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FUTABA-RC
Actually it was the Department of Homeland Security and other security and law enforcement agencies that are driving remote ID.
Here is the FAA's own summary of the RID NPRM:
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This action would require the remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems. The remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems in
the airspace of the United States would address safety, national security, and law enforcement concerns regarding the further
integration of these aircraft into the airspace of the United States while also enabling greater operational capabilities.
As far as the earlier questions about why Futaba, and others, have not come out with RID solutions while DJI did, this is worth a read:
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With the inclusion of Intel, Skyward and T-Mobile, the remote ID cohort is noticeably network-heavy. Many dissenting voices, including
drone manufacturing giant DJI, have argued that broadcast alone is sufficient to enable remote ID; the FAA’s choice of three telecom
providers and its exclusion of DJI from this cohort indicates proceeding with a primarily network-based solution, perhaps mandating
broadcast as well or including it as a backup option.
https://www.aviationtoday.com/2020/0...te-id-service/
It appears that the FAA decided that DJI's solution was not the direction the FAA wants to go. So much for jumping the gun.
DJI didn't jump the gun, the NPRM requires broadcast and network remote ID and DJI drones comply with both.
As for the NPRM, you're reading the executive summary wrong. Read down further where the FAA clarifies the intent
of the proposed rule. National security and law enforcement are only a part not the "driving force".
"IV. Need for Remote Identification of UAS Operating in the Airspace of the United States"
A. Maintaining the Safety and Efficiency of the Airspace of the United States
B. Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management (UTM)
C. Facilitating Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations
D. National Security and Law Enforcement Efforts"
Remote ID is required by law as the result of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2016, passed nearly 4years
ago to bring drones into the US airspace system for commerce, not for the benefit of law enforcement.
SEC. 2105. IDENTIFICATION STANDARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the ...
President of RTCA, Inc., and the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
shall convene industry stakeholders to facilitate the development of consensus standards for remotely
identifying operators and owners of unmanned aircraft systems and associated unmanned aircraft."
"Industry stakeholders", i.e., commercial entities. You're trying to read in your own opinion.