The Japan Standards Association (JSA) has announced the issuance of a Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) for drone service providers to define the processes and requirements necessary to ensure a certain level of quality in the services they provide.
The draft of this JIS was developed by the Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework Promotion Organization, which served as the secretariat. The standard specifies guidelines for building a service provision system, delivering services, and conducting reviews for continuous improvement.
The association expects that the issuance of this JIS will lead to an increase in the quality and reliability of drone services, further expanding and revitalizing the drone service market.The original draft of this JIS was prepared by the Fukushima Innovation Coast Initiative Promotion Organization, a public interest incorporated foundation, which served as the secretariat.
Recently, drones have been used in a variety of industrial fields for a variety of purposes, including spraying pesticides, delivering daily necessities and medicines, taking aerial photographs, and inspecting infrastructure such as bridges. In the near future, drones are expected to be used more widely in disaster response.
However, as the range of services offered expanded and the number of services provided increased, there were concerns that the lack of standards to ensure quality would hinder expanded use due to the possibility of aircraft crashes, dangerous flights, illegal activities, and other issues.
Now, with the aim of enabling drone service providers to satisfy a certain level of quality in their services, METI has established the new JIS, which stipulates requirements on business processes and other matters that drone service providers should implement (e.g., development of a service provision system, provision of services, review for continuous improvement).
This is expected to improve the quality and reliability of drone services, leading to the expansion and revitalization of the drone service market.
JIS Y 1011:2024
Drone Service Quality – Process Requirements for Drone Service Providers
Requirements related to service quality for organizations providing drone services
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The group is centered around the Japanese Standards Association, a general incorporated foundation that was established in December 1945 with the aim of developing, disseminating, and raising awareness of standardization and management techniques.
As Japan’s comprehensive standardization organization, our group is engaged in a wide range of businesses, including the development of JIS, international standards (ISO and IEC standards), and JSA standards, the publication and sale of JIS standard sheets, the distribution of international and overseas standards, the provision of a wide variety of seminars, the auditing and registration of various management systems including ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, certification of various services, the registration of qualifications for management system auditors and others, and quality control certification (QC certification).
Source: Japan Standards Association