DJI is a Chinese manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, and its propellers are made in China. DJI also faces a second restriction: in December 2025 major foreign drone manufacturers, DJI among them, were added to the FCC Covered List. For US programs subject to NDAA covered-country flow-down requirements — which reach individual components, propellers included — that typically rules foreign-made parts like these out. Whether a specific DJI part is permitted on a specific program depends on your contract's flow-downs, so confirm with your compliance team.
Why country of origin is the deciding factor
NDAA covered-country and flow-down requirements ban federal agencies from purchasing or operating UAS — and their components — from covered foreign entities, and they extend to federal grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. Prime contractors flow the same requirements down to their suppliers, and compliance is required at the component level, not just the system level. Our NDAA covered-country explainer covers the mechanics.
The result: for a program under these flow-downs, the question isn't whether a propeller performs well — it's where it and its materials come from, and whether you can document that.
The Covered List is about the aircraft, not the propeller
The practical effect of the Covered List for a DJI operator is not a propeller question at all: new FCC equipment authorizations for covered hardware are blocked, and a program under NDAA flow-downs cannot buy or operate the aircraft. Our Covered List explainer covers what that means for components.
Anvil does not make DJI-fit propellers
DJI propellers use quick-release mounts specific to each DJI aircraft, and the Anvil line does not include them. A program that has to leave DJI is replacing the airframe, and the propeller question then belongs to the replacement platform. Most of those platforms fly the 5-inch to 10-inch tri-blade classes the line is built around: see the propeller catalog for the ten families.
If DJI parts are on your BOM
- Inventory the sizes and part numbers you currently fly.
- Vet domestic replacements against the component-level compliance checklist — a US label alone is not a US supply chain.
- Send us the part numbers — we'll confirm fitment and come back with a quote.