The U.S. Transportation Department plans to start requiring drone owners to register their devices with the government later this year in a bid to crack down on unsafe flights, according to three people familiar with the plans.
The department aims to convene a task force next week to figure out the specifics of the policy, including which drones will be included, how users will register the devices, and whether the policy will apply to devices that have already been sold, the people said. The task force is expected to deliver recommendations next month, the people said, with regulators aiming to implement a policy before Christmas—an exceptionally fast timeline for aviation regulations.
The Transportation Department said it plans to make a drone-related announcement on Monday but declined to comment further. Read more on Fox (external content).
This is the Government creating jobs. They will require a fee to register the Drones to pay for the new personnel that will be needed to file and keep the records.. Keep making the Government bigger and bigger.