https://www.rt.com/usa/525411-crash-dummies-gender-bill/

US Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-Washington, DC) has introduced legislation demanding that sexism be eliminated in the world of crash test dummies, mandating the addition of models made in female forms.

Norton debuted the bill on Tuesday, complaining that the federal government currently uses only male crash test dummies and doesn't require automakers to employ both male and female dummies.

The bill was ridiculed on Twitter, with commenters suggesting that transgender crash test dummies will be needed next and that the government hasn't even ascertained how many of the current dummies "identify as male." In fact, some questioned the whole notion, arguing that crash test dummies are genderless.

Another observer quipped that Washington's transit authority had solved the issue of approximating the broad scope of passenger body types by using actual riders as its crash test dummies.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dji-drones-china-pentagon/2021/06/01/id/1023517/

The Pentagon approved two drone models made by China’s Da Jiang Innovations (DJI) for government use in a May 6 report obtained by The Hill.

In the unclassified section of the report, the Pentagon determined there was “no malicious code or intent” in two models of DJI drones used by the United States government, The Hill reported Tuesday.

“(These models are) recommended for use by government entities and forces working with US services,” the summary said.

The rest of the report, authored by second chief warrant officer with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Adam Prater, remained classified, according to the story.

DJI is the largest maker of drones in China and a leader in drone technology and sales throughout the world, according to the company.

Based in Shenzhen, China, the company said it benefits from direct access to suppliers, raw materials and a “young, creative talent pool,” to design and build the drones.

The report comes after the company’s drones were blacklisted along with other Chinese companies last December, Reuters reported at the time.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-drone/u-s-adds-chinese-drone-company-dji-to-economic-blacklist-idUSKBN28S24I

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Reuters reported earlier that dozens of Chinese companies were being added to the so-called entity list, including the country’s top chipmaker, SMIC.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Friday criticized what he called China’s “ubiquitous surveillance to repress its citizens in Xinjiang and elsewhere.”

The Commerce Department added DJI, AGCU Scientech, China National Scientific Instruments and Materials, and Kuang-Chi Group because the four companies “enabled wide-scale human rights abuses within China through abusive genetic collection and analysis or high-technology surveillance.”

The United States government has previously raised concerns about DJI and other Chinese makers of drones.

In January, the U.S. Interior Department said it was grounding its fleet of about 800 Chinese-made drones and earlier halted additional Interior Department purchases of such drones.

In May 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned U.S. firms of the risks to company data from Chinese-made drones.

Separately, U.S. lawmakers this month opted not to ban the purchase of Chinese drone technology by U.S. agencies as part of an annual defense bill.