Cybersecurity Policy Report, Robotic Platforms From Indian Firm Removed From FCC’s ‘Covered List’, (Sep 21, 2026)

By Lynn Stanton

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau on Friday announced that the Department of Defense had granted conditional approval to certain foreign-produced advanced robotic devices and that those devices were therefore exempt from the Commission’s “covered list” of equipment and services deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security.

The affected devices are ANSCER Robotics’ AR250, AR650, and AR1250 robotic platforms. “Consistent with the National Security Determination, this exemption from the FCC’s Covered List is ‘subject to ANSCER’s continuous compliance with the onshoring plan outlined in its conditional approval application and pursuant to updated vetting of its products,’” the bureau said in a public notice in WC docket 18-89, ET docket 21-232, and EA docket 21-233.

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