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The U.S. government should ban Chinese light detection and ranging (lidar) sensors from its military equipment and other critical sectors, a Washington-based think tank has said.
In a research memo published on Dec. 2, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) said that using Chinese-made lidar sensors could expose the U.S. military and civilian infrastructure to hacking and sabotage during a conflict.
Lidar sensors use lasers to scan the environment and transmit the data to create high-precision three-dimensional maps.
The technology has a wide range of civilian and military uses, from robotic cars and cranes to missile guidance systems.
In November 2023, 20 bipartisan lawmakers, led by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), former chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the committee’s ranking Democrat member, urged the Biden administration to investigate all Chinese lidar tech companies over national security concerns. […]
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