Chinese drone giant DJI sued the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) on Friday for including the company in the department’s list of Chinese military companies.
DJI, which makes up more than half of the U.S. commercial drone market, said it’s “neither owned nor controlled by the Chinese military.”
The company also said it’s not a contributor to China’s military-civil fusion strategy or its military modernization.
The China-based company argued that the DOD’s designation is “arbitrary and capricious,” and asked a district court in Washington to order its deletion from the list.
In 2021, Congress passed legislation requiring the Pentagon to compile a list of Chinese military companies operating in the United States….