Recently Federal Aviation Administration proposed Remote ID regulation that focuses on improving flight safety as drone’s popularity has skyrocketed. Alliance for Drone Innovation, which is a Washington D.C based coalition of manufacturers, operators, suppliers and software developers of both personal and professional drones, has issued the following statement in response to FAA’s proposed Remote ID rule-making.
According to the Alliance for Drone Innovation, implementing the Remote ID doesn’t cost drone pilots anything. In a sense, they are free and don’t require anything out of your pocket. Mainly, the addition of remote ID would require all future generations of drones to have a built-in broadcasting system to allow public agencies such as law enforcement to monitor them within their jurisdiction.
The creation of Remote ID also will help generate an additional $1.25 billion business by 2029 according to several business analysts. The remote ID works exactly like this way by transmitting a certain code that is manufactured on your drone to a monitoring system which is used to identify the remote pilot’s location as well as the location of the drone.
It is a step forward to improving the safety of flight navigation and making experience for both recreational and professional remote pilots better. By integrating Remote ID will help push forward towards a unified rule when exploring to other countries with different rules. Introduction of Remote ID rule also has a potentially positive impact on other countries, states, and cities that generally perceive drones negatively by being able to know the location and have peace of mind.
However, it also will help smoothen the pavement for tech behemoths such as Google and Amazon that are currently rolling out with their drone delivery systems. If the Remote ID proposal gets approved in 2020, the drone manufacturers have two years to phase out their non-complying drones with a new generation featuring installed Remote ID systems.
For drone pilots who are currently using non-complying drones such as DJI Mavic Pro and Phantom 4 Pro will have three years to replace them with a complying drone. The general reaction to FAA Remote ID proposal is positive and is very likely to get approved.
About the Alliance for Drone Innovation
Alliance for Drone Innovation (ADI) is a policy-orientation coalition formed of various manufacturers, suppliers, and software developers who have personally and professionally owned drones. ADI serves an integral role as a knowledgable partner and resource for the lawmakers who are seeking resolutions that present challenges with rising of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Current ADI members include GoPro, DJI, 3DR, Skycatch, Horizon Hobby, Kitty Hawk, Fat Shark, Parrot, Lantern, PrecisionHawk, xCraft and more. They are one of the fastest-growing coalition that aims to improve flight safety of unmanned aerial vehicles while maintaining and persevering positive experience for the drone pilots. To learn more about ADI, please visit http://www.droneinnovation.org/
