Autonomous Akin Newsletter - February 2026

December and January saw many regulatory developments impacting advanced aviation and uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). As an initial matter, DJI drones landed on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Covered List (which DJI is fighting at the FCC) preventing DJI from obtaining future equipment authorizations for its drones. The FCC also placed all foreign-produced UAS and UAS-critical components on the Covered List and then followed that release with adoption of exemptions and... By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP