Global UTM Conference 2017

UTM Project in Japan

June 26 2017
Hiroyuki Ushijima
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
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.

Disaster
Agriculture Surveying Inspection Delivery
Response

Yamaha Motor Aero Sense DENSO Fuji Imvac PRODRONE

enRoute TERRA DRONE Luce Search Multicopter Labo ACSL

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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.

Promotion Regulation
of UAS Industry of UAS Flight

Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB),

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Industry (METI) 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.
November 5 2015

from December 7 2015

Public-Private Council for UAS Promotion and Regulation

 Roadmap for the Aerial Industrial Revolution (May 19 2017)

http://japan.kantei.go.jp/97_abe/actions/201511/05article3.html , http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/kogatamujinki/
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Roadmap for the Aerial Industrial Revolution Technology development and Environmental improvement for Safe utilization of UAS
19 May 2017
The Public-Private Council for UAS Promotion and Regulation

Current from 2018 from 2020’s

Utilization

Level 1: VLOS, remotely piloted Level 3: BVLOS, Less-populated Areas Level 4: BVLOS, Populated Areas
 Package delivery to islands and mountains  City logistics, Security
Level 2: VLOS, not remotely piloted  Disaster situation survey, Search etc.  Evacuation guidance in disaster etc.

2017 (FY) 2018 2019 2020～

Technology development for Level 3, 4

Acceptable safety for Level 3

Acceptable safety for Level 4

I. Realization of visual substitute function
Technology development

 Recognizing and responding to aircraft condition Improvement of safety and reliability of

Aim to equal safety to VLOS
and surrounding environment visual substitute function
(Prevention of collision with aircrafts or UAVs etc.)
UAS Traffic Management (UTM)
Integration of UTM systems
Development of UTM for logistics, disaster response etc. Demonstration  Further improvement of UTM and DAA technology
Detect and Avoid (DAA) Development of DAA system in the RTF  Utilization of UTM in society
Development of radio waves, light wave sensors, etc. with integrated sensors

II. Ensure safety to people and properties

i. Ensure reliability Aim to no fall or safe even if it's fall by
 Reliability of aircraft and C2 links, environmental • Ensuring high reliability Further safety improvement to people and property
resistance etc. • Suppression of danger to people and etc.
ii. Suppression of danger property etc.
 Safety function for emergency, collision safety etc.

Clarification of requirements of UAV, operator and operation

Environmental improvement

Clarification of

Clarification of
requirements

requirements
Consideration of requirements for BVLOS etc.  Revision of guidelines about BVLOS  Rules for UTM
 Qualification system for pilots and flight operators
Establishment of commission Consideration of requirements for flight over people  System about authentication, identification
and registration of UAV
Development of performance evaluation criteria for UAV Evaluation in the RTF, International standardization  Revision of guidelines about flight over people

Arrangement of issues of victim relief in accident,  Obligation reporting system of accidents, Rules of
Gathering of accident information
Consideration of measures victim relief in accidents
Demonstration

Demonstrations for Level 3 Accidental responsibility

environment

Demonstration
Demonstrations for Level 4

environment
Arrangement of demonstration environment of automatic flight etc.

Development of the Fukushima Robot Test Field (RTF) Open

Consideration of Japanese Regulatory Sandbox System Enforcement and operation (pending)

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 Points of the “Roadmap for Aerial Industrial Revolution”

Vision of UAS Utilization

1. BVLOS UAS operations over less-populated areas from 2018.
2. BVLOS UAS operations over densely-populated areas from 2020s.

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.

UAS Traffic Management (UTM)

Comprehensive System DSP
(Data Service
Provider)
Interfaces
• Map
UAS • Weather
UAS SP UAS SP • Airspace, etc.
Service Provider

UAS & Operator

NEDO: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization 7

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) 4. System for

NEC, NTT DATA, Hitachi DSP (R&D)
Interfaces a. ZENRIN (map)

3. System for UAS SP (R&D) b. Japan Weather

Association International
a. Rakuten, NTT DOCOMO Organizations
(weather)
b. KDDI, TERRA DRONE + SECOM
(subcontracting)
c. Hitachi, NICT
d. SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation +
JAXA, NICT, Tokai University
e. SUBARU, JRC, Nippon Avionics,
ACSL, Mitsubishi Electric

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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.

Minami-soma
City factory

runway
13 km

city
bridge

Fukushima
tunnel
Prefecture

Namie Town Budget: 7.1 billion yen ($64 million) (2018) + 1.3 billion yen ($12 million) (2019)
https://www.pref.fukushima.lg.jp/uploaded/attachment/209046.pdf
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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. 10
METI International UTM Seminar in Japan, March 24, 2017

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