Blue UAS listing means a platform passed DCMA vetting across four criteria: cybersecurity, supply chain integrity, system architecture, and operational reliability. Since the DIU-to-DCMA transition (December 2025, per the July 2025 SecDef memo), the program sits squarely in acquisition compliance. None of the four criteria address pack-level electrochemical safety, thermal runaway propagation, abuse tolerance, or cycle life under any test condition. The DCMA portal exposes no battery cell supplier, chemistry, pack assembler, or BMS fields. FY2020 NDAA Section 848, the program's statutory basis, enumerates flight controllers, radios, cameras, gimbals, GCS, and data storage. Batteries are absent from the list.
Skydio held Blue UAS status while sourcing 100% of its batteries from a single Chinese supplier, Dongguan Poweramp. Beijing severed that supply with one directive in October 2024. The listing carried no pack provenance information because its scope never extended there.
A DVP row that places Blue UAS alongside UN 38.3 or ASTM F3005-22 conflates platform acquisition trust with pack safety evidence. These are separate claim types answering separate questions. Collapsing them into one column means every downstream test entry that references it inherits the conflation.
Claim types and their governing documents:
| Evidence question | Document | Claim type |
|---|---|---|
| Can this battery type ship? | UN 38.3 / 49 CFR 173.185 | Transport eligibility |
| Does the pack meet sUAS battery design requirements? | ASTM F3005-22 (Dec 2022) | Battery design safety |
| Is this platform trusted for DoD procurement? | Blue UAS / DCMA Blue List | Acquisition vetting |
What Blue UAS evaluates: Cybersecurity safeguards, supply chain integrity (NDAA-prohibited manufacturers), system architecture, operational reliability. The scope does not extend to C-rate acceptance, abuse tolerance, or thermal propagation.
What the listing does not expose: Cell supplier, cell chemistry, pack assembler, BMS vendor, UN 38.3 test summary, FEOC cost-origin data.
Separate battery sourcing lane: FY2026 NDAA Section 842 imposes phased FEOC restrictions on DoD battery procurement (2028–2031). Blue UAS listing does not satisfy Section 842.
Last verified: July 10, 2026