“Lookee there, Burt…that’s an Inspire drone. That thing must cost about 20,000 dollars.” “Dang, Rex, let’s go get it.” “Why, how we gonna do that, Burt?” “Dang, Rex, don’t you know anything? Using this cool new program they made, I can just point my phone at it like this…and presto! There’s the location of theContinue reading “Stealing Drones with Remote ID and Tracking”
Tag Archives: Remote ID for UAS
Evaluating the Remote ID Proposal: Stakeholders & Interests
Before evaluating the FAA’s proposed rules for Remote ID (& Tracking), FAA docket number 2020-1100, we must consider the stakeholders, their interests, and their influence. Some of the stakeholders were represented in the 2017 FAA Aviation Rule-making Committee (ARC) for Remote ID and Tracking (of UAS). They were law enforcement, national security, large corporations, commercialContinue reading “Evaluating the Remote ID Proposal: Stakeholders & Interests”
Drones and Civil Disobedience
Civil disobedience has become rampant in the United States. This manifests not only as individuals ignoring laws they consider unfair or illegal, but entire municipalities -and even states- ignoring (or directly flaunting) national laws, on a variety of subjects. Both the political ‘left’ and the’right’ are involved in this; some municipalities and states insist onContinue reading “Drones and Civil Disobedience”
Legacy Drones and FAA Remote ID
Any decent plan for implementation of a new technology allows a path for integration with existing legacy technology. More precisely, any decent plan integrates the new technology seamlessly into the older (legacy) technology. These plans specify a phased approach to integrating the old technology and either upgrading it to work with the new, or toContinue reading “Legacy Drones and FAA Remote ID”
A Brave New Drone World 