American Security Drone Act: Winding Down Your Foreign-made UAS Purchases

The American Security Drone Act (ASDA) is sweeping. It prohibits Federal agencies from procuring or operating and contractors/grant recipients from otherwise using Federal funds to purchase or utilize drones, certain drone components and associated software that are manufactured or assembled by a covered foreign entity. Covered foreign entities are defined broadly as Chinese or as other national-security-risk entities that appear on either a consolidated list or are otherwise identified by... By: Maynard Nexsen