DJI loses the lawsuit for classification as a Chinese military company

A federal judge rejected the efforts of DJI drone to get out of the list of the Ministry of Defense to Chinese military companies.

American boycott judge Paul Friedman Friday ruling The Ministry of Defense has provided “great evidence” that DJI contributes to “the Chinese defense industrial base.”

Noting the use of DJI drone modification In the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Friedman wrote, “whether DJI policies prohibit military use or not relevant. This does not change the fact that DJI technology has both theoretical and actual military application.”

Meanwhile, Judge Friedman rejected some other justifications in Dodd for inclusion.

Other government agencies, including the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Treasury, DJI placed on similar lists Before adding it to the DOD menu in 2022.

When dji The lawsuit filed Last year, the company said it was “not owned or dominated by the Chinese army” and that “DOD itself admits that DJI is making consumer and trade aircraft, not military drones.”

The lawsuit also said that the company “suffered from financial damage and continuous reputation, including lost works” as a result of the inclusion.

TECHRUNCH connect to DJI to comment. Company Reuters said He is considering her legal options and said that Judge Friedman’s decision “depends on the only logical basis that applies to many companies that have not been inserted at all.”
DJI faces other legal obstacles in the United States, including A possible ban on sales Starting in December, unless the National Security Agency decides that drones are not an unacceptable threat to the national security of the United States. “