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ADS-B[1] was and is somewhat pointless because it was not designed to accommodate smaller flying things... the sort of things that there are a lot more of.

So now we have a whole whack of incompatible systems like FLARM[2] to address that segment. The FAA is actually promoting another incompatible system for drones. This system won't actually allow anyone in the air to know the drone is there. It will only be for the purposes of law enforcement ... because that is the main priority right now...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_dependent_surveillan...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLARM



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