U.S. Army halts use of Chinese-made drones over cyber concerns

[Peter1469]

U.S. Army halts use of Chinese-made drones over cyber concerns

We never should have bought Chinese made drones.

The U.S. Army has ordered its members to stop using drones made by Chinese manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd because of "cyber vulnerabilities" in the products.

An Aug. 2 Army memo posted online and verified by Reuters applies to all DJI drones and systems that use DJI components or software. It requires service members to "cease all use, uninstall all DJI applications, remove all batteries/storage media and secure equipment for follow-on direction."


The memo says DJI drones are the most widely used by the Army among off-the-shelf equipment of that type.


DJI said in a statement that it was "surprised and disappointed" at the Army's "unprompted restriction on DJI drones as we were not consulted during their decision."

[Standing Wolf]

I find it absolutely amazing that they were ever trusting Chinese-made drones to be free of "cyber concerns" in the first place.

[Peter1469]

Pretty amazing that they made that call.