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The FAA hub sorts flyers by the job they are doing.

Public safety, remote pilots, and hobby flying are different doors on the FAA drone hub. The buying rule is not on that page.

Pages opened through 6 November 2026

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Start with the job the person is doing. The hub already sorts the doors that way.

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On this pageThe hub sorts people by the jobRemote ID is a broadcast, not a purchaseA flight door is not a buying door

The hub sorts people by the job

From the page

The FAA drone hub sorts users into recreational flying, certificated remote pilots, public safety, and education.

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From the page

Under certificated remote pilots, the hub links to a Part 107 waiver and to Part 107 airspace authorizations.

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The waiver text and the authorization text were not read. The link names are not the rules.

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Remote ID is a broadcast, not a purchase

From the page

The Remote ID page, last updated 19 March 2025, says a drone in flight can broadcast identification and location for other parties to receive.

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From the page

It says registered drones, including recreation, business, and public safety, must follow the linked Remote ID rule. It names three paths: a Standard Remote ID drone, a broadcast module flown in sight, or a flight inside an FAA-Recognized Identification Area without that equipment, still in sight.

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The linked rule text, the compliance list, and the area map were not opened. The page body states no effective date.

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A flight door is not a buying door

Our reading

The hub is a civil aviation page. An office that wants to buy a drone still needs the purchasing rule of that office.

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No U.S. tender and no federal buying manual were opened for this page.

From the page

eCFR Part 101, in the applicability section that was opened, covers moored balloons, kites, amateur rockets, and some free balloons. It is not the small-drone rule.

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From the page

The 28 June 2016 rule, read in the govinfo HTML, is effective 29 August 2016. A small unmanned aircraft is under 55 pounds. Groundspeed may not exceed 87 knots. Altitude is 400 feet above the ground, unless the aircraft stays within 400 feet of a structure and no higher than 400 feet above it.

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From the page

From 25 February 2019, the registration number must be on an external surface of the small unmanned aircraft. It may no longer sit only inside a compartment.

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From the page

A 9 March 2012 notice says the FAA intends to identify six test ranges to gather data on integrating unmanned aircraft into the National Airspace System. It does not name the six sites.

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A 6 August 2015 notice says the FAA selected six unmanned-aircraft test sites on 30 December 2013, and a Mississippi State University team as the Center of Excellence on 8 May 2015. It lists seven public meetings that August and September. The copied rows name Virginia Tech on 24 August and the University of Alaska on 27 August.

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On 2 September 2025 the FAA asked for comments by 3 November 2025 on renewing information collection 2120-0776 for Part 107 authorizations and waivers. The notice is a paperwork request, not a new flight rule.

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A 23 July 2024 notice summarizes Zipline's request to fly beyond visual line of sight with a U.S. driver's license instead of a third-class medical certificate. The notice is a petition, not a grant.

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On 11 December 2020 the FAA removed the regulations that had codified the Special Rule for Model Aircraft, because the statute had changed.

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Effective 15 August 2022, the NTSB final rule drops the 300-pound line from the definition of an unmanned aircraft accident and uses an airworthiness certificate instead. The May 2021 text was only a proposal.

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From the page

The FAA commercial page says the operations-over-people rule became effective on 21 April 2021, and that registration costs 5 dollars for 3 years. A later Federal Register delay moved the rest of that rule to 21 April 2021, and the remote-pilot certificate amendments to 6 April 2021.

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The 15 January 2021 rule text sorts flight over people into four categories. Category 1 is 0.55 pounds or less, with no exposed rotating parts that would lacerate skin. Category 4 needs an airworthiness certificate. Night flight needs an anti-collision light visible for 3 statute miles.

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From the page

The remote identification rule offers three ways to comply: a standard remote identification aircraft, a broadcast module, or an FAA-recognized identification area. The operating text that was read does not require an internet link. Operating compliance is 16 September 2023.

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A 10 March 2021 Federal Register notice delayed the remote identification rule's effective date from 16 March 2021 to 21 April 2021, and moved the broadcast-module production date in section 89.520 to 21 April 2021.

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A policy effective 15 September 2023 says that, for remote-identification noncompliance on or before 16 March 2024, the FAA will consider scarce and costly broadcast modules and delay in accepting a means of compliance.

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On 18 September 2025 the FAA rescinded the over-people declaration for a Skydio X10 with an AVSS parachute. The declaration for a DJI Mavic 3 Multispectral with an AVSS parachute is rescinded effective 18 October 2025.

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The FAA has accepted means of compliance for Category 2 and Category 3 flight over people, including ParaZero version 1.5 on 2 March 2026 and Virginia Tech version 2.0 on 5 April 2024. Wingtra's acceptance on 30 December 2024 is for Category 3 only. None of these is the only means.

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Notices say a beyond-visual-line-of-sight proposal was published on 7 August 2025 and that the first comment period closed on 6 October 2025. A reopened comment period was set to close on 11 February 2026. The proposal text itself was not opened.

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