But as the recent Pentagon report shows, this seems unlikely – and despite the incident, DJI remains by far most popular drone brand in the US with a relatively unchanged 76.1% market share, according to analysts Drone Industry Insights.
This could change in the future if the US government takes an even tougher stance against Chinese technology companies. In June 2021, the Pentagon also cleared two DJI models for use, saying that they were 'recommended for use by government entities and forces working with US services'.Īs things stand, then, we're still very happy to recommend DJI drones to our US-based readers. Of course, DJI refuted these allegations and there's no evidence that DJI drones have either been involved in these activities or ever used malicious code. These reasons included 'facilitating the export of items by China that aid repressive regimes around the world”, and 'enabling wide-scale human rights abuses within China through abusive genetic collection and analysis or high-technology surveillance'.
So, why has DJI been included on the entity list? The US government didn't specifically say why DJI had been included, but it did reveal why four companies (including DJI) had been blacklisted.
