Japanese delegation impressed by AirAsia drone and fiber optic gyroscope technology

Japanese defense industry experts visited AirAsia (2630) on the 19th. The team was led by Mr. Shigeru Iwasaki, 

the former Chief of Staff of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, and Mr. Masanori Nishi, the former Deputy Defense Minister. 

They visited AirAsia’s aircraft maintenance line and drones. After the assembly factory and fiber optic gyroscope (FOG) factory,

 in addition to speaking highly of AirAsia's civil aviation and military aircraft maintenance work, AirAsia's performance

 in drone research and development and fiber optic gyroscope manufacturing and other related technologies is also quite amazing.

 In the future, Taiwan and Japan can establish a long-term cooperative relationship in the fields of fiber optic gyroscope or drone design, 

manufacturing and application.

High-precision fiber optic gyroscope navigation accuracy is better than that of satellites. In the future, it will be widely used in fields 

such as self-driving cars, drones, satellites, and national defense weapons. The potential market is huge. AirAsia has purchased equipment 

such as automatic winding machines and a clean room comparable to that of a semiconductor factory. The production line can produce 

fiber optic gyroscopes according to customer needs, which is a big step forward for Taiwan's fiber optic gyroscope industry.

In addition to fiber optic gyroscopes, UAV drones are also a key project for AirAsia to enter the R&D and manufacturing fields. In addition 

to setting up the AirAsia UAV R&D center in Chiayi, it is working with the Ship Center, Huwei University of Science and Technology, Innofly 

and Junwei to develop drones. It is a carrier-type composite power UAV. This UAV will be able to take off and land vertically on ships. 

In the future, there will be opportunities to provide relevant units in Taiwan with UAVs that can take off and land automatically on ships.

This visit promotes exchanges in the defense and aviation industries between Taiwan and Japan and serves as the basis for subsequent 

exchanges and cooperation in the defense and aviation industries between Taiwan and Japan. In addition to strengthening Taiwan 

and Japan's bilateral technical capabilities, it can also serve as partners to jointly enter the international market.

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