Facts

• Company: ACSL
• Product type: UAV
• Status: active
• Website: https://product.acsl.co.jp/en/product/post-369/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Record / Articles
• Timeline / Research
• Supply / Components
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

SOTEN is ACSL compact professional drone for inspection, surveying and public-sector missions. It features a one-touch swappable camera system, security-focused design and weather-resistant airframe for field teams needing a domestically produced UAV platform.

Overview

SOTEN is ACSL compact professional drone for inspection, surveying and public-sector missions. It features a one-touch swappable camera system, security-focused design and weather-resistant airframe for field teams needing a domestically produced UAV platform.

Market context

Compact enterprise UAV with swappable camera units, encrypted communication, and made-in-Japan supply chain.

• Target environment: Outdoor inspection sites, infrastructure assets and public-sector field environments.
• Workflow context: Industrial inspection, mapping, site survey, remote imaging and field documentation.
• Deployment model: Operator-deployed small UAV for professional aerial data capture.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial UAV product from ACSL.
• Adoption constraints: Requires trained operators, mission planning, payload setup, airspace compliance and field maintenance.
• Market position: Japanese industrial drone platform for security-conscious professional and government users.
• Adjacent products: Compact professional UAV for inspection, mapping and public-sector aerial workflows.

Audience

Public safety

Workflow

Industrial inspection, mapping, site survey, remote imaging and field documentation.

Capability

Remote operation

Deployment environment

Outdoor inspection sites, infrastructure assets and public-sector field environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Public safety
• Workflow: Industrial inspection, mapping, site survey, remote imaging and field documentation.
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment environment: Outdoor inspection sites, infrastructure assets and public-sector field environments.

Specifications

• Dimensions: Unfolded 637 mm x 560 mm including propellers; folded 162 mm x 363 mm
• Weight: 1,720 g including standard camera and battery
• Max Takeoff Weight: 2,000 g
• Flight Time: 25 min with standard camera at 8 m/s airspeed; 29 min without camera at 8 m/s airspeed
• Range: 4 km maximum distance without obstructions or radio interference
• Ip Rating: IP43 with camera, gimbal, and battery
• Camera System: Visible camera with 4K video and 20 MP still images
• Speed: Maximum airspeed 15 m/s
• Task Scope: Aerial photography, inspection, and secure small-UAV operations
• Operational Role: Secure Japanese-made small camera drone for commercial operations

Tags

• Peer Group: Industrial mapping drone
• Workflow: Industrial inspection
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Record / Articles

• 2026-05-07 - Article - ACSL and Draganfly sign exclusive Canadian distribution and integration agreement for SOTEN

Timeline / Research

• 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.
• 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…
• 2025-01-31 - 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…
• 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.

Supply / Components

• ACSL SOTEN / SAMO - Thermal Camera Module - Perception - Teledyne FLIR - Teledyne FLIR Hadron 640R thermal-visible camera modules are integrated into ACSL SAMO payload for the SOTEN drone platform - source: product.acsl…

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• Freefly Astro - Freefly Systems - UAV
• PF2-AE - ACSL - UAV
• FIXAR 007 LE - FIXAR - UAV
• NOA Hybrid - Acecore Technologies - UAV
• M40 - ABZ Innovation - UAV