This is why IMHO whether the drone sends data back to China is not the real issue. DJI has excellent legal counsel. It will be interesting to see what they do in the case given the judge's analysis in Hesai.
The meaning of MCF Enterprise Zone is summarized by Google AI below.
AI Overview of MCF Enterprise Zone
"A Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) enterprise zone, in the context of China's MCF strategy, is a designated area where civilian and military...
The persons most directly responsible for the DJI ban work for the Department of Defense. They created a list and put DJI on it. The same DOD behind the New Jersey Drone Experiment.
Here are a few verbatim excerpts from the court decision in Hesai. As you can see, the federal regulations use various terms such as Chinese defense industrial base, Chinese military company, and military-civil fusion enterprise zones.
"The...
Elise Stefanik and Skydio may get too much credit/blame for the DJI drone ban. The persons most directly responsible work for the Department of Defense. The DOD created a list and put DJI on it. Not Skydio not Stefanik. The federal judge handling...