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Japan Drone/International Advanced Air Mobility EXPO 2023
After three days of fascinating new discoveries in the Japanese UAV industry, the JUIDA-sponsored “Japan Drone/International Advanced Air Mobility EXPO 2023” came to a conclusion on June 26 at the Makuhari Messe convention centre in Chiba City. The exhibition, which broke records for attendance and exhibitors (239, including 39 foreign companies), included a series of lectures with industry experts and government representatives discussing the situation of UAVs in Japan, Asia, and throughout the world.
The “Japan Drone & AAM Awards 2023” presentation included the awarding of many significant awards, with Liberaware’s brand-new IBIS2 drone taking home the Grand Prize in the hardware division. The IBIS2 weighs about 243 grammes, has a tiny 20cm airframe, and is intended for the examination of confined, interior places. It can create sharper inspection pictures and is more stable in limited spaces than its predecessor.
The Toyo Seikan Co.’s Sabot-3 gadget, which enables a tiny spray can to be fitted to a drone for activities like light concrete repair and other industrial applications, won the Grand Prize in the Audience Award category. GMO Internet Group, which held a booth discussing dangers to drone communications and other IOT security challenges, received the Special Jury prize. The Advanced Spatial Information Technology Evaluation Support Centre, Chiba University, and Gotemba City teams that created the “virtual watchtower” technology that enables quick mapping and processing of active disaster sites using affordable UAV technology won the Software award. The team hopes that their new technology can be used for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan.
In addition, JUIDA sponsored a competition between regional authorities to create drone videos as tourism PR, awarding the best of them prizes.
Next year’s exhibition will be held at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center from June 5-7, 2024.
Global Drone News will be arranging group delegations and exhibitor booths. To participate, contact us at gdc2019.marketing@gmail.com.
2023: New business mode using drones
2021-2022 is a period of great change for the drone industry. With the revision of the Civil Aeronautics Act coming into effect on December 5, 2022, social implementation will progress further, and the range of specific utilization will expand, leading to the realization of various use cases. On the other hand, from the technical aspect of “creating standards for safe operation and promoting understanding”, “weight reduction”, “high precision”, “long operation”, “improvement of aircraft performance suitable for operational purposes”, “collision avoidance technology and autonomy”.
For the 8th Japan Drone, Juida will set these themes and establish concrete partnerships with businesses that utilize drones, as well as businesses that aim to form technical partnerships and supply products. They support problem solving through business negotiations and information exchange.
Resilience (disaster recovery, reconstruction support, disaster mitigation measures, infrastructure development)
This is a zone for exhibiting products, technologies, and services that support disaster prevention and mitigation.
In order to maintain the important functions of the nation and society, it is necessary to accelerate and deepen efforts for disaster prevention, mitigation, and national resilience, and drones are a necessary system and technology for these measures.
Registration, pilot license system, school
The realization of Level 4 is imminent, and with the increased use of drones in surveying, logistics, disaster prevention, etc., there is an increasing need for aircraft registration, aircraft authentication, and license acquisition.
The participation of schools specializing in the use of drones in various fields and businesses that carry out various registration services will stimulate the use of drones.
Logistics, operation management system, surveying and inspection
Logistics, which is one of the problems in each region of Japan, can be solved by using drones. It is expected that the realization of normal use of drone logistics will lead to the creation of new jobs in each region. In addition, the implementation of Level 4 will advance various uses such as surveying and inspection by flight beyond visual line of sight and support for agriculture, which will lead to the solution of business issues.
System development for durability, quality improvement, and highly efficient operation
The various parts, materials, and materials required for the manufacture of drones will continue to grow in size in future aircraft development, so the importance of peripheral parts and materials such as weight reduction, overall cost reduction, heat treatment, electromagnetic wave countermeasures, etc. depending on the application. is increasing. Many domestic and foreign companies and organizations that handle the parts, materials, and materials required by assemblers are scheduled to participate.
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