Authorization for Operations Without Remote Identification for Research or Compliance

In plain language

You can fly without remote identification if you obtain an authorization from the FAA, provided your flight is strictly for aeronautical research or showing compliance with regulations.

Requirement as structured

The Administrator may authorize operations without remote identification where the operation is solely for the purpose of aeronautical research or to show compliance with regulations.

Original regulatory text

The Administrator may authorize operations without remote identification where the operation is solely for the purpose of aeronautical research or to show compliance with regulations.

Applies when

country

United States

operation

Remote identification of unmanned aircraft

regulatory area

remote_id

aircraft category

unmanned aircraft required to be registered

operation purpose

aeronautical_research, regulatory_compliance

regulatory category

General