Parliamentary question | Security risks posed by the use of Chinese-manufactured drones by EU security and enforcement bodies | P-003323/2025 | European Parliament

Recent analyses, including studies by Ruhr University Bochum and the Center for IT Security, Privacy and Accountability, as well as national warnings, have identified serious technical vulnerabilities in Chinese-manufactured unmanned aerial systems (notably those made by Da-Jiang Innovations), including risks of data exfiltration, telemetry misuse, and potential supplier leverage by a hostile state. Some Member States (e.g., Lithuania and the Netherlands) have already restricted the use of these systems in defence and public security sectors. EU frameworks such as the NIS2 Directive[1] and the Cyber Resilience Act[2] provide tools to manage supplier risk and ensure data integrity.