Unleashing American Drone Dominance

It directs faster federal approvals and testing while prioritizing American-made systems and securing the drone supply chain against foreign risks. It also seeks to expand U.S. drone sales abroad.

What the order does ​

• Requires proposed rules within 30 days and final rules within 240 days for routine commercial and public-safety drone flights beyond an operator’s visual line of sight.
• Directs the Federal Aviation Administration to use artificial intelligence to speed waiver reviews and identify operations that may no longer need individual waivers.
• Requires an updated national drone-integration roadmap and fuller use of federal test ranges for autonomous flights, advanced air mobility, and safety data collection.
• Creates an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft pilot program with at least five projects covering uses such as passenger mobility, medical response, cargo transport, and rural access.
• Directs federal agencies to prioritize U.S.-made drones and requires action against foreign-controlled suppliers and supply-chain risks.
• Orders agencies to ease eligible civil-drone exports and support them through financing, insurance, technical assistance, and market-access programs.
• Directs the military to expand its approved drone list, prioritize compliant U.S. products, increase training access, and identify missions better performed by drones.

Who it affects ​

• U.S. drone, component, and electric aircraft manufacturers.
• Commercial operators, public-safety agencies, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments.
• Federal purchasers, military departments, exporters, foreign partners, and companies identified as supply-chain risks.