AIBRIEF
The Texas reseller's Raptor line is already off shelves, but the FCC says the DJI licensing work around itself is the security problem.
The FCC on August 10, 2026, proposed a retroactive ban on Anzu Robotics drones, three weeks after revoking authorizations for nine other vendors selling DJI clones. The action targets the Anzu Raptor and Raptor T series, identified by FCC ID 2BBYS-RAPTOR under the FCC's formal proposal.
The proposal is the FCC's first to name the licensing structure itself, a US firm reselling DJI-licensed hardware, as the security problem the existing DJI ban was meant to address. The House Select Committee on the CCP accused Anzu in 2024 of acting as a "pass-through" for DJI to circumvent US restrictions, and the FCC's new draft cites those findings directly.
The agency's own framing calls the impact "minimal," noting Anzu "does not appear in major industry market analyses or rankings" and "comprise[s] a very small share of the market." Anzu is already off shelves: the company told customers in February 2026 the Raptor line was unavailable due to component shortages, and parent XTI Aerospace closed its acquisition of Anzu in November 2025. CEO Randall Warnas told customers at the time, "We are far from done. We are committed to being a leading drone manufacturer."
A 30-day public comment window opens before the Commission can adopt the rule. Existing owners would keep their drones; the exemption also covers federal use and commercial testing. The proposal extends the FCC's separate crackdown on DJI drones equipped with LiDAR sensors, this time reaching the resellers who license the hardware rather than the brand printed on the airframe.