Department of Transportation proposes a Privacy Act system of records for beyond visual line of sight drone operations (Parts 108/146)

The Department of Transportation (DOT) proposes a new Privacy Act system of records for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), "DOT/FAA 860, Unmanned Aircraft System Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations--Parts 108/146", for information from operators, manufacturers and Automated Data Service Providers (ADSPs) who are individuals and request authorization to conduct or support certain beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations in the national airspace.

The record

Kind

Rule

Source record

Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records (Federal Register notice)

Record published

2026-11-03

Posted here

2026-11-03

World

Machines · Air and sea

Controls concerned

Actor identity verification C-A1

Checked

Checked against its record on 2026-11-03 by a reader who did not draft it; report verification/reports/SIG-2026-11-03-001-2026-11-03.md.

A signal's controls are the ones its record points at, the exposure; a case's controls are the ones its records show were absent or failed, so the two can differ.

Corrections

Changes to what this signal says, with the reason. Every earlier version is kept.

• 2026-11-03: Summary. Plain-language rule: abbreviation FAA (in the system name) spelled out at first use; no claim changed (Federal Register 2026-22436). Found by the independent reader of 3 November 2026.
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  Before: The Department of Transportation (DOT) proposes a new Privacy Act system of records, "DOT/FAA 860, Unmanned Aircraft System Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations--Parts 108/146", for information from operators, manufacturers and Automated Data Service Providers (ADSPs) who are individuals and request authorization to conduct or support certain beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations in the national airspace.

  After: The Department of Transportation (DOT) proposes a new Privacy Act system of records for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), "DOT/FAA 860, Unmanned Aircraft System Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations--Parts 108/146", for information from operators, manufacturers and Automated Data Service Providers (ADSPs) who are individuals and request authorization to conduct or support certain beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) operations in the national airspace.
• 2026-11-03: Title. Independent read on 3 November 2026 (Federal Register 2026-22436, collector's copy): the record says the Department of Transportation proposes the system of records, which allows the FAA to collect the information; the title had named the FAA as the proposer.
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  Before: FAA proposes a Privacy Act system of records for beyond visual line of sight drone operations (Parts 108/146)

  After: Department of Transportation proposes a Privacy Act system of records for beyond visual line of sight drone operations (Parts 108/146)

What a signal is. A signal records what a primary record says; it assigns no fault. It is lighter than a case: one dated item from one record, tagged with the world, sector and controls it touches. It becomes a case when it meets the bar for one.

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