Drones may need license plates soon as Washington updates rules


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 24 May 2018

A small drone helicopter operated by a paparazzi records singer Beyonce Knowles-Carter (not seen) as she rides the Cyclone rollercoaster while filming a music video on Coney Island in New York in this August 29, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files

That small drone you got for Christmas may soon need a license plate of sorts. 

US aviation regulators said they intend to require for the first time that drone owners place a government-assigned ID number on the outside of the devices, according to a little-noticed filing earlier this month. 

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