The federal government will announce a new plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register the device with the U.S. Department of Transportation, NBC news has learned.
The government has been concerned about the rise in close calls between unmanned drones and aircraft flying into and out of some of the nation’s biggest airports. The plan is expected to be announced Monday.
In July, there was a dangerously close encounter between a drone and a passenger jet with 159 people aboard setting up to land at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The unmanned aerial vehicle was just 100 feet away from the passenger jet at an altitude of 1,700 feet; normal safe separation distance is between aircraft is at least 1,000 feet.
Adafruit publishes a wide range of writing and video content, including interviews and reporting on the maker market and the wider technology world. Our standards page is intended as a guide to best practices that Adafruit uses, as well as an outline of the ethical standards Adafruit aspires to. While Adafruit is not an independent journalistic institution, Adafruit strives to be a fair, informative, and positive voice within the community – check it out here: adafruit.com/editorialstandards
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7:30pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat and our Discord!
Python for Microcontrollers – Adafruit Daily — Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: Open Hardware is In, New CircuitPython and Pi 5 16GB, and much more! #CircuitPython #Python #micropython @ThePSF @Raspberry_Pi
EYE on NPI – Adafruit Daily — EYE on NPI Maxim’s Himalaya uSLIC Step-Down Power Module #EyeOnNPI @maximintegrated @digikey
You are supposed to register or get a license for larger watt family radios (GMRS) but how is it actually enforced?
Basically if you get caught flying a drone and it isn’t licensed, it may be another way to get fined or go to jail. Hopefully the regulations will produce users who are more knowledgeable and understanding of safety, regulations, etc.
And once again, a few people without any common sense ruin something for the rest of us.
Also: I still hate the use of the word “drone” in this context. I suppose it’s too much to expect journalists to use “multi-copter”, but why not “remote control aircraft”, like we always used to say? To me, “drone” is a military aircraft.
I wonder how they plan on dealing with people who MAKE their own drones? This “plan” sounds like it’s full of holes, to me. Just another tax…..
You are supposed to register or get a license for larger watt family radios (GMRS) but how is it actually enforced?
Basically if you get caught flying a drone and it isn’t licensed, it may be another way to get fined or go to jail. Hopefully the regulations will produce users who are more knowledgeable and understanding of safety, regulations, etc.
And once again, a few people without any common sense ruin something for the rest of us.
Also: I still hate the use of the word “drone” in this context. I suppose it’s too much to expect journalists to use “multi-copter”, but why not “remote control aircraft”, like we always used to say? To me, “drone” is a military aircraft.