# DJI: company

Canonical ID: `a2d812ef-1995-4f49-a947-93c81aade99e`

## Key facts

- **Founded:** 2006, Shenzhen, China, by Frank Wang (Wang Tao)
- **Market position:** Dominant global consumer/prosumer drone maker; roughly 70-77 percent US consumer market share (2025)
- **Video transmission:** OcuSync (O3+/O4) - proprietary HD video/control transmission; up to ~20 km FHD. Flight-tech, not an autonomy system.
- **Obstacle avoidance:** APAS (Advanced Pilot Assistance System) - obstacle sensing/avoidance that assists the pilot. Pilot-assist/augmentation, not full autonomy.
- **US regulatory status:** Added to FCC Covered List (Dec 2025); DoD Section 1260H Chinese-military-company designation (litigation ongoing, appeal at DC Circuit); CBP UFLPA import scrutiny since 2024.

- **Slug:** dji
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 2006
- **HQ:** Shenzhen, China

## Models

- [DJI Matrice 4 Series](/models/dji-matrice-4-series.md) (aerial) (id: `3697a870-26ab-43da-91d5-01109a7a6dce`)
- [DJI Mini 4 Pro](/models/dji-mini-4-pro.md) (aerial) (id: `b300eb8d-4640-4f93-8f57-4d343eddf6fe`)
- [DJI Mavic 4 Pro](/models/dji-mavic-4-pro.md) (aerial) (id: `71f36b38-9ec1-42d2-9b89-5ba0aa3c830e`)

## Supplies to

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## Sources (12)

1. https://www.scmp.com/abacus/who-what/what/article/3028241/story-drone-pioneer-dji
2. https://dronelife.com/2016/04/22/how-djis-founders-built-a-drone-cluster-city/
3. https://www.dji.com/media-center/announcements
4. https://dronelife.com/2025/06/25/dji-drones-us-consumer-market-scarcity-security/
5. https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/latest-news/today-in-security/2026/january/DJI-Ban-Ramifications-in-United-States/
6. https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3327057/drone-maker-dji-loses-lawsuit-against-pentagon-claim-chinese-military-ties
7. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/judge-rules-that-drone-maker-dji-is-affiliated-with-chinas-defense-industry-company-to-stay-on-pentagons-list-of-chinese-military-companies
8. https://dronelife.com/2025/05/13/dji-mavic-4-pro-revolutionary-features-rave-reviews-and-u-s-availability-challenges/
9. https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-updates-covered-list-add-certain-uas-and-uas-components-0
10. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-416839A1.pdf
11. https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3329031/china-drone-maker-dji-appeals-inclusion-pentagons-chinese-military-companies-list
12. https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/media/press-releases/moolenaar-stefanik-statement-cbp-blocking-imports-ccp-backed-drone-company-dji

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