Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for providing secure remote access to various components of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), for instance, during a flight of the UAV or when the UAV is at a predetermined location. A computing environment may configure an unmanned aerial vehicle to permit access to the unmanned aerial vehicle when presented with a digital certificate signed by a trusted certificate signing service. Further, the computing environment may authenticate a client device requesting access to the unmanned aerial vehicle to perform a configuration and generate a digital certificate signed by the trusted certificate signing service that enables encrypted communication between the client device and the unmanned aerial vehicle.