# 2024-30209: Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2024-30209, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Unmanned Aircraft Systems, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03, effective Comments must be received on or before March 4, 2025.; deemed significant under Executive Order 12866 (as of 2026-11-04). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30209 - As of: 2026-11-04 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2024-30209 - Title: Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Type: Proposed Rule - Agencies: unknown - Citation: unknown - Published: 2025-01-03 - Effective: Comments must be received on or before March 4, 2025. - Comments close: not stated - Significant: yes (OIRA_API) - Touches household money: no - Regulation identifier numbers: 0694-AJ72 - Last updated: 2026-11-04 ## Summary The Department of Commerce wants your thoughts on new rules to keep drones and their tech safe from risky foreign control. This affects companies making or using drone parts linked to certain foreign groups and aims to protect U.S. security. Comments are open until March 4, 2025, so speak up now before any new rules roll out! ## Abstract In this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) seeks public comment on issues related to transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13873, "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain," and that are integral to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This ANPRM will assist BIS in determining the technologies and market participants that may be appropriate for regulation in order to address undue or unacceptable risks to U.S. national security, including U.S. ICTS supply chains and critical infrastructure, or/and to the security and safety of U.S. persons. ## Effects PRIA read - Possible Prohibitions on Certain Drone Transactions: cost, high. The Department of Commerce is considering rules that could prohibit transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) integral to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) when those ICTS are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by,… - Path to Authorization via Mitigation Measures: benefit, medium. BIS is asking whether it should create a process for the public to request specific authorization to engage in transactions involving foreign-adversary ICTS integral to UAS by demonstrating that the parties have implemented measures to mitigate national security or safety risks. The ANPRM seeks inp… - Specific UAS Components May Be Covered: cost, medium. The ANPRM identifies specific UAS components that could be included in any rule, such as onboard computers, communications systems (flight controllers, transceivers, GNSS sensors), flight control systems and sensors, ground control stations, operating and mission-planning software, intelligent batt… - Potential New Design and Cybersecurity Requirements: mixed, medium. BIS is considering mitigation options that could include design requirements, machine-learning controls, implementation standards and protocols, cybersecurity firmware or software inputs, and manufacturing integrity and protection procedures for UAS ICTS. The ANPRM asks for comments on these kinds… - Regulation Triggered by Nexus to Listed Foreign Adversaries: cost, low. Any BIS regulation contemplated in this ANPRM would apply only when transactions have a sufficient nexus to persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries listed in 15 CFR 791.4 (for example, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and the Maduro… ## Related documents - [2026-22496](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22496): Airworthiness Directives; Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, 2026-11-04 - [2026-22506](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22506): Guidance on Eligible Investments for Trump Accounts; Hearing, 2026-11-04 - [2026-22464](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22464): Amendment of Domestic Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-44, V-170, and V-312; Eastern United States, 2026-11-04 - [2026-22495](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22495): Large-Bank Deposit Insurance Determination Modernization, 2026-11-04 - [2026-22450](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22450): Update and Clarification of the Passenger Facility Charge Regulations, 2026-11-04 - [2026-22396](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22396): Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities, 2026-11-03 ## Sources - [2024-30209 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-30209/securing-the-information-and-communications-technology-and-services-supply-chain-unmanned-aircraft) - [2024-30209 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-30209.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2024-31462, Excise Tax on Designated Drugs](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31462) - [Next: 2024-30504, Federal Acquisition Regulation: Strengthening America's Cybersecurity Workforce](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30504) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-30209 (as of 2026-11-04).