It does appear that craft is tagged LADD Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD)
The Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD) Program implements the requirements set forth in 2024 H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act Section 803. DATA PRIVACY.
…the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish and update as necessary a process by which, upon request of a private aircraft owner or operator, the Administrator withholds the registration number and other similar identifiable data or information, except for physical markings required by law, of the aircraft of the owner or operator from any broad dissemination or display.
To satisfy Section 803, the Administrator implemented the Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD) program.
The LADD program provides aircraft owners the ability to have their flight data filtered from distribution via the FAA System Wide Information Management (SWIM) data feed or filtered from public display by web sites that participate in the program. Vendors who subscribe to FAA SWIM Data feeds are bound by a Data Access User Agreement to filter any LADD participant from public display of aircraft flight data.
Aircraft owners or designated representatives may request Limiting Aircraft Data Displayed (LADD). Limiting aircraft data from the FAA data systems will limit flight tracking information transmitted over the internet by participating internet flight tracking vendors. "Unblocking" will ensure aircraft flight data will be included in the FAA data feed utilized by participating internet flight tracking vendors.
LADD flight filtering data options FAA Source: Aircraft data is limited to FAA use only. No FAA flight data will be available to external vendors. If you are considering limiting data at FAA Source, FAA flight data on your aircraft will not be available to internet web sites. Subscriber Level: Aircraft data is made available from the FAA data feeds to vendors (i.e. internet flight tracking vendors). This option allows aircraft owners or operators to selectively track or monitor aircraft through an internet vendor. To track an aircraft, the aircraft owner or operator must contact a vendor and request flight tracking information be selectively available. Selective flight tracking services may involve payment of fees to the vendor. Unblocking: Remove any data limits that have been previously requested. This request will remove aircraft from the LADD filter file. Your flight tracking data will resume being transmitted to vendors who receive FAA SWIM data feeds and vendors will publicly display flight data.
Sounds like a bespoke regulation for intelligence outfits. Thanks for the inside info.
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