Role & capabilities
- Counter-drone interception programme
- Domestic Japanese production
- Evaluated procurement configuration
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Interceptor aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Terra Drone
- Origin / production countries
- Japan
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (initial contracted recipient; acceptance unconfirmed)
Evidence & current status
Supplier forecast of September 2026 delivery is not treated as proof of completed delivery.
Terra B1 is a Japanese interceptor drone selected through the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency's domestic procurement effort. ATLA records an evaluation of four models between July and August 2026 and a production contract with Terra Drone on 25 August. This provides an official acquisition milestone rather than a supplier-only product announcement.
Terra Drone describes B1 as made in Japan and identifies the Maritime Self-Defense Force as the initial customer. Its release forecast deliveries beginning in September. A forecast is not a delivery receipt, so the current record remains an order and production commitment until an acceptance statement is available.
Publicly accessible material reviewed for this entry does not establish a complete airframe performance sheet or a final mission-equipment configuration. The aircraft therefore receives no guessed payload, endurance or range. Corporate acquisitions and international partnerships are also not used to infer the origin of the B1 design: the cited product-specific manufacturing statement supports Japan, while additional origin attribution would require separate evidence.
Sourced specifications
Figures apply to the named configuration. Maximum values are not guaranteed operating performance.
| Specification | Reported value | Context & source |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Launch / recovery | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Propulsion | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Dimensions | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Mass | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Endurance | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Range | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Speed | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Altitude | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Payload | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Sensors | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
| Communications / navigation | Not established in the reviewed public sources. | Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted. Source |
Documented milestones
Production contract
ATLA contracted Terra Drone following comparative evaluation; delivery completion was not established.
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Publication history
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- ATLA small-drone evaluation and production contract (opens in a new tab)Government / procurement
- Terra Drone production-contract announcement, 25 August 2026 (opens in a new tab)Manufacturer / programme