In an effort to allow U.S. authorities to identify drone owners, DJI has proposed an electronic identification framework for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Notably, the company says the system would also respect the privacy of operators.
Last year, Congress directed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop approaches to remotely identifying the operators and owners of UAS and set deadlines for doing so over the next two years. In turn, DJI has outlined a concept in which each drone would transmit its location, as well as a registration number or similar identification code, by using inexpensive radio equipment that is already on board many drones and that could be adopted by all manufacturers, the company claims …
Unmanned Aerial Online | March 27, 2017
