DJI loses lawsuit over classification as Chinese military company

A federal judge rejected the drone maker DJI’s attempt to get off the list of the Defense Department of Chinese military agencies.

US District Judge Paul Fredman Friday The DOD that provided the “enough evidence” that contributes to the DJI “Chinese Defense Industry Base”.

Use Modified DJI drone “Whether the DJI principles are forbidden to use military use between Russia and Ukraine are irrelevant. It does not change both theoretical and actual military application of DJI technology.”

At the same time, the judge rejected some of the DOD’s arguments for the Fredman list.

Other government agencies, including the Department of Commerce and the Treasury Department, Establish DJI on similar list It is before it is added to the DOD list in 2022.

When dj Have filed a case Last year, the company said it was “not owned or controlled by the Chinese military” and “DOD itself admitted that DJI produces not a military drone, but produces consumer and commercial drones.”

The case also said that as a result of this list, the company “has been” damaged with the lost business with the lost business “.

TechCrunch has reached DJI for comment. Organization Told Reuters This is considered its legal options and says the judge’s decision is “on the basis of single arguments that apply to many organizations that have never been listed.”
Have faced other legal barriers in the US including DJI A possible restriction on sales Beginning in December unless a national security agency determines that its drones “do not create unacceptable risk for national security in the United States.”