At the end of 2015, the FAA required those operating small Unmanned Aircraft Systems ("sUAS") used for other than commercial purposes to register the UAS and affix a registration number on the aircraft. The registration requirement emerged from an increase in the number of reported near misses involving UAS and was to facilitate the tracking of those who violated general aviation rules and regulations.
By the end of 2016, faced with the threat of federal penalties for failing to register, nearly 1 million operators had registered their UAS.
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