Facts

• Segment: Aerial
• Country: Japan
• Founded: 2013
• Website: https://www.acsl.co.jp/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Commercial
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Record / Articles
• Sources

Summary

ACSL develops industrial drones and drone-related technologies in Japan. Its UAVs are used for infrastructure inspection, logistics, disaster prevention and security-sensitive operations, with the SOTEN line giving enterprise users a made-in-Japan aircraft option.

Market context

ACSL is one of the clearest non-Chinese enterprise drone suppliers in Japan, with public-market visibility and a made-in-Japan positioning around secure industrial UAVs. Its SOTEN platform gives the company a compact modular drone line for inspection, disaster response, public safety, and security-sensitive enterprise or government buyers. ACSL is a Japanese industrial drone manufacturer developing UAV platforms, autonomous-control technology, and customization services for unmanned and IoT applications.

Products

• AirTruck
• Fi4
• PF2-AE
• SOTEN

Facts

• Website: https://www.acsl.co.jp/
• HQ: Tokyo, Japan
• Founded: 2013
• Ticker: 6232 / Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth
• Segment: Aerial

Commercial

3 commercial events; 3 commercial orders; latest event 2026-04-07

• 2026-04-07 - Commercial order - ACSL receives two Japan orders for small aerial photography drones worth ¥420M - source: acsl.co.jp
• 2026-03-23 - Commercial order - ACSL receives ¥1B Japan order for small aerial photography drones - source: acsl.co.jp
• 2023-08-10 - Commercial order - ACSL receives large-scale India project orders worth ¥1.83B - source: acsl.co.jp

Japanese industrial drone manufacturer

ACSL develops Japanese-made industrial drones and peripheral technologies for logistics, infrastructure inspection, disaster prevention and field operations.

• Target environment: Infrastructure inspection sites, disaster response zones, logistics routes, industrial facilities and public-sector drone operations.
• Deployment model: Industrial drone product supply through made-in-Japan UAV platforms, flight controllers and application-specific systems.
• Customer context: Infrastructure operators, logistics users, government agencies, disaster-response teams and industrial drone buyers.
• Workflow context: Aerial inspection, logistics delivery, disaster response, secure drone operation, mapping and field data capture.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial industrial drone manufacturer with product lines for inspection, delivery and secure aerial operations.
• Market position: Japanese UAV company focused on industrial and public-sector drone applications.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on aviation rules, communications security, payload fit, weather, operator training, flight endurance and procurement cycles.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes industrial drones, secure UAVs, inspection drones, logistics drones and Japanese drone manufacturing.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-05-07 - Partnership - ACSL and Draganfly sign Canadian distribution and integration agreement for SOTEN - ACSL and Draganfly announced an exclusive Canadian distribution agreement for ACSL's SOTEN drone platform.
• 2026-04-07 - Commercial Order - ACSL receives two Japan orders for small aerial photography drones worth ¥420M - ACSL received two additional large-scale project orders in Japan for small aerial photography drones.
• 2026-03-24 - Regulatory - ACSL renews Japan's first Class 1 Type Certificate for PF2-CAT3 - ACSL completed renewal of the Class 1 Type Certificate for PF2-CAT3.
• 2026-03-23 - Commercial Order - ACSL receives ¥1B Japan order for small aerial photography drones - ACSL received a large-scale project order in Japan for small aerial photography drones.
• 2026-02-19 - Demonstration - ACSL PF2-CAT3 supports Level 4 medical delivery demonstration in Nagasaki - ACSL supplied PF2-CAT3 and operational support for a Level 4 medical delivery demonstration conducted by sora-iina…
• 2026-02-16 - Demonstration - ACSL and Japan Post demonstrate PF4 dual-drone operation for logistics and patrol missions - ACSL provided its PF4 long-range multi-use drone and operational support for Japan Post's dual-dr…
• 2025-12-04 - Partnership - ACSL starts Canadian sales business and signs SOTEN distributor agreement with Jam Industries - ACSL's U.S. subsidiary began drone product sales in Canada and signed a distributor agreement wi…
• 2025-06-05 - Deployment - Fukuoka Prefecture uses ACSL drones in disaster-damage survey training - Fukuoka Prefecture used ACSL drones during training for rapid disaster-damage assessment of roads and rivers.
• 2025-04-28 - Partnership - ACSL signs MOU with Threod Systems and Sakai Town for VTOL drone introduction in Japan - ACSL signed an MOU with Threod Systems AS and Sakai Town, Ibaraki Prefecture.
• 2025-04-03 - Partnership - ACSL signs U.S. sales agreement with Drone Nerds - ACSL U.S. subsidiary signed a sales agreement with Drone Nerds.
• 2025-01-31 - Partnership - ACSL partners with Exertis Almo to expand SOTEN distribution in the United States - ACSL's U.S. subsidiary announced a partnership with Exertis Almo to bring SOTEN to the distributor's partner…
• 2025-01-27 - Partnership - ACSL signs MOU with Hensel Phelps for U.S. construction drone adoption - ACSL's U.S. subsidiary signed an MOU with Hensel Phelps to promote drone adoption in the U.S. construction market.
• 2024-06-27 - Regulatory - ACSL applies for Class 1 UAS Type Certificate for PF4-CAT3 logistics drone - ACSL applied for a Level 4 Class 1 UAS Type Certificate for PF4-CAT3, a new dedicated logistics drone jointly develo…
• 2024-01-23 - Product Launch - ACSL opens US availability for SOTEN small UAS - ACSL said the US launch followed its May 2023 entry into the US drone market.
• 2024-01-01 - Market Signal - ACSL begins full-scale SOTEN sales in the United States - ACSL said it began full-scale U.S. sales of SOTEN in January 2024 through its U.S. subsidiary.
• 2023-11-09 - Demonstration - ACSL PF2-CAT3 supports ANA Level 4 drone delivery demonstration in Okinawa - ACSL provided PF2-CAT3 for ANA Holdings' Level 4 drone delivery service demonstration in Kumejima, Okinawa.
• 2023-08-10 - Commercial Order - ACSL receives large-scale India project orders worth ¥1.83B - ACSL announced large-scale project orders in India valued at approximately JPY 1.83 billion.
• 2023-07-19 - Product Launch - ACSL begins orders for PF2-AE Survey with YellowScan LiDAR - ACSL began taking orders for PF2-AE Survey, a laser-surveying configuration of the PF2-AE industrial drone family.
• 2023-03-24 - Demonstration - ACSL PF2-CAT3 completes Japan's first Level 4 drone flight with Japan Post - ACSL provided PF2-CAT3 for Japan first Level 4 drone flight, organized by Japan Post.
• 2023-03-13 - Regulatory - ACSL receives Japan's first Class 1 UAS Type Certificate for PF2-CAT3 - ACSL obtained Japan's first Class 1 UAS Type Certificate from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism…
• 2022-03-17 - Product Launch - ACSL begins taking orders for AirTruck logistics drone - ACSL and Aeronext began taking orders for AirTruck, a logistics-specialized UAV using Aeronext's 4D GRAVITY technology.

Team

• Kensuke Hayakawa - Representative Director and Co-CEO - Current executive leader for ACSL's industrial drone manufacturing and autonomous control business.
• Shoji Terayama - Representative Director and Co-CEO - Current executive leader for ACSL's industrial drone manufacturing and autonomous control business.
• Chris Raabe - Global CTO and ACSL Inc. Board Director

Supply chain relationships

• Draganfly - distribution_partner - ACSL and Draganfly signed Canadian distribution and integration agreement for SOTEN.
• drone supplier - ACSL received two Japan orders for small aerial photography drones worth JPY 420 million.
• drone supplier - ACSL received a JPY 1 billion Japan order for small aerial photography drones.

Relationships

• technology_partner - ACSL and Aeronext co-developed AirTruck using 4D GRAVITY airframe technology.
• technology_partner - ACSL and Japan Post demonstrated Level 4 drone flight with PF2-CAT3.
• technology_partner - ACSL integrated YellowScan LiDAR on PF2-AE Survey variant.
• technology_partner - ACSL provided PF2-CAT3 for ANA Level 4 Okinawa drone delivery demos.
• deployment_partner - ACSL signed MOU with Hensel Phelps for U.S. construction drone adoption.
• distribution_partner - ACSL partnered with Exertis Almo for SOTEN distribution in the United States.
• technology_partner - ACSL signed MOU with Threod Systems for VTOL drone introduction in Japan.
• deployment_partner - ACSL signed MOU with Sakai Town for VTOL drone introduction.
• technology_partner - ACSL supported sora-iina Level 4 medical delivery demo in Nagasaki.
• distribution_partner - ACSL signed U.S. sales agreement with Drone Nerds.
• distribution_partner - ACSL signed distributor agreement with Jam Industries for SOTEN in Canada.
• distribution_partner - ACSL signed India project orders under AeroArc partnership.
• customer - Fukuoka Prefecture used ACSL drones for disaster-damage survey training.

Context tags

• Public safety and emergency response - Customer Environment - PF2-AE is built for disaster relief, patrol and security use.
• Public-safety drone builder - Peer Group - ACSL PF2-AE Disaster-Relief/Patrol is positioned for disaster relief, security and inaccessible-area assessment.
• Disaster-response aerial assessment - Workflow - PF2-AE is designed for quick assessment after natural disasters and inaccessible-area response.
• Unmanned aircraft OEM - Stack Layer - ACSL builds drone aircraft systems.
• Autonomous flight - Capability - ACSL PF2-AE lists autonomous flight speeds and autopilot system details.
• Industrial inspection drone builder - Peer Group - ACSL inspection/disaster materials include infrastructure inspection and disaster management applications.
• Commercial deployment - Commercial Stage - ACSL has public drone products for inspection/disaster relief and patrol use.
• Thermal sensing - Capability - PF2-AE supports zoom and thermal imaging cameras for situational awareness.
• Aerial inspection - Workflow - ACSL materials include infrastructure inspection and situational awareness use cases.
• Industrial facilities - Customer Environment - Infrastructure inspection use cases support industrial/asset inspection adjacency.

Customers and deployments

• Order Value Jpy - JPY 420 million - 2026-04-07 - Japanese customers - aerial photography - ACSL received two Japan orders for small aerial photography drones worth JPY 420 million. - source posture: Company Disclosed
• Order Value Jpy - JPY 1 billion - 2026-03-23 - Japanese customer - aerial photography - ACSL received a JPY 1 billion Japan order for small aerial photography drones. - source posture: Company Disclosed
• Deployment Event - 1 source-backed deployment event - 2025-06-05 - Fukuoka Prefecture uses ACSL drones in disaster-damage survey training - source posture: Company Disclosed

Record / Articles

• 2026-05-07 - ACSL and Draganfly sign exclusive Canadian distribution and integration agreement for SOTEN - Japan's largest drone maker enters Canada through Draganfly's distribution and dealer network, with cross-platfo…