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Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS–B) is a surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked. The information can be received by air traffic control ground stations as a replacement for secondary surveillance radar, as no interrogation signal is needed from the ground. It can also be received by other aircraft to provide situational awareness and allow self-separation.

  • 1. DJI will install ADS-B receivers in all new drones above 250 grams
    2. DJI will develop a new automatic warning for drone pilots flying at extended distances.
    3. DJI will establish an internal Safety Standards Group to meet regulatory and customer expectations.
    4. Aviation industry groups must develop standards for reporting drone incidents.
    5. All drone manufacturers should install geofencing and remote identification.
    6. Governments must require remote identification
    7. Governments must require a user-friendly knowledge test for new drone pilots.
    8. Governments must clearly designate sensitive restriction areas
    9. Local authorities must be allowed to respond to drone threats that are clear and serious.
    10. Governments must increase enforcement of laws against unsafe drone operation.

You can view manned aircraft that currently have ADS-B using an app called FlightRadar24. It’s pretty cool to play around with but you will notice helicopters, private light aircraft and the military don’t use ADS-B. This extra technology will not protect the drone pilot against the aircraft that’s far more dangerous and probably closer to their altitude. I still think the military should be forced into using ADS-B only while on tactical training sorties in the UK.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/operational-low-flying-training-timetable

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