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SIGINT / RF Spectrum Tracker
The spectrum, RF, and electromagnetic developments that shape counter-UAS detection and mitigation, tracking FCC, NTIA, FAA, DoD, Congress, and international standards actions, each entry tied to a primary public source. New and growing.
16 entries tracked11 currentUpdated July 2026The RF pillar of the CUAS Brief
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FCC seeks comment on drone spectrum, licensing, and Counter-UAS barriers (Unleashing American Drone Dominance)FCC · Federal
Spectrum Policy · FCC DA 26-314 / Docket 26-74 (Public Notice, comment window closed 2026-05-18)
Pending
Apr 1, 2026
Item
FCC seeks comment on drone spectrum, licensing, and Counter-UAS barriers (Unleashing American Drone Dominance)
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Pending
Date
Apr 1, 2026
Docket / reference
FCC DA 26-314 / Docket 26-74 (Public Notice, comment window closed 2026-05-18)
Archived Jun 4, 2026 ↗View source ↗FCC exempts certain UAS and critical components from the Covered List and opens a Conditional Approval processFCC · Federal
Spectrum Policy · FCC DA 26-22 (PSHSB Public Notice), follow-on to DA 25-1086. Blue UAS Cleared List and Buy…
Adopted
Jan 7, 2026
Item
FCC exempts certain UAS and critical components from the Covered List and opens a Conditional Approval process
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Adopted
Date
Jan 7, 2026
Docket / reference
FCC DA 26-22 (PSHSB Public Notice), follow-on to DA 25-1086. Blue UAS Cleared List and Buy American domestic end product carve-outs to 2027-01-01; DoW/DHS Conditional Approval process via drones@fcc.gov.
Archived Apr 1, 2026 ↗View source ↗FCC adds all foreign-made UAS and critical components to Covered List, blocking new equipment authorizationsFCC · Federal
Spectrum Policy · FCC DA 25-1086 (PSHSB Public Notice), Blue UAS and domestic carve-outs to 2027-01-01
Adopted
Dec 22, 2025
Item
FCC adds all foreign-made UAS and critical components to Covered List, blocking new equipment authorizations
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Adopted
Date
Dec 22, 2025
Docket / reference
FCC DA 25-1086 (PSHSB Public Notice), Blue UAS and domestic carve-outs to 2027-01-01
Archived May 26, 2026 ↗View source ↗FCC proposes permitting 24.45-24.65 GHz radar for UAS detection at sensitive sites (stadiums, prisons, borders, critical infrastructure)FCC · Federal
Radar · FCC 25-7 (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking)
Proposed/NPRM
Jan 17, 2025
Item
FCC proposes permitting 24.45-24.65 GHz radar for UAS detection at sensitive sites (stadiums, prisons, borders, critical infrastructure)
Area
Radar
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Proposed/NPRM
Date
Jan 17, 2025
FCC adopts initial service rules for drone control-link spectrum in the 5030-5091 MHz band (10 MHz at 5040-5050)FCC · Federal
Spectrum Policy · FCC 24-91, Docket 22-323 (Report and Order)
Adopted
Aug 21, 2024
Item
FCC adopts initial service rules for drone control-link spectrum in the 5030-5091 MHz band (10 MHz at 5040-5050)
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Adopted
Date
Aug 21, 2024
National Spectrum Strategy Implementation Plan sets study of bands including 5030-5091 MHz for dronesNTIA · Federal
Spectrum Policy · NTIA National Spectrum Strategy Implementation Plan
Strategy/Guidance
Mar 12, 2024
Item
National Spectrum Strategy Implementation Plan sets study of bands including 5030-5091 MHz for drones
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
NTIA · Federal
Status
Strategy/Guidance
Date
Mar 12, 2024
Docket / reference
NTIA National Spectrum Strategy Implementation Plan
Archived Mar 29, 2026 ↗View source ↗FAA warns that GPS and GNSS jamming and spoofing, including around counter-UAS protection areas, pose a flight-safety risk, and tells operators to recognize, mitigate, and report disruptions (SAFO 24002)FAA · Federal
Spectrum Monitoring · FAA SAFO 24002, Recognizing and Mitigating GPS/GNSS Disruptions
Strategy/Guidance
Jan 25, 2024
Item
FAA warns that GPS and GNSS jamming and spoofing, including around counter-UAS protection areas, pose a flight-safety risk, and tells operators to recognize, mitigate, and report disruptions (SAFO 24002)
Area
Spectrum Monitoring
Authority
FAA · Federal
Status
Strategy/Guidance
Date
Jan 25, 2024
Docket / reference
FAA SAFO 24002, Recognizing and Mitigating GPS/GNSS Disruptions
Archived Jan 27, 2026 ↗View source ↗ITU WRC-23 allocates 15.41-15.7 GHz and 22-22.2 GHz to aeronautical mobile service for non-safety drone applicationsStandards/International · International
Spectrum Policy · ITU WRC-23 (Radio Regulations revision)
Adopted
Dec 15, 2023
Item
ITU WRC-23 allocates 15.41-15.7 GHz and 22-22.2 GHz to aeronautical mobile service for non-safety drone applications
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
Standards/International · International
Status
Adopted
Date
Dec 15, 2023
FAA Remote ID rule requires drones to broadcast identity and location over RF (14 CFR Part 89)FAA · Federal
Spectrum Policy · 14 CFR Part 89 (Remote ID Final Rule, Docket FAA-2019-1100)
Adopted
Apr 21, 2021
Item
FAA Remote ID rule requires drones to broadcast identity and location over RF (14 CFR Part 89)
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
FAA · Federal
Status
Adopted
Date
Apr 21, 2021
Docket / reference
14 CFR Part 89 (Remote ID Final Rule, Docket FAA-2019-1100)
Archived May 4, 2026 ↗View source ↗DoD Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy sets five goals for EMS freedom of actionDoD/DoW · Federal
EW · 2020 DoD EMS Superiority Strategy
Strategy/Guidance
Oct 29, 2020
Item
DoD Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy sets five goals for EMS freedom of action
Area
EW
Authority
DoD/DoW · Federal
Status
Strategy/Guidance
Date
Oct 29, 2020
DOJ, DHS, FAA, and FCC interagency advisory on the legality of UAS detection and mitigation, mapping counter-drone tools onto the Wiretap Act, the Pen/Trap statute, and the Communications Act jammer prohibitionFCC · Federal
SIGINT · Advisory on the Application of Federal Laws to the Acquisition and Use of Technology to De…
Strategy/Guidance
Aug 17, 2020
Item
DOJ, DHS, FAA, and FCC interagency advisory on the legality of UAS detection and mitigation, mapping counter-drone tools onto the Wiretap Act, the Pen/Trap statute, and the Communications Act jammer prohibition
Area
SIGINT
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Strategy/Guidance
Date
Aug 17, 2020
Docket / reference
Advisory on the Application of Federal Laws to the Acquisition and Use of Technology to Detect and Mitigate UAS (DOJ/DHS/FAA/FCC); cites 18 U.S.C. 2510-2522, 18 U.S.C. 3121-3127, 47 U.S.C. 301/302a/333, 49 U.S.C. 40103
Archived Apr 15, 2026 ↗View source ↗FCC authorizes Ligado's L-band terrestrial network adjacent to the GPS band, triggering an ongoing federal dispute over harmful interference to GPS and GNSSFCC · Federal
Spectrum Policy · FCC 20-48, Order and Authorization, IB Docket 11-109 / 12-340; 35 FCC Rcd 3772; adopted 20…
Adopted
Apr 19, 2020
Item
FCC authorizes Ligado's L-band terrestrial network adjacent to the GPS band, triggering an ongoing federal dispute over harmful interference to GPS and GNSS
Area
Spectrum Policy
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Adopted
Date
Apr 19, 2020
Docket / reference
FCC 20-48, Order and Authorization, IB Docket 11-109 / 12-340; 35 FCC Rcd 3772; adopted 2020-04-19
Archived Dec 25, 2025 ↗View source ↗Preventing Emerging Threats Act authorizes DOJ and DHS to detect, track, and mitigate drone threats to covered facilities, the 124n exemption from the wiretap, pen/trap, and aircraft-sabotage laws that otherwise bar RF counter-drone toolsCongress · Federal
EW · Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 (Division H of P.L. 115-254); 6 U.S.C. 124n; exten…
Adopted
Oct 5, 2018
Item
Preventing Emerging Threats Act authorizes DOJ and DHS to detect, track, and mitigate drone threats to covered facilities, the 124n exemption from the wiretap, pen/trap, and aircraft-sabotage laws that otherwise bar RF counter-drone tools
Area
EW
Authority
Congress · Federal
Status
Adopted
Date
Oct 5, 2018
Docket / reference
Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 (Division H of P.L. 115-254); 6 U.S.C. 124n; extended through Sept 30, 2031 by FY2026 NDAA (P.L. 119-60)
Archived Mar 23, 2026 ↗View source ↗FCC establishes the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (Part 96), a three-tier dynamic spectrum-sharing framework in which an Environmental Sensing Capability detects federal Navy radar and tells a Spectrum Access System to move or pause commercial usersFCC · Federal
Spectrum Monitoring · FCC 15-47, GN Docket 12-354 (3.5 GHz Report and Order, Part 96); 80 FR 36222; ESC defined …
Adopted
Apr 17, 2015
Item
FCC establishes the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (Part 96), a three-tier dynamic spectrum-sharing framework in which an Environmental Sensing Capability detects federal Navy radar and tells a Spectrum Access System to move or pause commercial users
Area
Spectrum Monitoring
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Adopted
Date
Apr 17, 2015
Docket / reference
FCC 15-47, GN Docket 12-354 (3.5 GHz Report and Order, Part 96); 80 FR 36222; ESC defined at 47 CFR 96.3
Archived Jun 4, 2026 ↗View source ↗FCC Enforcement Advisory confirms operating, marketing, or selling signal jammers is illegal, including for state and local agencies, absent federal authorizationFCC · Federal
EW · FCC Enforcement Advisory DA 14-1785 (Enforcement Advisory No. 2014-05); 47 U.S.C. 301, 302…
Strategy/Guidance
Dec 8, 2014
Item
FCC Enforcement Advisory confirms operating, marketing, or selling signal jammers is illegal, including for state and local agencies, absent federal authorization
Area
EW
Authority
FCC · Federal
Status
Strategy/Guidance
Date
Dec 8, 2014
Docket / reference
FCC Enforcement Advisory DA 14-1785 (Enforcement Advisory No. 2014-05); 47 U.S.C. 301, 302a(b), 333
Archived Jun 12, 2025 ↗View source ↗ITU-R Recommendation SM.854 sets the international method for direction finding and geolocation of radio emitters at spectrum monitoring stationsStandards/International · International
SIGINT · Recommendation ITU-R SM.854-3, Direction finding and location determination at monitoring …
Adopted
Sep 22, 2011
Item
ITU-R Recommendation SM.854 sets the international method for direction finding and geolocation of radio emitters at spectrum monitoring stations
Area
SIGINT
Authority
Standards/International · International
Status
Adopted
Date
Sep 22, 2011
Docket / reference
Recommendation ITU-R SM.854-3, Direction finding and location determination at monitoring stations (approved 2011-09-22); companion to the ITU Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring
Archived Oct 12, 2022 ↗View source ↗