FCC Bans Odyssey Robot Drone Following Evidence It's Actually From DJI
The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on a company accused of falsifying records to try and sell a suspected DJI-made drone in the US. On Tuesday, the FCC revoked the equipment authorization for a drone from Odyssey Robot, which had originally received approval in March and April. Odyssey Robot had claimed that the product and its remote controller didn’t fall under the FCC’s December ban on foreign-made drones.
- ▪The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on a company accused of falsifying records to try and sell a suspected DJI-made drone in the US.
- ▪On Tuesday, the FCC revoked the equipment authorization for a drone from Odyssey Robot, which had originally received approval in March and April.
- ▪Odyssey Robot had claimed that the product and its remote controller didn’t fall under the FCC’s December ban on foreign-made drones.
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The Federal Communications Commission is cracking down on a company accused of falsifying records to try and sell a suspected DJI-made drone in the US. On Tuesday, the FCC revoked the equipment authorization for a drone from Odyssey Robot, which had originally received approval in March and April. Odyssey Robot had claimed that the product and its remote controller didn’t fall under the FCC’s December ban on foreign-made drones. But last month, the FCC threatened to revoke the equipment authorization after discovering Odyssey Robot had lied in claiming the drone's remote controller was manufactured in California and assembled in Texas by a third party, eTak Worldwide Corporation, an electronics recycling firm.
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