DJI is continuing to fight the U.S. government's classification of it as a "Chinese military company," filing an appeal in its unsuccessful lawsuit against the Department of Defense (DoD, recently renamed the Department of War ).

In a ruling against DJI last month, a U.S. district court allowed the DoD's designation of the Chinese drone manufacturer as a "Chinese military company" to stand. Despite disagreeing with the DoD's allegation that DJI is "indirectly owned by the Chinese Communist Party," the judge determined that there is evidence that the company does contribute to the "Chinese defence industrial base," as drones are of substantial use in military contexts.

In response, DJI asserts that numerous other commercial technologies can be "misused" for military purposes, and that

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