The Financial Times has today reported that the US Department of the Interior is planning to ground its civilian drone program for good in response to growing concerns that hardware made wholly or partly in China could pose a security risk. In the drone industry, DJI has had a fraught time dealing with endless questions over the company’s data security. Since then, despite several positive steps from DJI – not limited to the introduction of a Bug Bounty program, an independent data security audit, the introduction of Local Data Mode, and the launch of a Government Edition Solution – the manufacturer has consistently come under fire for, as far as we can tell, being based in China.