DJI fervently rejects Chinese Military Company designation following court ruling — drone maker says it ‘is not controlled by the government and has no ties to the military’

Popular drone maker DJI has issued a fervent rejection of a recent U.S. District Court ruling, which upheld the Department of Defence’s (recently rebranded to the Department of War) designation of the outfit as a “Chinese Military Company.” DJI says that it is not tied to the military, is not subject to government control, and says that court findings support this notion.

Last week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a judge upheld the DoD’s aforementioned decision to include DJI in…