Terra Drone and DEFTECH establish Malaysia defence-drone hub
Terra Drone signed a strategic collaboration with DEFTECH to use Malaysia as a base for defence and unmanned-systems expansion across ASEAN.

Evidence notes
- The scope covers ISR drones, critical-infrastructure surveillance, counter-UAS and interceptor-drone systems.
- The parties plan demonstrations for Malaysian armed-forces and government users alongside training, maintenance and operational support.
- The collaboration is intended to support later expansion into other ASEAN markets, including Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.
Company context
Terra Drone is a Japanese drone and air-mobility technology company spanning industrial drone services, indoor inspection drones, UAS traffic management, agriculture, survey and defence UAV systems. The company has moved from service-led drone operations into owned hardware and platform layers, including Terra Xross 1 for indoor inspection and modular UAV systems for defence procurement.