Don Johnstone wrote:

Who is pushing for this anyway, could it be the manufacturers/
suppliers of said items perchance?

This I can answer. In Switzerland we had a couple of glider midairs over
the last years, some of them with fatal results. Triggered by this
experience, some glider pilots who happened to be electronics students
gathered and developed FLARM. The Swiss FOCA was very cooperative, and
many Swiss glider clubs ordered (and payed) FLARM units before it was
even working, which made the development possible. So, all in all, it
was a non-profit project initiated by some students and subsidized by
Swiss glider clubs. No ugly big money hungry company behind it.

I don't know whether it's become a profit company now, but I doubt they
make much money.

Stefan