# DJI welcomes US court order to review 'military company' designation

https://mins.news/en/item/24724

- CGTN, 2026-08-18 02:21 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-18/DJI-welcomes-US-court-order-to-review-military-company-designation-1PHA7LlfyUM/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=World

> Chinese drone maker DJI welcomed a US appeals court decision to reconsider its alleged ties to China’s military. The court found that a lower court erred by relying only on the unclassified record to conclude DJI contributes to China’s defense industrial base, and sent the case back for further proceedings. DJI called the ruling an important step toward correcting what it described as an unjustified designation.

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