Safe and secure domestic drone runs in the blue sky, ACSL releases "SOTEN"

ACSL's Toshiyuki Washiya and a small aerial drone "SOTEN"

ACSL held an online press conference on December 7, 2021, and has been developing under the NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) public offering project "Development of safe and secure drone basic technology". Small aerial photography drone "SOTEN" announced. From the same day, we have started accepting orders for the drone itself and optional items, and we are aiming to sell 1000 units in 2022 by promoting sales in Japan and overseas. [Other images such as "SOTEN" in flight] SOTEN was born to contribute to the government-promoted innovation in the use of drones, the "industrial revolution in the sky." It was named after the image of a figure flying freely, "Blue Sky". SOTEN has four features. The first is to protect technology with a secure, domestically-produced drone, which implements measures based on ISO 15408, the international standard for security products, to prevent data leaks and extractions, and to achieve resistance to hijacking of the aircraft. ing. In addition, it has a function to encrypt and communicate shooting data and flight path data acquired by drones, and it is possible to protect these data collected by communication by accumulating them in the domestic cloud. Furthermore, by adopting domestic products or highly reliable parts procured from overseas for the main parts of the aircraft, we have established a production system that can reliably supply drones, which are expected to play a role in supporting social infrastructure. Toshiyuki Washiya, President and COO of ACSL, said, "SOTEN emphasized 'security'. This does not mean only the security that should be protected as a drone, which is an IoT (Internet of Things) device. , In addition to the “independence” of the supply chain by using domestically produced main parts, it also means “protecting the know-how and various technologies necessary for providing services for utilizing infrastructure data by drones.” It also has the implication of making drones sustainable.” The second feature is the "camera that can be switched with a single touch". There are three types of gimbal cameras developed by Xacti, a standard camera with 4K video support and 20 million pixels for still images equipped with a large aperture lens and a 1 inch sensor, and a dual infrared and visible camera that captures infrared energy digitally. In addition to processing and visualizing the temperature state, it also supports superimposition/P in P display that combines images from visible cameras and infrared cameras. The multispectral camera can measure and display NDVI (Normalized Vegetation Index), which is used when drones are used for agricultural purposes. In addition to these, an optical zoom camera with 2.5x optical zoom is also under development. In addition to these cameras for photography, a stereo camera is mounted on the front of the fuselage and a ToF sensor is mounted on the bottom of the fuselage for controlling the drone.