The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has delayed until December the planned publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on a system calling for the remote identification of drones.
Remote identification (remote ID) refers to the ability of drones — also known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and by several other names — to provide information while in flight on their identification that can be received by other parties, specifically law enforcement authorities and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Remote ID is intended to “address security and law enforcement concerns” associated with the integration of drones into the National Airspace System (NAS) while also “enabling greater operational capabilities by these same aircraft,” DOT said in its monthly report on significant rulemaking action.
The NPRM, which had been expected in May and was postponed twice, fir…
