Regulations
A per-jurisdiction summary of our best current understanding of the Remote ID / Drone Remote Identification (DRI) regulations that reference the ASTM F3411 / ASD-STAN prEN 4709-002 broadcast message set — the standard DRIFT implements — and what each one means at the technical level: which messages and fields are required, what has to go out over which radio transport, and what identifiers a user needs to obtain and enter into the device.
This section is a research summary, not legal advice. Regulations change, and some of the technical detail below rests on standards text that is paywalled and could only be verified against public abstracts/scope pages (marked inline where that’s the case). Verify against the primary sources linked on each page before relying on this for your own compliance. See the Legal page.
Jurisdictions
| Jurisdiction | Status | Wire-compatible with DRIFT’s ASTM F3411 / ODID format |
|---|---|---|
| United States | In force since 2023-09-16 | Yes |
| European Union | In force | Yes |
| United Kingdom | Partially in force; full retrofit mandate from 2028-01-01 | Yes |
| Japan | In force since 2022 | Yes, with mandatory extensions (dual ID, authentication) |
| Australia | No mandate yet — discussion-paper stage | Anticipated |
| Canada | No mandate yet — proposed rule (NPA), targeting 2029/2030 | Yes, explicitly named |
| China | In force since 2026-05-01 | No — separate, incompatible wire protocol |
Other jurisdictions
A brief scan turned up no ASTM F3411-compatible broadcast mandate worth a dedicated page yet for South Korea, India, Brazil, or New Zealand. Singapore reportedly brought a Broadcast Remote ID rule into force on 2025-12-01 per a secondary source (Transport Canada’s own NPA); this is unverified against a primary Singaporean source and worth a follow-up look before assuming it’s ASTM-F3411-based.
Reading a region page
Each page follows the same structure:
- Applicability — who is actually covered (weight thresholds, product category, exemptions).
- Timeline — effective/enforcement dates, as best known today.
- Required messages & fields — the ASTM F3411 / ODID message set and which specific field on the wire carries which piece of information.
- Transports — which radio methods are mandated, allowed, or excluded, and any region-specific technical parameters.
- Identity & registration fields — what a user has to provide, which DRIFT config field and wire field it ends up in, and where to actually obtain it.
- Not required — items commonly assumed to matter that don’t, for this jurisdiction and product category.
- Sources — every claim traced back to a citation.