump administration and warned by President Biden’s Pentagon.

Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Republican, said Tuesday he Chinese drone construction giant Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) FCCCovered List, which he He said it would prevent the Biden administration from using certain federal funds to acquire the drones.

Mr. car DJI has raised the alarm that it poses a similar threat to Chinese tech giant Huawei, which was set on fire during the Trump administration over concerns of electronic espionage via telecommunications equipment in support of the Chinese Communist Party.

“I think what we’re seeing with DJI right now is Huawei’s potential in the wings, and we don’t need an airborne version of Huawei,” he said. car He said it on Strand Consult’s “China Tech Threat” podcast. “And when you look back at the huge amount of sensitive data that can be collected (body temperature, heart rate, high-resolution images of critical infrastructure) and then you can combine that with the concerns already expressed by the Chinese national security law and components. There is enough information about Beijing’s access to this information where the federal government is very concerned.”

This year, the Biden administration tracked down and purchased commercial surveillance drones manufactured by DJI, ignoring the warning of ‘cybersecurity concerns’ from the Pentagon and ignoring the Trump-era blacklist.

The Secret Service has purchased eight commercial surveillance drones, according to internal government procurement records reviewed by The Washington Times.

The FBI also searched and bought DJI drones this year. Adorama Inc.Online sales of DJI products, according to a purchase order on a government website.

Mr. car In the statement, it was stated that the news regarding the purchases of the Secret Service and the FBI made it clear that the United States must act quickly. FCC. he He said the federal government does not have a consistent and comprehensive approach to addressing potential threats from DJI.

he also said FCC‘s review, in consultation with national security agencies, should also consider whether other agencies deserve further scrutiny. FCC.