Remote ID

Remote ID is a regulation of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that requires registered drones—unmanned aircraft systems or UAS—to broadcast certain identifying and location information during flight, akin to a digital license plate for drones.

Remote ID information is meant to be broadcast to the public and readable by smart phones and similar devices.

[6] Test administrators run the gamut, from the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and Boy Scouts of America to the University of Arizona Global Campus.

[1] The ASTM F3411 standard for very-low-level UAS specifies Open Drone ID broadcasts with common consumer electronics on the 2.4 GHz and related ISM radio bands:[9] Open Drone ID defines an application layer, including messages for identifiers, location, altitude, direction, speed, and other information.

[18][1] And in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Congress made clear that recreational sUAS are generally subject to the same rules regarding registration and marking, remote identification, and "maintaining the safety and security of the national airspace system" as applied to other unmanned aircraft and unmanned aircraft systems.

[23][24] The suit ultimately failed at the DC Appeals Court, which in an opinion written by federal judge Cornelia Pillard sided with the FAA's arguments.