Department of War clears four Husqvarna mower platforms to sell in the US indefinitely

An IT lead speccing access points for next year, or a grounds contractor pricing commercial mowers for 2027, now has to match a model number against a list of series names in an FCC public notice before the order goes through. Asus's entry names nine product families, including the RT Router Series, the ZenWiFi Mesh Series, repeaters and wireless access points, and it terminates on March 6, 2028 ^[4][16]. Comtrend, also Taiwanese, got several wireless routers approved with the same end date ^[5]. Husqvarna's four platforms have none ^[6].

Husqvarna said on its website that the platforms, "which are expected to be launched in the U.S. in 2027, as well as the already approved models currently available on the market, are exempt from the FCC Covered List" ^[7]. Its chief executive, Glen Instone, said the approval "validates that Husqvarna Group is setting the standard for trusted robotic mowing" and "reflects our rigorous standards for quality, security, and how we manage customer data following strict EU consumer privacy rules" ^[8]. The FCC's notice says only that it granted conditional approvals for certain routers and advanced robotics devices ^[1].

The FCC banned new robotic devices not made in the US just over a month before the notice, robot vacuums and mowers included ^[10], after a similarly broad router ban in March ^[11]. Virtually nothing satisfied either set of requirements, so both bans stopped the flow of new products in their categories ^[12]. Firms on the covered list can keep importing and selling devices already approved for US sale, and anything newer needs a special exemption from the Department of War ^[13].

The same Asus access point is sellable in the US because its family is named, and the naming stops on a date less than two years out ^[4].

This is the first robotics exemption since the ban ^[14]. Husqvarna's current automowers all cost well into the thousands of dollars ^[15], and Instone acknowledged "limited residential penetration" while pointing to "significant growth potential in the years ahead" ^[9]. Gizmodo, which reported the notice, has noted that none of Husqvarna's mowers carry the dedicated edge-trimming arms shown at IFA in Berlin ^[18].

For each hardware line in a 2026 or 2027 plan, two questions settle the exposure: is the vendor on the covered list, and does the approval covering that exact series carry an end date. Not on the list, plan as normal. On the list with an indefinite approval, as Husqvarna's four platforms have, confirm the platform name matches the model you are actually buying ^[6]. On the list with a dated approval, as Asus and Comtrend have, treat the date as the end of new supply and order the last units before it ^[4][5]. On the list with no approval, you can buy what was certified before the ban and nothing newer ^[13].