U.S. Judge Deals Major Blow to DJI – Could Your Drone Be Next?
Case Background: Pentagon’s 1260H Blacklist Since 2022, the Pentagon has kept a running “1260H list” of foreign firms linked to China’s defense sector. Companies on this list aren’t outright banned from sales, but they lose government contracts and gain a stigma of being national-security risks dronedj.com dronedj.com. DJI – the world’s largest drone maker – was added in 2022 under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after the DoD decided it met criteria for a “military-civil fusion” company. DJI immediately suited up in court (October 2024) to clear its name, arguing it wasn’t owned/controlled by China’s military and only makes