A Japanese government white paper submitted to the Japanese cabinet on 3 August 2018 claims that Japanese companies that invest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies that develop employee skills, and result in labour-saving innovations, stand to out-compete their non-AI competitors by up to 20 per-cent in terms of productivity.
Read More »China Seeks To Enhance Soft Power Through Space Science Cooperation On Planned Space Station
China is seeking to enhance its soft power and global scientific reputation by inviting international participation and cooperation in space science experiments on its planned space station.
Read More »Saudi Cyber Warfare Expertise To Be Enhanced By Keith Alexander’s IronNet Cybersecurity
The Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technologies – an institution named after the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman - has signed a partnership agreement with IronNet Cybersecurity, the U.S.-based cyber advisory firm founded and headed by General Keith Alexander, U.S. Army (retired), the former head of U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency (NSA).
Read More »Thailand’s mu Space Lofts Payload On Blue Origin’s New Shepard Test Launch
Thailand’s mu Space contributed part of the payload lofted by Blue Origin’s New Shepard Reusable Launch Vehicle in a successful test of the launch vehicle last week in the U.S. The six-kilogram payload, sent by mu Space, included experiments and technologies provided by mu Space as well as by Thai universities and space agencies.
Read More »Zimbabwe Creates National Space Agency – ZINGSA
Zimbabwe has become the latest African country to create a national space agency to help enable the country’s economic and social development and growth.
Read More »UAE’s Yahsat Space Lab Ready To Launch MYSAT-1 In Q4 2018
The Yahsat Space Lab at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has announced that the MYSAT-1 Nanosatellite -- the first satellite to be built by students at the lab -- will be launched from the United States in November 2018.
Read More »Maya-1 Cubesat for the Philippines Begins Space Odyssey
On Friday, 29 June 2018, Filipino Cubesat, Maya-1, started its journey to orbit when it was carried to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX Falcon-9 CRS 15 rocket. The cubesat will be deployed into orbit from the ISS in early August 2018.
Read More »Australian Defence Sector Supports Its Indigenous Space Industry With Cubesat Programme
Final testing for the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) CubeSat-M1 is underway. This first-of-three cubesats has been developed as part of a AUS$10 million contract with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra Space Centre, which was signed in November.
Read More »Pan-Arab Space Cooperation Gathering Support And Pace With UAE Leadership
Diplomatic efforts are gathering in the Middle East and North Africa toward the development of a regional mechanism for space cooperation and development among Arab countries. At the recent Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi, the region made progress toward establishing an Arab space organisation.
Read More »Thailand Mulls Military Space Options, Imaging Satellite Lease
The Thai Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to take on national security space missions, and incorporate military space concepts of operations and their associated threats and opportunities in its defence strategy, operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures. According to Thai media reports, the MoD in Bangkok is considering options that include the leasing of an Earth observation satellite from a U.S.-based company and the introduction of space principles, operations, and concepts of operations throughout all Thai defence-related training and education in order to create a space savvy military.
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