Compliance & Provenance

Documentation the procurement office already expects.

The ESC is a covered component under every major federal drone compliance regime. Lirith builds to those regimes from the first schematic and ships every unit with the paperwork that makes them real.

// Regulatory Framework

The laws that shape this market.

01
NDAA §848
FY20
Section 848 of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act prohibits the Department of Defense from operating or procuring unmanned aircraft systems and components manufactured in covered foreign countries. It established the baseline restriction on Chinese drone components across DoD programs.
Lirith Status: Compliant
02
NDAA §817
FY23
Section 817 of the FY2023 NDAA extended and tightened covered-component restrictions and clarified prohibited sources for flight controllers, ground control systems, radios, and the electronics that drive them — including ESCs.
Lirith Status: Compliant
03
ASDA
American Security Drone Act · FY24
The American Security Drone Act, enacted in the FY2024 NDAA, extends covered-UAS restrictions across the full federal government — not just DoD. Federal agencies cannot procure or operate covered UAS, with an operational ban taking effect in December 2025.
Lirith Status: Compliant
04
Blue UAS
DIU Framework
The Defense Innovation Unit's Blue UAS Framework is the pre-vetted list of cyber-secure, policy-compliant drones and components cleared for DoD procurement. Listing requires an independent supply-chain and cybersecurity review by DIU in coordination with DCMA.
Lirith Status: Listing in progress
// Traceability

Every component, to its source.

Supply-chain transparency isn't a line item on our spec sheet. It's how we build the product. Each component on the BOM is sourced from an approved, documented vendor; country-of-origin is recorded at the part-number level; and lot-level traceability follows every board from assembly through shipment.

Component-Level Provenance
Documented per BOM line
Approved Vendor List
Maintained & audited
Lot Traceability
Assembly through ship date
Covered-Country Exposure
Zero
Substitutions
Customer notification required
Change Control
Rev-controlled, documented
// Buy American

A qualifying end product, by design.

Lirith ESCs are designed, assembled, coated, tested, and packaged in the United States. We build to the Buy American Act's qualifying-end-product threshold, and we structure our BOM and manufacturing flow to support the Trade Agreements Act designations our customers need when they compete for federal contracts.

Our customers include drone OEMs bidding on federal programs under FAR 52.225-series clauses. We understand what those clauses require because we wrote our processes to satisfy them.

// Documentation Package

What ships with every program.

Customers receive the full compliance package after an evaluation agreement is in place.

DOC · 01

Bill of Materials

Complete component-level BOM with manufacturer, part number, and country-of-origin for every line item.

DOC · 02

Certificate of Conformity

Signed attestation of NDAA §848, §817, and ASDA FY24 compliance per unit, per lot.

DOC · 03

Traceability Statement

Supply chain attestation covering sourcing, assembly, and manufacturing provenance.

DOC · 04

Country-of-Origin Letter

Formal country-of-origin determination for Buy American Act and TAA evaluation.

DOC · 05

Test & Inspection Records

Lot-level electrical-test reports, coating inspection, and quality acceptance records.

DOC · 06

Change Notification

Formal PCN process for any BOM, process, or rev-level change, with customer sign-off.

// Procurement

Compliance shouldn't slow your program.

Talk to our team about evaluation units, qualification support, and the documentation your procurement office already needs.