Oct 24 (Reuters) - Hesai Group on Thursday

said it plans to continue its legal process against the U.S.

after the Pentagon reinstated the lidar manufacturer on its

blacklist of Chinese firms allegedly working with Beijing's

military.

The U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing last week

that the Pentagon removed Hesai from the blacklist, but planned

to relist the Chinese company "based on the latest information

available."

Hesai, whose lidars help self-driving cars and

driver-assistance systems gain a three-dimensional map of the

road, was added to the list by the U.S. Department of Defense in

January along with more than a dozen other firms. The company

sued the U.S. government in May after it was added to the

blacklist.

Hesai's products are "strictly for commercial and civilian

use" and it has no connection "to the Chinese military or any

other military body," the company told Reuters in an emailed

statement. The lawsuit was a continuation of the ongoing legal

process and the company will continue the proceedings to

"correct these mistakes", it added.

The Financial Times first reported the news on Thursday.

Being placed on the so-called 1260Hlist represents a warning

to U.S. entities and companies about the national security risks

of conducting business with them.

The U.S. Department of Defense did not immediately respond

to Reuters' requests for comment.

Last week, Chinese drone maker DJI sued the U.S. Defense

Department for adding it to a list of companies allegedly

working with Beijing's military.

(Reporting by Bipasha Dey, Surbhi Misra and Shubham Kalia in

Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman, Sonia Cheema and

Abinaya Vijayaraghavan)