DUKE AND AAU JOIN HIGHER ED COMMUNITY ON FAA UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM NPRM COMMENTS
Duke University and the Association of American Universities (AAU), of which Duke is a member, joined 26 other universities and higher education organizations in submitting a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding its recent notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled, "Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems." The letter expresses support for the concept of requiring some form of remote identification for unmanned aircraft systems and, in principle, for establishing FAA Recognized Identification Areas, known as FRIAs. However, the letter also requests that universities be allowed to apply designation as FRIAs and that applications not be time-limited.