Japan UAS Industrial Development Association

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Airbus & Kansai Airports: Accelerating Collaboration for Hydrogen Aircraft Operations Last October 18, 2024, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Airbus and Kansai Airports announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The three companies will conduct an initial feasibility study to realize the introduction and operation of hydrogen-powered aircraft as part of the "Hydrogen Hub at Airports" program and will strengthen their collaboration to materialize the supply of hydrogen to aircraft at the three Kansai regional airports (Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport and Kobe Airport.) Kansai Airports Group has a vision of achieving "net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050." This initiative focuses on defining hydrogen infrastructure and creating a supply roadmap for all three airports in the Kansai region. The study results will evaluate technical, economic, legal, and operational aspects, and further verification will be conducted through demonstration projects addressing the issues identified. For more information, contact us at JUIDA. https://lnkd.in/dZmB4Ura

Creation of the Kaga City Next-Generation Air Mobility Consortium (Ishikawa Prefecture)

JUIDA and Others: Opening of "Itabashi Drone Field" as a Testing Ground JUIDA, Mitsui Fudosan, Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate and Blue Innovation announced on October 2, 2024, the establishment of Itabashi Drone Field (Itabashi DF), Tokyo's first logistics facility-integrated drone testing site. The facility is located within the urban development-oriented logistics complex "MFLP・LOGIFRONT Tokyo Itabashi."  Itabashi DF features a drone flight field that leverages the expansive grounds, testing areas utilizing operational facilities, R&D zones available for lease to drone businesses, and a community space designed to facilitate networking among member businesses. JUIDA and its partners aim to ensure that technologies validated at Itabashi DF can be applied to address various regional issues, including labor reduction, operational efficiency, automation, and disaster response, contributing to advancements across multiple sectors. The facility will be supervised and operated by JUIDA and Blue Innovation. For more information, contact us at JUIDA. https://lnkd.in/ggHDUr6K

Scalable eVTOL development company HIEN Aero Technologies to exhibit its very first prototype Dr-One at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gifu Air Base Air Show 2024 on November 17th. The company just opened its LinkedIn account... more to come.

Japan Aerospace 2024: JUIDA and Czech Republic continue their collaboration Last Week, Japan UAS Industrial Development Association - represented by Gaku Minorikawa - attended Japan Aerospace 2024. This year, a total of 663 companies exhibited, which included 20 companies/organizations from Czech Republic in aviation, light aircraft, UAS, space systems and Defense sector.  “The best characteristic of the Czech Republic cluster is that it is so practical and all companies are seamlessly connected with each other. Furthermore, even if they are not huge corporations, they have a strong presence in the market, which is what the Japanese aerospace cluster must learn.” said Minorikawa-sensei. Notably, Minorikawa-sensei made a presentation during the Czech Aerospace seminar. JUIDA, already partner of UAV Alliance Czech Republic , will continue to expand the collaboration to strengthen industry opportunities. official website of Japan Aerospace 2024: https://lnkd.in/gKJtD3ct Special thanks to: Jakub Karas and Jakub Hajek

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): creation of Japanese Industrial Standard for drone services Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced the establishment of a JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) that outlines the processes and standards required for drone service providers to ensure a certain level of quality in their services. Recently, drone-based services have been provided in various fields, and have contributed greatly to resolving issues such as labor shortages. To further popularize drone services, it is essential to improve the quality of drone services. Specifically, JIS calls for the development of a service provision system, service delivery, continuous improvement, personnel capability management, incident response during flights, and post-service monitoring.  By requiring businesses to meet JIS standards, METI aims to improve the quality and promote the spread of drone services, while also addressing issues such as labor shortages and disaster response. For more information, contact us at JUIDA. https://lnkd.in/dyjZYD56

Japan Drone / IAAM - KANSAI Edition (Dec. 18-19, 2024, in Osaka) is coming! Following the success of Japan Drone/IAAM in Tokyo last June with more than 20,000 professional visitors, JUIDA has decided to hold a regional event in Kansai Prefecture to focus on commercial use of drones and to provide a venue for business matching and new exchanges for the realization of commercial operation of flying vehicles at the "Osaka-Kansai Expo" in 2025, and beyond that, for social implementation. Osaka is actively engaged in cutting-edge technological innovations aimed at urban development. Osaka Prefecture has set up the "Osaka Round Table" and Osaka City has been designated as a Super City National Strategic Special Zone, where drones are used for social implementation of flying cars and construction sites. In addition, there are many automotive suppliers in the region that have an affinity with drones and next-generation air mobility. This regional-based event is expected to gather around 100 exhibitors and 3,000 professional visitors. We welcome foreign exhibitors and professional visitors to this new Edition. Spread the word and don’t hesitate to contact us at JUIDA for more information! Official website: https://lnkd.in/dSvutPPV Official contact form: E-mail: [email protected] Drone Industry Insights Drone Logistics Ecosystem AUVSI — Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International Aerial Evolution Association of Canada Canadian Advanced Air Mobility (CAAM) UAV Alliance Czech Republic Bulgarian Aviation Industry Association VTT EU Drone Port™ 🇪🇺 Drone Federation India (DFI) World Of Drones Education

KDDI and others: Successfully conducted remote operation of 3 drones by a single operator. On June 28, 2024, KDDI Corporation and Japan Airlines announced the successful demonstration of a single operator remotely controlling three drones simultaneously to deliver disaster relief supplies and food.  The experiment was conducted with a drone operator located in Tokyo remotely controlling three PRODRONE "PD6B-Type3" drones in the Yoshida area of Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture.  The drones traveled approximately 2.5 km along two different routes to deliver the supplies.  Both companies are developing an operational management system and operational procedures (specific procedures and rules for performing tasks) to enable one-to-many drone operations. The usefulness of these systems was verified in this experiment. For more information, contact us at JUIDA. https://lnkd.in/d2UxmEXf

To all our followers: An insightful report published by Yoshinobu MIZUKAMI (Sompo Institute Plus) on the use of drones during disasters in Japan. (e.g: the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred on 1st January, 2024, on the Noto Peninsula and the heavy rain disaster in Oita Prefecture in 2023).

JUIDA: Memorandum of Understanding with AUVSI — Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, USA (the world's largest drone organization) On June 5, 2024, JUIDA signed a memorandum of understanding with AUVSI (the world's largest drone organization) of the United States at Japan Drone/IAAM 2024, Japan's largest drone/next-generation air mobility exhibition. "The 9th Japan Drone 2024" and "the 3rd International Advanced Air Mobility Expo 2024" were held at Makuhari Messe for three days from Wednesday, June 5th, with the theme of "Now, ON to the NEXT ERA".  This year, both exhibitions combined exhibited a record 261 companies and organizations, and the number of visitors during the event was also a record high of 21,273 people, and the event ended with great success.  The venue was packed with excitement as Mr. William Irby, chairperson of AUVSI, offered a keynote speech. The signing ceremony for the MOU with JUIDA was held in a separate room, still in the same enthusiastic mood. As of June 5, 2024, JUIDA has concluded MOUs with 39 organizations in 28 countries. Further overseas expansion is expected. JUIDA is looking forward to this new collaboration. More information will be shared soon on this new partnership!