AAU, along with 27 other universities and higher education organizations, submitted comments to the Transportation Department regarding its recent notice of proposed rulemaking titled “Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.” The letter expresses support for the concept of requiring some form of remote identification for unmanned aircraft systems and, in principle, for establishing FAA Recognized Identification Areas. However, the letter also requests that universities be allowed to apply for FRIA designation and that applications not be time limited. “Permitting universities to establish FRIAs,” the letter explains, “can help assure that low-flying UAS operations comply with institutional policies, do not conflict with other campus activities, and can be conducted safely, both as to the operators themselves and with respect to the university community and the public more generally.”