UTM Project in Japan

June 26 2017

Hiroyuki Ushijima

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Global UTM Conference 2017

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Overview

1. UAS Industry in Japan

2. Roadmap of UAS Industry promotion

3. UTM Research & Development Project

4. Test Site for UTM Development

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UAS Industry in Japan

Yamaha Motor developed a single rotor UAV in Japan in the 1980s. Today

over 1/3 of Japanese rice has pesticides applied by UAS.

With the emergence of multirotor type, UAS are widely used and makers are

developing various types of UAS in Japan.

Agriculture

enRoute

Yamaha Motor

Surveying

TERRA DRONE

Aero Sense

Inspection

DENSO

Luce Search

Delivery

PRODRONE

ACSL

Disaster

Response

Multicopter Labo

Fuji Imvac

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Role of METI and JCAB

METI and JCAB work together for the development of safe use of UAS.

METI has a mission to promote UAS industry, while JCAB establish and

enforce regulations for UAS flight.

Regulation

of UAS Flight

Promotion

of UAS Industry

Manufacturing Industries Bureau,

Ministry of Economy, Trade and

Industry (METI)

Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB),

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,

Transport and Tourism (MLIT)

Robotics Policy Office,

Industrial Machinery Division

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Policy of UAS Promotion

The Public-Private Council to realize Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s vision for

UAS, formulated the “Roadmap for the Aerial Industrial Revolution.”

We will aim to make parcel delivery by drone

a reality, as soon as three years from now.

Public-Private Council for UAS Promotion and Regulation

Roadmap for the Aerial Industrial Revolution (May 19 2017)

November 5 2015

from December 7 2015

http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/actions/201511/05article3.html , http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/kogatamujinki/

Technology development and Environmental improvement for Safe utilization of UAS

Current from 2018 from 2020’s

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Level 1: VLOS, remotely piloted

Level 2: VLOS, not remotely piloted

Obligation reporting system of accidents, Rules of victim relief in accidents

Roadmap for the Aerial Industrial Revolution

Further improvement of UTM and DAA technology

Utilization of UTM in society

Demonstration

in the RTF

19 May 2017

The Public-Private Council for UAS Promotion and Regulation

Integration of UTM systems

Development of DAA system with integrated sensors

Aim to equal safety to VLOS

I. Realization of visual substitute function Recognizing and responding to aircraft condition

and surrounding environment

(Prevention of collision with aircrafts or UAVs etc.)

Open

Rules for UTM

Qualification system for pilots and flight operators

System about authentication, identification

and registration of UAV

Revision of guidelines about flight over people

Enforcement and operation (pending)

Evaluation in the RTF, International standardization

Revision of guidelines about BVLOS

Arrangement of demonstration environment

Level 4: BVLOS, Populated Areas

City logistics, Security

Evacuation guidance in disaster etc.

Level 3: BVLOS, Less-populated Areas

Package delivery to islands and mountains

Disaster situation survey, Search etc.

Technology development for Level 3, 4

Demonstrations for Level 3

Detect and Avoid (DAA) Development of radio waves, light wave sensors, etc.

UAS Traffic Management (UTM) Development of UTM for logistics, disaster response etc.

Clarification of requirements of UAV, operator and operation

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Gathering of accident information

Demonstrations for Level 4

Consideration of requirements for flight over people

Improvement of safety and reliability of

visual substitute function

Further safety improvement to people and property

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Consideration of requirements for BVLOS etc.

Development of performance evaluation criteria for UAV

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Aim to no fall or safe even if it's fall by

• Ensuring high reliability

• Suppression of danger to people and

property etc.

Accidental responsibility

of automatic flight etc.

II. Ensure safety to people and properties i. Ensure reliability

Reliability of aircraft and C2 links, environmental

resistance etc.

ii. Suppression of danger

Safety function for emergency, collision safety etc.

Arrangement of issues of victim relief in accident, Consideration of measures

Development of the Fukushima Robot Test Field (RTF)

Consideration of Japanese Regulatory Sandbox System

Establishment of commission

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Vision of UAS Utilization

1. BVLOS UAS operations over less-populated areas from 2018.

2. BVLOS UAS operations over densely-populated areas from 2020s.

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Points of the “Roadmap for Aerial Industrial Revolution”

Action of Technology Development

1. Technologies which enable BVLOS flight and flights over people

should be developed.

2. METI will push for development of UTM and DAA technologies.

Action of Environmental Improvement

1. JCAB and METI organize a committee to discuss requirements for

BVLOS flight and flights over people.

2. METI and Fukushima Pref. Govt. establish a Test Site for UAS.

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UTM R&D Project in Japan

UTM R&D Project from July 2017 (3 years).

METI and NEDO budgeted 1.7 billion yen ($15 million) for the first year.

NEDO: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

UAS Traffic Management (UTM)

Interfaces

Comprehensive System

UAS

Service Provider UAS SP UAS SP

UAS & Operator

DSP (Data Service

Provider)

•Map

•Weather

•Airspace, etc.

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Members of the UTM R&D Project

National R&D agencies and companies participating in the UTM R&D Project.

JAXA, a core member of JUTM, designing architecture and interfaces of UTM

with international harmonization.

1. UTM Architecture and Interfaces (R&D) : JAXA + NICT, AIST, NII

2. Comprehensive System (R&D)

NEC, NTT DATA, Hitachi

3. System for UAS SP (R&D)

a. Rakuten, NTT DOCOMO

b. KDDI, TERRA DRONE + SECOM

c. Hitachi, NICT

d. SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation +

JAXA, NICT, Tokai University

e. SUBARU, JRC, Nippon Avionics,

ACSL, Mitsubishi Electric

4. System for

DSP (R&D)

a. ZENRIN (map)

b. Japan Weather

Association

(weather)

Interfaces

International

Organizations

(subcontracting)

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Test Site “FUKUSHIMA ROBOT TEST FIELD”

“Robot Test Field” will open in Fukushima Prefecture next year.

It will serve as a major demonstration test site in Japan for field robots and

UAVs used for delivery, disaster response and infrastructure inspection.

Namie Town

13 km

Minami-soma

City

https://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/209046.pdf

Budget: 7.1 billion yen ($64 million) (2018) + 1.3 billion yen ($12 million) (2019)

bridge

tunnel

factory

city

runway

Fukushima

Prefecture

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JUTM’s UTM Demonstration in Fukushima, March 15-16, 2017

Organizer: Japan Unmanned System Traffic & Radio Management Consortium (JUTM)

Participants: 9 companies and 2 Institutes with 12 UAVs.

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METI International UTM Seminar in Japan, March 24, 2017