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All Drones in U.S. to Require Federal Registration

posted by n1 on Tuesday October 20 2015, @11:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the department-of-droneland-security dept.

takyon writes:

The U.S. Department of Transportation is set to announce plans to require registration for every drone sold:

Have a drone? You're going to have to register it with the U.S. Department of Transportation, according to NBC News.

The federal government will announce a plan within days that will require anyone who buys a drone to register it with the Department of Transportation, NBC reported Friday evening.

A Department of Transportation spokesperson told MarketWatch that U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Administrator Michael Huerta of the Federal Aviation Administration will release more details on Monday at 12:30 p.m. Eastern time.

"The hobbyist drone community has self-regulated itself for decades," said Lisa Ellman, co-chair of the unmanned aircraft systems practice at Hogan Lovells, a New York–based law firm. "But with the technology getting so cheap and improving so much, we have more and more drones."

FAA official Rich Swayze said last month that the agency expects that a million drones could be sold this holiday season.

"A lot of people are buying them and thinking they are toys," Ellman said. "They are not toys."

Florida lawyer Jonathan Rupprecht, author of a book on drone law, said he believes any plan centered around drone registration is a necessary first step toward regulating drones but is curious how the regulation will play out and whether the rule will apply to hobbyists with small drones.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @12:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @12:06PM (#252251)

    So you only need to register it when you buy it? Not when you build it yourself?

    Well, then the way to get a legal unregistered drone should be clear! ;-)

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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Tuesday October 20 2015, @07:37PM

    by edIII (791) on Tuesday October 20 2015, @07:37PM (#252430)

    Same thing goes for some guns I believe. You can buy a mostly finished gun kit with no registration worries whatsoever. As long as you have the tools and metal working skills, you can finish the gun. I seem to recall the ATF being very nervous about the maker community and their ability to finally make a worthy gun. This isn't quite there, but close.

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