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UAS Manufacturers Get Reprieve for Remote ID
The FAA has delayed requirements for unmanned aircraft systems to have remote ID systems to Dec 16, 2022.
The FAA has delayed requirements for unmanned aircraft systems to have remote ID systems to Dec 16, 2022. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons user OtuNwachinemere)
The FAA has delayed requirements for unmanned aircraft systems to have remote ID systems to Dec 16, 2022. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons user OtuNwachinemere)

New FAR Part 89 required that after Sept. 16, 2022, no unmanned aircraft system (UAS) can be produced without FAA-approved remote identification capability. But that date has been pushed to Dec. 16, 2022, because the agency acknowledges that not all UAS manufacturers have had sufficient time to adequately design, develop, test their aircraft, and file a declaration of compliance on or before that September 16 deadline.


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