Experts criticize the business justification for UK drone IDs ( RID ) – sUAS News – The Business of Drones

Another Ian Hudson FOIA knocked it out of the garden; this time, it exposed the wrong thinking and money being spent on RID in the UK; this is useless spending. Hope the new UK labor state recognizes this and prevents it from happening.

The UK has now fallen far behind other nations, and this declaration irritated me. RID is not a secret shot.

I’ve reached out to knowledgeable people for remarks, and I’ll put their opinions.

By failing to utilize RID within the UK, the UK will fail to comply with the regulatory condition. There will be effects on health, safety, and development of the helicopter sector within the UK.

The best snake oil to day, RID, is the best I’ve seen, but this one seems to be gaining popularity all over the world. It will do nothing for safety and security, bad actors wo n’t fly with RID. However, it does increase the barriers to entry for younger model airplane pilots and continue the decrease in aviation engineering skills in young people.

Ian has emailed me his feelings, as usual, and I find myself getting too upset because I’m thinking about this. He has done a fantastic job of highlighting the importance of things done in the interests of large firms.

This is an American concept that was purchased by American retailers ( Amazon, Wing ), who ought to have no place at any UK regulators ‘ table.

I’m ranting, over to Ian–

While this document is from September 2022, and some details may be outdated, it raises questions about the CAA and Home Office’s plans for the Remote Identity ( RID ) scheme.

• Officially, both companies have denied any intent to sell RID. However, this record suggests usually from the very beginning.
• Especially intriguing are the edited directorate and department in charge of this document, because they could reveal details about who was behind these potential monetization plans.

I find it fascinating that both the department and the office have been redacted:

They’ve used part 23, safety bodies, I’ve gone again to say that.

This document appears to ignore well-known systems like AeroScope and the regional drone variety. This omission raises questions about the document’s accuracy in determining the true capabilities of the Remote Identity ( RID ) scheme.

• RID is presented as a new solution in the document, but existing systems now offer some of the features it describes.
• The intensity and explanation for RID as presented here may be overstated because the majority of robots in the UK are made by DJI and may already have recognition functions.

There are an estimated 350, 000 robots in use in the UK. There is no way for an outside party ( such as law enforcement ) to read this registration, but drone operators are required to do so through the Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA ).

This is a complete rest:

In practice, robots successfully fly anonymously

This phrase suggests that the information is being shared with others besides rules protection:

RID would also provide information and data for the CAA, Police, DfT, and different officials to perform their duties more efficiently.

£1.8 for 6 weeks work from companies? That’s a good chunk of taxpayers money …

To me, it sounds like crap.

No different companies are capable of offering this service.

This is the only real aspect of the document, which we all know is the true cause of its push:

Here is the start of the report, the whole thing below

To meet the regulatory requirement by January 2026, this Business Case requests £600k to contribute to the work program to implement Remote ID ( RID ) for drones in the UK.

There are an estimated 350, 000 robots in use in the UK. There is no way for an outside party ( such as law enforcement ) to read this registration, but drone operators are required to do so through the Civil Aviation Authority ( CAA ). In practice, robots successfully fly anonymously. Some use is careless, inconsiderate or criminal, with 13,000 incidents reported to-date, including smuggling, illicit photography, harassment, and infringement of sensitive sites.

Free will reduce this anonymity, and therefore provide significant security benefits, allowing police to identify destructive and/or ignorant operators, leading to reeducation, fines, or convictions. RID is so comparable to ANPR and number plates for street vehicles. The police can identify and report immoral behavior as soon as possible using a structural RID. RID would also provide data and information to the CAA, Police, DfT, and various government in carrying out their missions.
jobs more efficiently.

CAA estimate the cost to completely utilize RID is c. £10-15m over 18-24 times. The design stage will charge £1.8m to complete, which will include technical, business and regulatory/legislative style.

£600k from the Home Office may be paired with £1.2m from DfT, making up the £1.8m required to run the design phase. This step includes:

• Complete design of technical components, standards and interfaces ( e. g. RID data, Drone
  and Model Aircraft Registration and Education Service ‘ ( DMARES ) development ).
• Total creation of new regulations and laws that grant CAA authority to run RID and impose commitments on manufacturers and users
• Draft regulations and language
  legislation
• first research on purchasing
  related parts, ensuring
  value for money
• Engagement with vendors – Establish a fresh function program,
  including monitoring, management,
  RAID management and planning.
• Draft and give the Outline
  Company Case and Full Business
  Situation, in line with HMT Green Book
  principles
• Important design decisions finalised

Here is the entire file.