Remote ID
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As nearly everyone in the UAS industry is aware, on August 11th, the FAA issued a ruling affirming that Remote ID will be mandatory for all commercially purposed UAS produced for use in the United States after September 15, 2023 - (Extended to ). They also released an ASTM Means of Compliance (MOC), which defined how manufacturers may comply with this requirement. The Inspired Flight Team is applying this information to integrate a robust Remote ID system for our US commercial customers.
Register RID through FAA Helpful information on RID registration
Ensure your drone is registered with the FAA
During registration list the serial number of the drone RID
Each IFT drone will be preapproved by the FAA with a for RID
(Part 107 - Registering a New Deice) You will need to log into
Launch Drone Owners and Pilot Dashboard
Ensure you are on the Part 107 Dashboard
Go to Manage Device Inventory and Add a Device
Select 'Yes' for the RID (Standard Remote ID Drone)
Enter the RID (serial number) provided by IFT (ten digits, located next to the QR code sticker on the top of the aircraft)
"Add Device"
Continue with the registration process...
This rule applies to nearly every commercial UAS in the United States. There are exceptions for the US government, as well as for home built and very small UAVs. However, there are no exceptions for drones performing commercial and industrial missions in the United States. This ruling does not apply to UAS operated outside of the USA.
Complying with this ruling is complex and challenging. Full compliance is not simply a matter of installing transmitters on the aircraft and ground control station. A commercial grade, fully compliant system must be tamper resistant, FCC compliant, reliable and robustly integrated into the flight control software, aircraft and ground control station. This FAA rule requires that the aircraft not be able to take off without Remote ID in operation, and if the system stops transmitting in flight, the flight control software must alert the operator, and instruct the operator to land the aircraft as soon as possible.
Inspired Flight is ready to comply. Our SUAS Product and Engineering team is among the best in the industry. We expect to release integrated Remote ID as an optional add-on for our US commercial customers in October.
This does not apply to Blue UAS. Although all Inspired Flight UAS are NDAA compliant, our systems specifically granted a Blue UAS Authority to Operate (ATO) by the Defense Innovation Unit are not allowed by the DOD to have Remote ID transmission capability.
Buy your UAS now and we will discount your Remote ID retrofit later. All customers who purchased new Inspired Flight UAS, between August 1 and September 15 2022, will be entitled to a Remote ID retrofit for half the normal cost.
Aircraft manufactured prior to September 16, 2022 are exempt for one full year. If you purchase an Inspired Flight UAS manufactured prior to this date, you may legally operate that aircraft without Remote ID, until September 16, 2023. (EXTENDED to MARCH 16th, 2024 .)
For information on arming your Inspired Flight drone with Remote ID integrated, reference our section.