SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. v. DOD

Summary

The court held that DJI's challenge to its 2025 designation was not moot, rejected DJI's due-process, evidentiary, and disparate-treatment arguments, and affirmed those portions of the judgment. It reversed because the agency did not publicly explain why DJI contributes to the Chinese defense industrial base, and the district court improperly supplied its own rationale rather than reviewing the agency's stated reasoning. The case was remanded for the district court to consider the classified record and determine whether the contribution finding should be upheld.