Federal Acquisition Regulation: Prohibition on Unmanned Aircraft Systems From Covered Foreign Entities

Document 2024-30937 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Defense in the Federal Register on December 30, 2024. DoD, GSA, and NASA issued an interim rule on November 12, 2024, amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement a prohibition on the procurement and operation of unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or assembled by an American Security Drone Act- covered foreign entity. The deadline for submitting comments is being extended from January 13, 2025, to January 27, 2025, to provide additional time for interested parties to provide comments on the proposed rule. The effective date of this rule is not being changed and remains November 12, 2024. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/30/2024-30937/federal-acquisition-regulation-prohibition-on-unmanned-aircraft-systems-from-covered-foreign.

No. Document 2024-30937 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.