Controlled range and payload for unmanned vehicles, and associated systems and methods

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing content that, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform actions for ensuring that a vehicle complies with specified regulatory requirements, the actions comprising:

• storing an indication of an initial specification of the vehicle, the initial specification of the vehicle specifying initial configuration information and an identification for at least one tamper-resistant trusted component of the vehicle, wherein the initial configuration of the vehicle is in compliance with the specified regulatory requirements;
• querying, via an encrypted data interface and through a communication network, a plurality of trusted components of the vehicle for current configuration information associated with individual trusted components, wherein the plurality of trusted components include the at least one tamper-resistant trusted component;
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• determining whether the current configuration of the vehicle is in compliance with the specified regulatory requirements based, at least in part, on a change in configuration associated with at least one of the plurality of trusted components since the initial specification was stored;
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• in response to determining that the current configuration of the vehicle is in compliance with the specified regulatory requirements, granting one or more requests to operate the vehicle.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least a memory storing content that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to:
• store an indication of an initial specification of a vehicle, the initial specification of the vehicle specifying initial configuration information and an identification for at least one tamper-resistant trusted component of the vehicle, wherein the initial configuration of the vehicle is in compliance with specified regulatory requirements,
• query, via an encrypted data interface and through a communication network, a plurality of trusted components of the vehicle for current configuration information associated with individual trusted components, wherein the plurality of trusted components include the at least one tamper-resistant trusted component, determine whether the current configuration of the vehicle is in compliance with the specified regulatory requirements based, at least in part, on a change in configuration associated with at least one of the plurality of trusted components since the initial specification was stored, and
• in response to determining that the current configuration of the vehicle is not in compliance with the specified regulatory requirements, deny one or more requests to operate the vehicle.