Yesterday the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved a final rule from the DOC’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on “Streamlining Export Controls for Drone Exports”. The final rule was sent to OIRA on June 11th, 2026. The interim final rule for this rulemaking was published on January 21st, 2026.
According to the 2026 Unified Agenda entry for this rulemaking:
“The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is easing export controls on certain civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and related technologies, which currently need a license to be exported to most countries. In particular, this interim final rule (IFR): a) allows less sensitive UAVs namely, commercial UAVs with a maximum endurance of less than one hour, for which there is broad foreign availability to be exported to most Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States (Country Group A:1) without a license; and b) allows more capable non-military UAVs namely, certain long-range cargo delivery and agricultural spraying drones to be exported to certain U.S. partners and allies (Country Group A:5) under License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization (STA). Exports pursuant to License Exception STA are subject to notification and reporting requirements to ensure the security of the exports. BIS is making these changes pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14307 [link added], Unleashing American Drone Dominance.””
I will not be covering this rulemaking in any detail, but I do expect that notification of its publication in the Federal Register will be reported in the appropriate Short Takes post.
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