FAA Clarifies Remote ID Deadline Extension: “Don’t Wait”

FAA representatives caution against delay on compliance with Remote ID, despite the deadline extension until March 16, 2024.

Drone operators were supposed to ensure that their aircraft were compliant with Remote ID rules by September 16, 2023.  Many operators, however, have been unable to obtain the Remote ID modules required to equip older model aircraft for compliance.  In response, the FAA issued a statement granting six months of relief from the deadline on September 13.

On yesterday’s DRONERESPONDERS FAA Webinar on Remote ID, FAA representatives John Meehan and Mike O’Shea clarified that the announcement of a six month relief period for operators does not mean that pilots should delay on ordering Remote ID broadcast modules or equipping their aircraft.

FAA representative Mike O’Shea said that the purpose of the published extension was to help keep mission-critical drone programs airborne, in light of supply chain issues for Remote ID modules.  “[The…