Navigating the skies: examining the FAA’s remote identification rule for unmanned aircraft systems

As technology and innovations in unmanned aerial vehicles progress, so does the need for regulations place to create safe controlled flying scenarios. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a governing body under United States Department of Transportation that responsible wide range regulatory activities related airspace. In recently published final rule, FAA addresses several concerns such as system identify all aircrafts national airspace, well implementation separate from prevalent Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast prevent interference with manned aircrafts. Their solution these deployment remote identification (RID) on aircraft systems (UAS) its implied jurisdiction. While US agencies retain use word UAS now, International Civil Organization terminology remotely piloted systems. describes RID “ Digital license plate” They outline additional policies including options compliance, operating rules, design production guidelines manufacturers. September 2023 deadline compliance draws near, this article highlights possible applications challenges.