United States of America: Addition of uncrewed aircraft systems and uncrewed aircraft systems critical components produced in a foreign country to Federal Communications Commission Covered List
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Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau extended conditional approvals and exemptions for uncrewed aircraft systems and uncrewed aircraft systems critical components from the Covered List
On 21 July 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) extended exemptions from the Covered List for certain uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components, following a National…
Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau exempted toy drones from the Covered List
On 15 June 2026, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated the Covered List, maintained under Section 2 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, to exempt fore…
Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau announced conditional approval of certain uncrewed aircraft systems and uncrewed aircraft systems critical components and exemption from the Covered List
On 18 March 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updated the Covered List to reflect Conditional Approvals granted by the Department of War (DoW) to four entities, exempting their unc…
Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau exempted certain uncrewed aircraft systems and uncrewed aircraft systems critical components from the Covered List
On 7 January 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) updated the Covered List to exempt certain uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components, following a National Security…
Federal Communications Commission adopted immediate ban on equipment authorisations for uncrewed aircraft systems and critical components produced in foreign countries deemed to pose a threat to national security
On 22 December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components produced in a foreign country to its Covered List, prohibiting equipment authorisation for such devices. The prohibiti…