New Rules Governing Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft
By EsqSocial Corporation 01/02/21
On December 28, 2020, the FAA issued a new rule, published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2021, which will impose a requirement (subject to two exceptions described below) for every unmanned aircraft weighing over 0.55 pounds and operated in U.S. navigable airspace to incorporate a remote identification capability so that it can be tracked in U.S. air traffic. The new rule takes effect 60 days after publication in the Federal Register, but operators of unmanned aircraft have 30 months...
By: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP