Implementation of remote identification (ID) technology is critical to the continuing development of the drone industry, according to the interim report of a U.S. and Canadian task force studying the incorporation of drones into the airspace surrounding airports.
Without remote ID technology, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transport Canada (TC) will be “unable to accomplish other regulatory advancements in UAS [unmanned aircraft systems, as drones are sometimes known] operations, such as small UAS operations over people and beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights, until Remote ID is implemented,” the Blue Ribbon Task Force on UAS Mitigation at Airports said in the report, issued in mid-July.
The task force was commissioned in April by Airports Council International–North America (ACI-NA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) to study the benefits and threats of drone operations in and around airports, and to identify …
