China’s updated “Unreliable Entity List” — a list of American companies banned from doing business in China in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariffs — has grown to include eleven U.S. drone manufacturers.
The drone industry is heavily reliant upon materials imported from China.
The drone companies blacklisted by China include Brinc Drones, Domo Tactical Communications (DTC), Firestorm Labs, HavocAI, Insitu, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, Neros Technologies, Rapid Flight, Red Six Solutions, Skydio, and Synexxus.
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said the banned companies “engage in activities that may endanger China’s national security and interests.”
More specifically, MOFCOM complained that the American firms “have either participated in arms sales to Taiwan or have undertaken so-called military technology cooperation with Taiwan, seriously harming China’s national
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