By , Nina Zipkin
Published May 03, 2016
With mounting concerns about hobby drones getting too close to aircraft and an increase in new drone owners this holiday season, you're soon going to have to register that fun little drone of yours. So how will the process work?
Over the weekend, a task force made up of industry and government officials submitted its recommendations for drone registration. The task force was organized last month by the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Association with a goal of creating accountability and keeping our national airspace safe. While a law has been in place since 2012 that requires anyone operating a drone to register it with the FAA, up until this point, it has not been enforced among small hobbyist drones.
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The 10 main recommendations from the UAS Registration Task Force are as follows:
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While the recommendations are in, the final rules haven't yet been written. The FAA and DOT will consider the recommendations and about 1,800 public comments to come up with a final set of requirements, including materials to best educate the public about the registration, similar to the current on the Know Before You Fly campaign.
Earlier this month, the FAA released a statement assuring UAS owners that the system will be straightforward enough that they won't have to enlist and pay a third party "drone registration" company to submit their applications. That statement from the agency described the process as "similar to registering any newly purchased product with its manufacturer."
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The task force met in Washington, D.C., from Nov. 3 to Nov. 5 and was co-chaired by Earl Lawrence, director of the FAA's UAS Integration Office, and Dave Vos, head of Google X's drone delivery initiative Project Wing.
The 25-person task force included representatives from big name retailers like Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon, drone manufacturers and startups like 3D Robotics, GoPro, DJI and Measure, and industry interest groups like the Consumer Electronics Association, Aerospace Industries Association and Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.
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