WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Bureau of Industry and Security has issued a rule called: Streamlining Export Controls for Drone Exports.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 21 by Julia A. Khersonsky, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade.
Summary: 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 Gro...