March 21, 2024
ACSL Ltd.

ACSL's Made-in-Japan Drone Adopted as an Aerial Photography Drone
by Japan's Ministry of Defense Air Self-Defense Force

ACSL's domestic drone has been adopted as an aerial photography drone by the Japan Air SelfDefense Force of the Ministry of Defense.

As a domestic drone manufacturer offering domestically produced secure drones, ACSL will focus
on Japanese government procurement, where economic security and de-Chinese products canleverage its strengths.

ACSL Ltd. (ACSL) hereby announce that ACSL's domestic drone has been adopted as an aerial
photography drone by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force of the Ministry of Defense. ACSL will focus on
Japanese government procurement in the field of small aerial photography in Japan, where it has clear
economic security and Non-Chinese products where it can leverage its strengths. ACSL has been selectedfor this project, following the announcement on March 12, 2024 in the Notice Concerning Large Project
Orders" that was accompanied by a bid conducted by the Defense Equipment Agency, an external agencyof the Ministry of Defense.

ACSL's Made-in-Japan drones■BackgroundThe environment surrounding the drone market is characterized by the introduction of robotics, including
drones, to make operations more efficient and unmanned, as well as the growing recognition of theusefulness of drones as a means of decarbonization and EVs, and their use is expanding worldwide. In
addition, in recent years, drone-related initiatives for economic security and security are being promoted
at the national level in the U.S., India, Australia, Japan, and other countries in response to the trend toward
greater emphasis on economic security.
In Japan, the "Policy on Procurement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Government Agencies, etc." wasannounced in September 2020, and the government announced its policy to "limit procurement to drones
with guaranteed security" and "promptly replace existing drones" ※.
1Against this backdrop, ACSL is focusing on its core technology of autonomous control technology, whichis the brain of drones, and developing industrial drones that use this technology, in order to provide
domestically produced, highly secure drones, and to have its products adopted for government
procurement where it can demonstrate this strength.
The aerial photography required by the Air Self-Defense Force are expected to utilize drones due to theirwide range, urgency, and potentially dangerous nature, and ACSL's drones have been selected as
domestically produced secure drones.
ACSL will continue to develop industrial drones and promote their implementation in society to support
people involved in various fields such as infrastructure inspection, disaster prevention/disastermanagement, surveying, and agriculture, which are facing various challenges such as manpower shortage,
work efficiency improvement, and replacement of dangerous tasks.
※Policy on the Procurement of Unmanned Aircraft by Government Agencies, etc.," September 14, 2020, Liaison
Conference of Relevant Ministries and Agencies Concerning Small Unmanned Aircraft.

ACSL Ltd.
ACSL develops, manufactures, and commercializes industrial drones in order to realize labor-saving
unmanned operations in industrial applications. ACSL’s core technology is in its proprietary autonomous
control technology and industrial drones equipped with image processing and AI edge computingtechnology. ACSL drones are already used in a variety of applications such as infrastructure inspection,
postal delivery and logistics, and disaster prevention.
For more information visit https://www.acsl.co.jp/en/ .

Attention
This document is an unofficial translation of the timely disclosure on March 21, 2024 by ACSL and this is
for reference purpose only. In case of a discrepancy between the English and Japanese versions, theJapanese original shall prevail.

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