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Autonomous Systems

Road, logistics, public-path, maritime, aviation. Cannot operate without licence.

The need

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Autonomous systems enter public space only when their safety, supervision, and incident evidence can be accepted by regulators. A driverless shuttle runs without safety certification. A freight drone operates in shared airspace without transponder evidence. The first serious incident grounds the entire sector for years.

Tier 1: AV deployment frameworks, remote ID for UAS, autonomous vessel classification. Tier 2: transport data sharing, fleet safety reporting.

The filter

68 regulations mapped. 58 T1. 10 T2.

Of those, 8 have effective dates between 2024 and 2030.

Effective dates

When the filter takes effect.

1133 2024202520262027202820292030

In-flight regulations across the four markets, by effective year.

Source: hmm Ventures regulatory dataset.

MarketRegulationTierEffective
AUCASA Remote ID for UAS (proposed)T12025
SGNationwide L4 AV Rollout Regulatory FrameworkT12026
AUAutomated Vehicle Safety Law. National Deployment PhaseT12027
JPMLIT L4 AV Nationwide Deployment FrameworkT12027
SGLTA Nationwide L4 AV Commercial DeploymentT12027
JPMLIT Autonomous Ship Commercial DeploymentT12028

Source: hmm Ventures regulatory dataset.

The cohort

561 companies mapped to the Autonomous Systems Necessities.

Each mark is one company in the four-market dataset.

561 Autonomous Systems companies.

Across the four markets

  1. Australia In-flight regulation

    CASA Remote ID for UAS (proposed)

    Tier 1. Effective 2025.

    Status: in flight.

  2. Japan In-flight regulation

    MLIT L4 AV Nationwide Deployment Framework

    Tier 1. Effective 2027.

    Status: in flight.

  3. New Zealand In-flight regulation

    Land Transport Amendment. AV Deployment Rules

    Tier 1. Effective 2028.

    Status: in flight.

  4. Singapore In-flight regulation

    Nationwide L4 AV Rollout Regulatory Framework

    Tier 1. Effective 2026.

    Status: in flight.

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