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Japan’s largest UAS Association, JUIDA andDLE are joining hands by signing an MoU

Date: 07 12 2021
Tokyo (Japan), Singapore, recently Japan UAS Industrial Development Association(JUIDA) and Drone Logistics Ecosystem (DLE) have signed an MoU to collaborate on
various fields related to the Drone delivery industry. As one of the world’s largest
UAV/drone associations, JUIDA has over 20,000 members across Japan, and it iscurrently collaborating with other well-established Drone associations around the world, inthe field of education, safety management, technology in commercial and industrial
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS).
While DLE is a global multidisciplinary “quadruple helix” network of Companies,Universities, the Public and Investors (CUPI) with the aim to stimulate innovations,collaborations, and standardization in the Drone logistic industry on an international level.
DLE is considered the first truly global network in drone cargo logistics, and it has createda functioning commercialization model for its members to joint-develop products and tointernationally market their products.
The parties have agreed to work towards the creation of standardised national andinternational training programs, technological and industrial development projects,
exchange of information, application of technologies with mutual interest. The Japanese

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government has an ambitious aim to become the driving force behind Advanced Air
Mobility (AAM) industry. Hence, it is supporting all initiatives related to AAM, whether they
are passenger and/or mid/last mile cargo delivery using (autonomous) drones. The
collaboration between the JUIDA and DLE could lead to further interaction with Japanesecompanies to introduce their products in the international market.
This arrangement and the necessary introductions between JUIDA and DLE werebrought together and facilitated by DroNext, a Japan based AAM sector service provider.
The company, among other things, facilitates the introductions of interested parties
looking to expand into the Japanese Advanced Aerial Mobility market and vice versa withdomestic Japanese groups looking to expand abroad.
JUIDA and DLE are setting up a working group to strategise a long-term goal, in the fieldof education & training (e.g., online webinars), commercialization business models
among its members to stimulate crossed border collaboration, (virtual) expos and panel
discussions. DLE is supporting JUIDA in the distribution of promotional material to reacha global audience e.g., call for paper in the JUIDA’s initiative “Technical Journal ofAdvanced Mobility”.
JUIDA and DLE are supporting their respective members to set up collaboration forjoint-product development, co-marketing, consulting, and investment/funding support.
The parties are actively looking to expand their collaboration and membership pool.

President of Japan UAS Industrial Development Association (JUIDA), Professor
Emeritus Shinji Suzuki said Suggestion: “Efforts of drone logistics have been active inJapan since the government proposed in 2015. In 2022, the implementation of drone
logistics is expected to accelerate due to the enforcement of the Aviation Law
Amendment to realize BVLOS flight in manned areas. Currently, major aviation andlogistics companies are conducting demonstration experiments in cooperation with local
governments. We hope that the knowledge and experience gathered at DLE and JUIDA
will lead to optimal solutions in all aspects of drone logistics and contribute to the SDGs.”

Drone Logistics Ecosystem (DLE), President Dr Ali Jahanshahi said “The emerging
drone (logistic) industry requires coordination between all the stakeholders, anything frominventors, engineering and software developers, consulting firms, drone manufacturers,
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educators/Universities and public advocacy groups. What we try to achieve at DLE is tointerlink all these entities in a network to interact and collaborate on projects, in order toincrease the cost/time-efficiency and quality of their work/products/services. The
collaboration with JUIDA and DLE is great opportunity for both our organisations to havea larger impact on the emerging drone logistics industry. As for today, the industry is at its
early-stage and it would require a standardisation approach to take-off on global scale,
which can be achieved by collaboration between various international
associations/ecosystems.”
DRONEXT 株式会社, President Asa Quesenberry said “the future of aerial logistics andthe overall growth of the Advanced Aerial Mobility sector looks bright despite a number ofremaining challenges and hurdles for the industry as a whole. We are seeing the mostprogress in aeras and arrangements where there is a strong focus on collaboration andpooling of collective resources and knowledge. The agreement between JUIDA and DLE
embodies such a situation. JUIDA’s deep industry knowledge and ability to executecombined with the innovative work being done by current DLE member companies has
the potential to rally push forward to adoption and implementation of drone logistics
systems not only in Japan but also abroad. It will be exciting to see the opportunities andcollaborations that come from JUIDA’s enrolment in the ecosystem.”3