Streamlining Export Controls for Drone Exports

The record

Publisher

Federal Register

Agency

Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau

Source

Federal Register

Kind

Federal Register: final rule

Jurisdiction

United States

Topics

Export controls, Trade

Importance

Headline, the top of three tiers Kresmion sets by fixed rules from the source's own fields

Published (source time)

2026-08-14 (the source gives a date only)

First seen on Kresmion

2026-10-26 18:24 UTC

The original

• PDF (Federal Register)

Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov). U.S. government work, public domain.

The publisher's summary

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is easing export controls on certain Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or drones) and related parts, components, accessories, attachments, technology, and software under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Specifically, this rule: eliminates wind gust tolerance as a parameter for determining UAV controls under the EAR; increases the threshold for national security controls on certain UAVs from an endurance of 30 minutes to an endurance of 3 hours; makes conforming changes to remove national security controls on software and technology associated with UAVs with an endurance less than 3 hours; maintains military end-use and end-user controls on those lower endurance drones and associated software and technology; clarifies Commerce Control List (CCL) controls for certain UAVs specially designed for military use; and removes national security controls on certain specially designed parts, components, accessories, and attachments for such UAVs as they do not provide any significant military or intelligence capabilities.

The publisher's words, as published.

Federal Register document

Document number

2026-16628

Document type

Rule

Status

Published