§ Research paper · 2026
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Restricted, Still Available
U.S. drone policy at the intersection of market access, industrial strategy, and product-security assurance
Restriction and availability are not a paradox but a conjuncture: prospective FCC equipment authorization, entity-specific procurement rules, defense supply-chain requirements, durable inventories and fragmented retail run on different clocks. An August 2026 audit of 44 commercially relevant manufacturers found a clear U.S. purchase path for 28 and an indirect path for 12 more — and an assurance deficit that category-level designations cannot close.
- Prepared for
- LRRK LLC
- Date
- August 12, 2026
- Method
- Regulatory analysis + retail availability audit
- Scope
- Federal UAS market access, procurement, retail, assurance
- conjunctural analysis
- FCC Covered List
- American Security Drone Act
- retail persistence
- UAS cybersecurity
- product-security passport
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