UK puts £20.5M behind 'numberplate for the skies' to keep tabs on drones
Remote ID system will log aircraft identity and location as ministers try to stop rogue flyers grounding airports
The UK will spend £20.5 million developing "a numberplate systemfor the skies" that will centrally record the identity and locationof drones when in flight.
From the start of this year, the CivilAviation Authority (CAA) has required some drones to fly with DirectRemote ID enabled, broadcasting identity and location to nearbydevices, with more covered by the requirement from the start of 2028.The new system will use Hybrid Remote ID, in which drones also pass on this data via the internet for recording on a secure online system.
The plans are broadly analogous tothe Home Office's automatic numberplate recognition (ANPR) camerasystem that monitors road users, although in this case the drones will report the data themselves.
"This funding will create anumberplate system for the skies," said security minister DanJarvis. "Law enforcement will...
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