United States of America: 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

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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…

Scope

Policy Area
International trade
Policy Instrument
Import ban
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: internet and telecom services, software provider: other software, infrastructure provider: network hardware and equipment
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-12-22
adopted

On 22 December 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added uncrewed aircraft systems (U…

2026-01-07
under deliberation

On 7 January 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Public Safety and Homeland Securit…

2026-03-18
adopted

On 18 March 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Public Safety and Homeland Security…

2026-06-15
adopted

On 15 June 2026, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) of the Federal Communicatio…

2026-07-21
adopted

On 21 July 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Public Safety and Homeland Security …