To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The FAA's new regulations provide long-awaited relief for commercial drone users and assurances to the security community. On January 15, 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") issued two significant final rules: the Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft ("UA") rule and the Operation of Small UA Systems Over People rule. These are the first significant UA regulations from the FAA since 2016, and are important steps to increasing and regularizing commercial drone use in the United States. First, the Remote Identification ("Remote ID") of UA rule seeks to address law enforcement and public interest groups' concerns by providing a way to identify drones and their operators. The rule sets three categories of drones with corresponding broadcast and equipage requirements: (i) standard remote ID, UAs with built-in remote ID technology, subject to no additional operational restrictions; (ii) UAs with separate remote ID modules affixed to the aircraft, which must be flown within visual line of sight of the operator; and (iii) drones without remote ID technology, which must be flown only in FAA-approved Recognized Identification Areas. Remote ID equipped UA must broadcast "message elements" such as the UA's location, heading, and altitude, and serial number or de-identified operator information. Standard remote ID drones must also broadcast the location of the UA's control station. Although this information is primarily intended to assist the FAA and law enforcement, if needed, it is also available to the public. The broadcast IDs would be required to use common unlicensed radio frequencies, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, which could be received by most smartphones and handheld computing devices. Manufacturers would be required to prove the reliability of their systems to the FAA.