FAA Should Have Proposed Technology-Neutral Remote ID Rules, Drone Group Says

The FAA “missed the opportunity to adopt a flexible, technology-neutral approach” as it sought comment on remote ID rules for drones (see 2010070059), said the Small UAV Coalition. “Instead, the FAA is imposing a requirement only to use broadcast technology, which runs counter to an industry synonymous with innovation and progress,” the group said Monday in a news release. “The FAA itself acknowledges the limits of the rule, including that progress on establishing an unmanned traffic management system.” The FAA’s final rule on operating small unmanned aircraft systems over people “rightly authorizes operations at night, subject to equipage and training requirements,” but the risk methodology in the final rule “remains unduly restrictive,” the coalition said.