Por John Liu, CNN

Los drones fabricados en China han dominado los cielos de Estados Unidos durante años, y propietarios privados, departamentos de policía y bomberos los han utilizado en todo el país. Pero una nueva norma de la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones (FCC, por las siglas en inglés) impedirá a los consumidores estadounidenses comprar la próxima generación de estos drones.

La FCC prohibió la importación y venta de todos los nuevos modelos de drones y equipos críticos fabricados por compañías extranjeras, incluido el mayor fabricante de drones del mundo DJI, al incluirlos en la denominada “lista negra” de entidades que se considera que “suponen un riesgo inaceptable para la seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos”.

La decisión de la FCC, aunque excluye los modelos ya aprobados para la venta y los que se utilizan actualmente, marca la culminación de años de gestiones para frenar los drones chinos, como los fabricados por DJI y otro importante fabricante de drones, Autel Robotics.

DJI ha expresado su decepción por la medida, que también podría molestar a muchos usuarios de drones en el país. DJI controla alrededor del 70 % del mercado global, según datos de la empresa de estudios de mercado Research and Markets. Más allá del uso en el sector público, los drones chinos se han utilizado ampliamente en Estados Unidos para tareas como inspecciones de infraestructura y construcción, monitoreo de cultivos, así como por videógrafos profesionales y aficionados.

En junio, el presidente Donald Trump firmó una orden ejecutiva para acelerar la comercialización de las tecnologías de drones y ampliar la producción nacional de estos dispositivos “frente al control o la explotación extranjera”.

“El presidente Trump ha dejado claro que su administración actuará para garantizar la seguridad de nuestro espacio aéreo y liberar el dominio estadounidense de los drones”, declaró el presidente de la FCC Brendan Carr el lunes en X.

“Lo hacemos mediante una acción que no interrumpe el uso o la compra de drones previamente autorizados y con vías adecuadas para excluir los drones que no suponen un riesgo”, añadió.

La importación, venta o uso de modelos de dispositivos existentes previamente autorizados por el regulador de telecomunicaciones seguirá estando permitido y los consumidores podrán seguir utilizando cualquier dron adquirido legalmente con anterioridad, según ha informado la FCC.

El anuncio de esta semana se produce después de que la Ley de Autorización de Defensa Nacional de 2025, aprobada por el Congreso el año pasado, exigiera una revisión de seguridad de los equipos fabricados por DJI, Autel y otros fabricantes extranjeros de drones antes del 23 de diciembre de 2025.

Durante el último año, DJI ha enviado cartas a funcionarios estadounidenses, entre ellos el secretario de Defensa Pete Hegseth, en las que dio la bienvenida al escrutinio y a las evaluaciones necesarias de sus productos.

“Estamos listos para trabajar con ustedes, a ser abiertos y transparentes, y a proporcionar la información necesaria para completar una revisión exhaustiva”, escribió Adam Welsh, director de Política Global de DJI, en su última carta a principios de este mes.

Pero en lugar de las evaluaciones exhaustivas que esperaban la industria y DJI, la FCC afirmó que su decisión se basó en la determinación de un organismo interinstitucional del Poder Ejecutivo, convocado por la Casa Blanca, que concluy

By Pete Muntean, Dugald McConnell, CNN

(CNN) — An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer.

Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air 200 after it stopped on the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver, according to video posted by emergency responders.

The twin-engine turboprop landed under the control of Garmin’s Autoland system, which the company says is now installed on about 1,700 airplanes. “This was the first use of Autoland from start-to-finish in an actual emergency,” Garmin said in a statement.

The operator of the plane, charter company Buffalo River Aviation, says the Autoland system automatically engaged during a flight from Aspen with no passengers on board.

“The aircraft experienced a rapid, uncommanded loss of pressurization” and the pilots put on their oxygen masks, said charter company CEO Chris Townsley in a statement. Autoland “automatically engaged exactly as designed when the cabin altitude exceeded the prescribed safe levels” and the pilots “made the decision to leave the system engaged,” Townsley said.

In a demonstration of the system in a Cirrus Aircraft SR22 in April, CNN was able to test Autoland under controlled circumstances. Pushing a large red button activates the plane’s on-board autopilot, steering the airplane to a suitable airport and making announcements to air traffic controllers.

“Pilot incapacitation,” an automated voice can be heard saying on air traffic control audio of Saturday’s incident from LiveATC.net. It warns other pilots in the area: “Emergency auto-land in less than 1 minute on runway 3-0 right.”

Buffalo River Aviation’s CEO clarifies that “reports of pilot incapacitation are incorrect and result solely from the Garmin emergency system’s automated communication and reporting functions.”

“In this case, the crew consciously elected to preserve and use all available tools and minimize additional variables in an unpredictable, emergent situation, prioritizing life and a safe outcome over all other factors, as they are trained to do.”

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.

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By Pete Muntean, Dugald McConnell, CNN

(CNN) — An airplane has, for the first time, automatically landed itself after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer.

Two people emerged unscathed from the Beechcraft Super King Air 200 after it stopped on the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver, according to video posted by emergency responders.

The twin-engine turboprop landed under the control of Garmin’s Autoland system, which the company says is now installed on about 1,700 airplanes. “This was the first use of Autoland from start-to-finish in an actual emergency,” Garmin said in a statement.

The operator of the plane, charter company Buffalo River Aviation, says the Autoland system automatically engaged during a flight from Aspen with no passengers on board.

“The aircraft experienced a rapid, uncommanded loss of pressurization” and the pilots put on their oxygen masks, said charter company CEO Chris Townsley in a statement. Autoland “automatically engaged exactly as designed when the cabin altitude exceeded the prescribed safe levels” and the pilots “made the decision to leave the system engaged,” Townsley said.

In a demonstration of the system in a Cirrus Aircraft SR22 in April, CNN was able to test Autoland under controlled circumstances. Pushing a large red button activates the plane’s on-board autopilot, steering the airplane to a suitable airport and making announcements to air traffic controllers.

“Pilot incapacitation,” an automated voice can be heard saying on air traffic control audio of Saturday’s incident from LiveATC.net. It warns other pilots in the area: “Emergency auto-land in less than 1 minute on runway 3-0 right.”

Buffalo River Aviation’s CEO clarifies that “reports of pilot incapacitation are incorrect and result solely from the Garmin emergency system’s automated communication and reporting functions.”

“In this case, the crew consciously elected to preserve and use all available tools and minimize additional variables in an unpredictable, emergent situation, prioritizing life and a safe outcome over all other factors, as they are trained to do.”

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.

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By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN

(CNN) — The Trump administration will begin garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default starting in January, the Education Department told CNN on Tuesday.

“We expect the first notices to be sent to approximately 1,000 defaulted borrowers the week of January 7, and the notices will increase in scale on a month-to-month basis,” the department said in a statement.

The move comes months after the administration restarted collecting federal student loans in default, which happens after 270 days without payment. The process, known as administrative wage garnishment, allows the agency to order non-federal employers to withhold part of an employee’s income to pay off the student loans.

If the department scales up its wage garnishment efforts, millions could be affected. The department said in April that more than 5 million borrowers were in default and nearly 4 million more were delinquent, which means they hadn’t made a payment in more than 90 days.

Earlier this year, the government also resumed the Treasury Offset Program, which collects defaulted debts by garnishing federal and state payments, such as tax returns or Social Security benefits.

Critics have insisted that beginning wage garnishment will add stress to borrowers struggling with higher costs.

“As millions of borrowers sit on the precipice of default, this Administration is using its self-inflicted limited resources to seize borrowers’ wages instead of defending borrowers’ right to affordable payments,” Protect Borrowers Deputy Executive Director Persis Yu said in a statement on Tuesday.

Student loan borrowers stand to face even more changes in the coming months. President Donald Trump’s landmark tax and spending cuts package – the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – passed earlier this year, placed new caps on the amount students can borrow in federal student loans for graduate school and how much parents can borrow to help pay students’ tuition. It also eliminated certain deferments on student loans and created a much more limited set of repayment options.

And earlier this month, the Trump administration announced an agreement to end the SAVE plan, a Biden-era repayment plan that has faced legal challenges for years, affecting nearly 8 million borrowers. If approved in federal court, borrowers will have a “limited time” – the amount not yet outlined – to enroll in a new plan.

Borrowers in default can no longer receive deferment or forbearance, which allow borrowers to temporarily stop making payments on loans, according to the Department of Education’s website. They will also no longer have the ability to choose a repayment plan. For borrowers who are facing severe financial stress, it’s possible to discharge loans in bankruptcy if they meet certain criteria.

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Por Danny Freeman y Taylor Romine, CNN

Los equipos de emergencia están respondiendo a un incidente en un asilo de ancianos de Pensilvania tras un incendio y una explosión reportados, según informan funcionarios de bomberos y policía.

El asilo de ancianos Silver Lake está ubicado a unas 20 millas (32 km) al noroeste de Filadelfia, en el municipio de Bristol.

Por el momento no está claro si hay personas heridas y la situación sigue en desarrollo.

Noticia en desarrollo…

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