I hate to turn to ChatGPT but it’s hard to decode government notices. Here are the basics:
The FCC’s January 7, 2026 update creates a narrow, temporary carve-out to the December 2025 Covered List decision by exempting two specific categories of UAS and components through January 1, 2027: systems on the DoD’s Blue UAS Cleared List and platforms that qualify as Buy American “domestic end products.” This action does not reverse the underlying national-security determination on foreign-produced UAS, nor does it apply to equipment explicitly listed under FY25 NDAA Section 1709.
Instead, it provides short-term operational and procurement relief for vetted or predominantly domestic systems while reinforcing federal intent to accelerate a transition toward a resilient, U.S.-based drone industrial base.…
I hate to turn to ChatGPT but it’s hard to decode government notices. Here are the basics:
The FCC’s January 7, 2026 update creates a narrow, temporary carve-out to the December 2025 Covered List decision by exempting two specific categories of UAS and components through January 1, 2027: systems on the DoD’s Blue UAS Cleared List and platforms that qualify as Buy American “domestic end products.” This action does not reverse the underlying national-security determination on foreign-produced UAS, nor does it apply to equipment explicitly listed under FY25 NDAA Section 1709.
Instead, it provides short-term operational and procurement relief for vetted or predominantly domestic systems while reinforcing federal intent to accelerate a transition toward a resilient, U.S.-based drone industrial base.…
Well that’s clear as mud….