China’s Dajiang Innovation Corporation issued an open letter to the relevant personnel of the US Senate on the 24th, saying that some of the statements on the data security of the company’s drones at the US Senate hearing on the 18th were “un/confirm/ied” and “inaccurate”. In addition, a spokesperson for DJI Innovations confirmed that it is planning to build its first assembly line in the United States.
The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on the 18th entitled "Drug Safety: Strengthening Innovation and Reducing Supply Chain Risks". Some people said at the hearing that due to data security and other concerns, Limit competition, innovation and use of drone technology based on “country of origin”.
Dajiang Innovation Company said in an open letter that unless the drone operator chooses actively, the DJI drone will not share the user's flight records, photos or videos; the DJI drone will not automatically transmit the flight data to China. Or anywher. The open letter also introduced the security protection functions of the DJI UAV and the company's efforts in protecting user data security.
"Unverified guesses and inaccurate information presented at the hearing put the entire U.S. drone industry at risk, causing a ripple effect that hinders economic growth and constrains the use of DJI drones to protect the public and save The civil servant of life." The open letter said.
On May 20th, the US Department of Homeland Security also issued a data security warning for Chinese-made drones. According to reports, the relevant documents did not mention the specific company name. However, according to the data of the UAV research company Sky Logic, nearly 80% of the UAVs used in the United States and Canada come from Dajiang Innovation.
The latest public letter states that the US Department of Homeland Security's guidelines on mitigating the risk of sensitive task data management are consistent with DJI's innovative safety practices, and the company's global engineering team will actively promote safety measures.
A spokesperson for the Dajiang Innovation Company also confirmed to the Xinhua News Agency that the New York Times reported on the 24th that Dajiang Innovation set up a UAV production line in the United States. DJI Innovation conducted assembly testing at an after-sales service center in Cerritos, Calif., in January this year. After obtaining approval from relevant US authorities, it is expected to transform this into the first assembly line outside Shenzhen, China. Some of the drone products sold in the United States are assembled locally.
