Always good to know our master debunker is dedicating his time and resources to proving New Jersey residents are all hysterical nutcases. These folks see planes flying over their houses every night. Why would so many think they are suddenly drones? And then there's the videos..
EXCERPTS: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas offered a possible explanation for the recent uptick of drone encounters along the eastern seaboard—particularly in the skies above New Jersey—which have prompted concern among residents and lawmakers. Reports of drone sightings across New Jersey and neighboring states, he said Sunday, may be the result of a rule change by the Federal Aviation Administration.
“In September of 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA, changed the rules so that drones could fly at night,” Mayorkas told ABC News' This Week. “And that may be one of the reasons why now people are seeing more drones than they did before, especially from dawn to dusk.”
[...] Despite a number of false alarms, the Homeland Security secretary acknowledged that “there’s no question that drones are being sighted.” According to him, “thousands” of the pilot-free aircraft are flying in the U.S. every day, and “more than one million drones” are registered nationwide.
While law enforcement agencies have yet to identify the exact source of the lights, the FBI and Homeland Security previously said in a joint statement Thursday that there was “no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus”—a point Mayorkas reiterated on Sunday... (MORE - missing details)
(Dec 16, 2024 12:19 AM)Syne Wrote: Mayorkas was also the one who told us the border was secure.
...But the border is secure, no ones stolen it.
Ha-ha! But night flights approved in September 2023? Seems like we would have had more reports earlier this year. The question of who’s responsible and their intentions remain unanswered, eh? There's some crazy speculations. If anyone finds out anything concrete, let me know, will ya?
With all the chaos in the world, it seems like there should be more regulations.
C CDec 16, 2024 03:43 AM (This post was last modified: Dec 16, 2024 03:51 AM by C C.)
(Dec 16, 2024 01:23 AM)Secular Sanity Wrote:
(Dec 16, 2024 12:24 AM)stryder Wrote:
(Dec 16, 2024 12:19 AM)Syne Wrote: Mayorkas was also the one who told us the border was secure.
...But the border is secure, no ones stolen it.
Ha-ha! But night flights approved in September 2023? Seems like we would have had more reports earlier this year. [...]
The surge may have been hampered by new requirements for registration, and a mandate that applicable drones had to be equipped with Remote ID (the broadcast variety). A deadline for the latter was extended to September and then yet again to March 2024, because both manufacturers and owners were slow in implementing and complying with the enhancement.
After the final revised date passed, the remaining multitude of laggards were presumably subject to fines or whatever, perhaps curbing them from taking to the sky. By late fall, most may have finally upgraded and felt more secure about droning at night (or anytime).
The FAA has not instituted network-based Remote ID due to more research needed, so accordingly there's no deadline set for that particular type of it (so far).
And yeah, the irony of demanding Remote ID and still an inability on the part of authorities to identify the source of drones is not lost.
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EXCERPT: Within the United States, the FAA decreed that all drones weighing 250 grams (0.55 lbs) or more are subject to registration, and any drone that must be registered must also be Remote ID-compliant. Drones operated by the U.S. military are exempt from Remote ID compliance, and public safety agencies with specific security requirements may also be exempt following the go-ahead from the FAA.
The first Remote ID deadline mandated by the FAA was aimed at manufacturers, and how long since passed. Since December 2022, any manufacturer wishing to sell drones within the United States that require registration must submit for approval a Means of Compliance proving that their products meet requirements.
The second major Remote ID deadline was initially set for September 2023 and extended by six months to March 16, 2024, to allow operators and pilots time to ensure that their equipment is Remote ID-compliant. Either the aircraft or the add-on Remote ID module must be listed on the FAA’s Declaration of Compliance list. Enforcement of these regulations may involve fining non-compliant pilots or revoking their remote pilot certificate.
The second deadline was extended for a number of reasons, chief among them being low initial availability of Remote ID modules for retrofitting older drones, as well as delays among manufacturers in updating their hardware or providing sufficient firmware updates. Just days before the final March deadline, drone forensics company SkySafe released a report showing that five out of the seven major drone manufacturers covered in their analysis fell short of the Remote ID requirements in a variety of ways.
All current Remote ID regulations in the United States relate to Broadcast Remote ID only. While the FAA mentioned Network Remote ID in its proposed ruling, all requirements for this were dropped for the final ruling.
Network Remote ID will be essential for the implementation of unmanned traffic management services into the national airspace. While the FAA has not published any deadlines, it continues to investigate the possibilities of integrating this technology. A January 2024 report by the Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) recognized that the adoption of network-based systems would come with a broad set of challenges, including security, privacy, and the lack of wireless internet access in many rural and remote areas of the country.
A number of industry bodies, research institutions, and local jurisdictions are also conducting their own research – one recent development saw the city of El Paso, Texas become the first in the nation to implement a fully networked Remote ID system, monitoring drones within a 500 square mile area of the city airport.
Dec 15, 2024 09:36 PM
(This post was last modified: Dec 15, 2024 09:56 PM by Magical Realist.)
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