Blue UAS · NDAA · The covered list

Prove every unit. Protect every contract.

The hard part isn't building the aircraft. It's proving every part came from where you say it did. Micantis traces the battery to its cell, lot, supplier, and country of origin, so when a customer or a contracting officer asks, the answer is already in hand.

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UNIT RECORD Provenance: documented
TAILUAS-2247-Bresolved
PACKPK-88-A19
CELL LOTLOT-NMC-4471
SUPPLIERon file · lot-traced✓
ORIGINcountry-of-origin on file✓
TEST HISTORY  ·  formation · UN 38.3 · cycle  ✓ on file

Why It Matters

The question that decides who gets to sell.

One question is reshaping who gets to sell into defense, federal, and government work. Not "is the aircraft good." It's "can you prove where it came from."

Traceability — which factory? which country?

The question used to be who your supplier is. Now it's which plant, in which country, and whether you can prove it. Micantis ties every cell to its lot, every lot to its supplier and origin, every tracked component to the unit it shipped in. When someone asks where a part came from, you answer in seconds instead of opening a three-week investigation.

Compliance — no proof, no Blue UAS.

Every pathway onto the cleared side of the covered list runs on documentation. Green and Blue UAS, the Made-in-USA thresholds, the supplier attestations underneath them. Micantis turns the data you already generate into the provenance and conformance records those pathways require. We don't clear you. We make you ready to be cleared, and ready to stay that way when the requirements tighten.

Visibility — vouch for parts you've never seen.

Your manufacturing is offshore, or spread across plants you don't run, or sitting inside companies you acquired. Your name is still on the conformance. Micantis puts every site, every supplier, and every test result into one record you can see from your desk, so you can stand behind parts that were never in the same building as you.

Drone Battery Quality Control

Provenance is a byproduct of drone battery quality control done right.

Incoming QC, sampling, supplier scoring, and fleet battery health monitoring — the same drone battery testing that catches bad cells before they ship into packs is what produces the provenance record. This is the machinery underneath.

Incoming QC

Catch bad batches before they ship into packs.

Automated pass / fail evaluation against your spec on every incoming lot. Bad batches surface in days, not after months of field returns.

  • Real-time spec evaluation as cells come off the cycler
  • Statistical batch comparison against your historical baseline
  • Anomaly alerts for OCV, capacity, and impedance drift
  • Rejection workflow with documented reason codes
Incoming QC spec evaluation

Used Across

Used across drone & UAV operations.

Defense & government UAS

Drone Dominance, NDAA compliance, and DoD ramp programs.

  • Per-lot supplier provenance and country-of-origin tracked from day one
  • Documentation aligned to the cleared-list pathways
  • 10× volume scaling without proportional headcount
  • Configurable access controls, tenant isolation, customer-controlled Azure tenant deployment available

Key challenge: Prove your supply chain and keep your contracts. See the Defense solutions page for ITAR / CMMC details.

Package delivery

High-volume operations with tight uptime requirements.

  • Federal and municipal contracts increasingly require documented sourcing
  • Battery failures translate directly to missed delivery windows
  • Fast qualification of a compliant supplier keeps procurement flexible
  • Fleet-wide health monitoring required at scale

Key challenge: Maximize delivery capacity without losing the documentation a public-sector contract demands.

Agricultural drones

Seasonal operations in remote environments.

  • Precision spraying and crop monitoring during critical windows
  • Field failures in remote areas are expensive
  • Seasonal ramp-ups require fast battery procurement
  • Multiple qualified suppliers needed for volume flexibility

Key challenge: Reliable batteries during critical growing seasons, with a qualified second source ready before you need it.

Infrastructure inspection

Mission-critical operations with safety implications.

  • Power line, bridge, and pipeline inspection contracts
  • Utility and government clients ask where the hardware came from
  • Long inspection missions need predictable performance
  • Client SLAs demand high fleet availability

Key challenge: Meet client commitments and answer the sourcing question when the utility's procurement team asks it.

Measurable Impact

What drone operators gain.

Weeks to a compliant supplier

When a sourcing mandate forces a change, qualify the replacement source in 1–2 weeks instead of 3–6 months, so the mandate doesn't stall production.

85% faster QC

Reduce incoming qualification from months of full cycle testing to days of formation testing.

40–60% lower warranty

Screen weak batteries during incoming QC instead of replacing them in the field.

Scale without hiring

Handle 10× volume without 10× headcount. The platform automates the data wrangling.

FAQ

Common questions.

Does Micantis get us onto the Blue UAS or cleared list?

We produce the provenance and conformance documentation those pathways require, and keep it current as requirements tighten. The clearing itself is done by the program. We make sure you walk in with the evidence ready.

Can we prove country-of-origin for every part?

Every cell ties to its lot, supplier, and origin, and every tracked component ties to the unit it shipped in. Sourcing questions resolve to a documented answer rather than a guess.

Can we produce a per-unit conformance package on demand?

Pull the provenance and test history for a given unit when a customer or auditor asks for it.

Do we need new test equipment?

No. Micantis integrates with your existing cyclers (Arbin, Maccor, Neware, Bitrode, BaSyTec, and others). We automate the data analysis. You keep the equipment you already have.

Does this work with different chemistries?

Yes. NMC, NCA, LFP, and LTO are supported. Spec sheets and analysis methods adapt to the chemistry you ship.

What about UN 38.3 transport compliance?

Track and document UN 38.3 results, altitude, thermal, vibration, shock, short circuit, and impact, alongside everything else for shipping compliance.

How long does implementation take?

Most operators are running in 2–3 weeks. Week 1 covers data integration, week 2 training and spec configuration, week 3 production deployment.

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The battery provenance record.

The exact fields a DoD prime or auditor expects, a worked example, and the questions to put to your cell supplier — built around NDAA Sections 154 and 842. The field spec you can hold against any lot, free and ungated.

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LOT RECORD Provenance: documented
CELL LOTCN-2026-0417clear
MFRlegal entity on file✓
ORIGINplant + country on file✓
OWNERnot FEOC · not 1260H✓
EVIDENCE32/500 tested · rev 3.2✓
NDAA §154 & §842  ·  per-lot, exportable

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From the first incoming lot to the unit you ship, Micantis keeps the record that proves where every part came from.

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