Motors

Component

Brushless motors, including small coreless motors with Hall-effect sensors used in gimbals.

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September 15, 2026ProgramsDrone Dominance Gauntlet 2: Travis Metz of DIU says the order for about 60,000 drones is the Department's first with no Chinese brushless motorsGauntlet 2 results were posted on the program leaderboard on September 15, 2026, with ten companies placing on the deep strike and close-quarters boards. At SBA's September 24 summit, Travis Metz of DIU said orders for 60,000 drones were being placed that week, and that it would be the first Department order with no Chinese brushless motors.
Source: DroneXL; SBA summit video

June 30, 2026ProgramsArmy depots start making small drone partsArmy Materiel Command opened an advanced manufacturing facility for small drones at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, which makes brushless motors and circuit cards. Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, makes drone frames, and Red River Army Depot, Texas, makes batteries. The Army aims for these parts to be on the Department's Blue List so the military and industry can buy them.
Source: Defense Contract Management Agency; Army Materiel Command

December 22, 2025FCCFCC adds foreign-made drones and drone components to the Covered ListThe FCC added all drones and drone critical components produced in foreign countries to the Covered List. New models that did not have a valid FCC authorization before December 22, 2025 cannot receive one, so they cannot be imported or sold in the U.S. Models authorized before that date may continue to be used, sold, imported, and marketed. Three exemptions exist: the Blue UAS Cleared List and Framework, domestic end products under the Buy American standard, and Conditional Approvals from the Department of War or the Department of Homeland Security.
Source: Federal Communications Commission (DA 25-1086; FCC presentation on the Covered List, September 14, 2026)Read the guide.

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