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...more
“You know what makes this bird go up? Funding makes this bird go up.” Dennis Quaid’s line from The Right Stuff has felt less like movie dialogue and more like a policy memo these past two weeks in Washington. OMB paused...more
2/24/2026
/ Aerospace ,
China ,
Defense Contracts ,
Federal Funding ,
Investigations ,
NASA ,
National Security ,
OMB ,
Outer Space ,
Procurement Guidelines ,
Senate Armed Services Committee
The Foreign Adversary Report and Order (Foreign Adversary R&O) aims to increase transparency of foreign adversary ownership in Commission regulatees and enhance the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission)...more
Pursuant to Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, foreign entities are prohibited from holding more than an indirect 25% equity or voting interest in a U.S.-organized entity that controls a Federal...more
While the signing of the Defense and Transportation–Housing and Urban Development (HUD) appropriations bills last week ended a brief partial government shutdown, funding is never far the top of the to-do list, with the clock...more
2/10/2026
/ Aerospace ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
EU ,
Federal Funding ,
Government Shutdown ,
National Security ,
Outer Space ,
Russia ,
Satellites ,
Ukraine
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced that it will hold its February Open Meeting on Wednesday, February 18 at 10:30 a.m. ET. Details on the four items expected to be considered at the Open...more
As explained in greater detail in a previous alert, on December 22, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added to the Covered List all foreign-produced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical components,...more
Over the past couple of weeks, Congress moved a number of key space-related spending bills, and signaled support for the Pentagon’s acquisition reform agenda (albeit with a few congressionally mandated guardrails). Beyond...more
On 20 and 21 January 2026, the European Commission presented its proposals for a Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) and a Digital Networks Act (DNA). The CSA2 aims to increase Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) supply...more
As explained in greater detail in our December 24th alert, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) announced on December 22, 2025, the additions of (1) all...more
Congress rang in the new year by unveiling a three-bill minibus funding package that rejects many of the administration’s proposed space and science cuts, the White House published an EO threatening restrictions on defense...more
1/13/2026
/ Aerospace ,
China ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Infrastructure ,
New Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Russia
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is off to a busy start for the new year, with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr releasing a tentative agenda on January 8 for the Commission’s January Open Meeting, which is scheduled to...more
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) announced on December 22, 2025, significant additions to the FCC’s Covered List, including all foreign-produced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and UAS critical...more
If it felt like this was a week of seconds, it wasn’t just you pining for a break over the holidays. President Trump signed the “Ensuring American Space Superiority” executive order, his second EO focused on space policy, and...more
Despite the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s been a busy couple of weeks in space. As we head into 2025’s homestretch, all Speaker Johnson wants for Christmas is final NDAA language, several members want NDAA language to put...more
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is behind us, and Congress is leaning hard into its NASA and Department of Defense (also referred to as the Department of War) oversight roles. Jared Isaacman is once again the...more
As the U.S. government shutdown continues to drag on, you could be forgiven for thinking work on domestic space policy hasn’t slowed. The FCC launched a proposal to streamline the satellite licensing process, DoD is looking...more
Following a busy October agenda at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) and despite the continuing government shutdown that has halted some of the FCC’s operations, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr released a...more
As the U.S. government shutdown approaches its third week, Republicans look for defense and space funding as a lever to break the impasse, and defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic are already reshaping the commercial...more
Despite the ongoing government shutdown and the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) cessation of most of its operations, on October 7, the FCC Chairman Brendan Carr released an ambitious and expansive tentative agenda...more
Beyond Washington budget headlines, DoD, BIS and DHS all introduced measures that will likely have a significant impact on the commercial space industry; space leaders from around the world convened in Australia for the...more
10/6/2025
/ Aerospace ,
Australia ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
EU ,
Export Controls ,
Italy ,
National Security ,
Outer Space
Good Afternoon! No bucks. No Buck Rogers. The latest FY2026 bill from the House Appropriations Committee preserves NASA’s budget at current levels, and Reps. Bacon and Chu urged House appropriators to protect NASA funding in...more
9/22/2025
/ Aerospace ,
Appropriations Bill ,
Biden Administration ,
Congressional Committees ,
Continuing Resolution ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Government Agencies ,
NASA ,
Policy Updates ,
Public Policy
On September 9th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) released a tentative agenda for its September Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 30, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The...more
Good Afternoon! The past couple of weeks felt a little like U.S. space policy stepped back to 1969. Sen. Ted Cruz channeled John Fogerty to warn about the space race with China and appeared to lean into U.S. government-owned...more
9/8/2025
/ Aerospace ,
China ,
Defense Sector ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
Government Agencies ,
NASA ,
National Security ,
Outer Space ,
Policy Updates ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration ,
United States
Telecommunications carriers must continue to adhere to a 2024 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Order that substantially broadened carriers’ breach notification obligations, requiring that they disclose breaches of any...more