<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div>After Adam Lisberg from DJI gave a talk on the use of DJI Drones in Research at the 2022 UA Drone Day, a number of participants requested further information. </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,<br></div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div>Note: I am forwarding the email and attachment for informational purposes by participant request. This forum is open to all on-topic viewpoints. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 12:23 PM adam.lisberg <<a href="mailto:adam.lisberg@dji.com">adam.lisberg@dji.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi David – thanks for reaching out. I’m the head US spokesman for DJI, and you should feel free to reach out to me directly in the future. I appreciate your interest in how academic researchers can preserve their
ability to choose the best drones for their needs, given the anti-DJI sentiment being stirred up by people who don’t understand the issue or its consequences.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The good news is that DJI drones are largely still able to be used for academic research. Most governmental restrictions in place apply in various ways to the Defense, Justice and Homeland Security departments,
and they all include provisions for exemptions or waivers if a DJI drone is clearly the only one suited for the job. The strongest restriction I’m aware of that could apply to academic researchers is through the Interior Department, which in 2020 was forced
to ground all non-emergency drone flights using DJI products. That has affected conservation research across the country performed through Interior agencies such as the US Geological Survey, the Fish & Wildlife Service and the National Park Service.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">However, a bill pending in Congress would put much harsher restrictions in place. It would prohibit most of the federal government from buying, operating, contracting or otherwise allowing the use of any drone
made by a Chinese company. That would effectively ban any use of drones by DJI (or any of our Chinese competitors) on federal projects or on operations that use federal grants. You can read the text of that bill (the “American Security Drone Act”) <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/73/text" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">here</span></a>;
it is incorporated into the Senate’s omnibus China bill, known as <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1260" target="_blank"><span style="color:purple">USICA</span></a> (“United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021”).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">As you and your colleagues know, there are not many workable alternatives to DJI products. We are proud to make the most capable drone products for professional uses, and customers around the world choose our drones
because they are the most reliable, powerful and cost-effective. Most non-Chinese options cost more, cannot do as much, and fail more frequently. We strongly oppose government restrictions that take away drone users’ ability to choose the best products for
their needs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The stated reason for many of these proposed restrictions is to protect sensitive American data from being collected by the Chinese government. We have repeatedly debunked these claims, and even our harshest critics
have been unable to provide any evidence that their fears have any merit. DJI users can fly without any internet data connection and are able to keep their photos, videos and flight logs entirely within their control; we can provide you with copious documentation
backing this, as well as independent validations by U.S. government agencies and private cybersecurity experts. More to the point, it’s hard to imagine that scientific research involving drones, designed to be freely published and disseminated, could pose
any national security risk.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To preserve access to DJI products for scientific and academic purposes, we would strongly encourage you and your colleagues to speak up. Contacting your representatives in Congress, both individually and through
your institutions, can help explain the real-world cost to your research if you are suddenly unable to use the scientific tools you already have. Both the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
(APLU) are familiar with the issue and have raised it with Congress in the past. We would encourage you to contact your institutions’ government relations departments as quickly as possible and ask them to tell your Congressional representatives that retaining
the American Security Drone Act in the Senate USICA bill would have strong negative consequences for you and your colleagues.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please let us know how we can provide further assistance. Thank you again for your interest.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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