His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of the Supreme Area Council, visited the UAE Area Company’s sales space on the Dubai Airshow 2025, the place he was briefed on key initiatives and initiatives, together with the Sirb Programme, Arab Satellite tv for pc 813 Venture, and the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA).
Commending the tireless efforts of the UAE Area Company to reinforce the UAE’s standing as a spacefaring nation, His Highness Sheikh Hamdan emphasised that the UAE’s funding within the house sector is pushed by a quest to form a future outlined by artistic minds and a willpower to show goals into actuality. He famous that nice achievements typically begin off with a daring thought, taking particular type by willpower and the pursuit of excellence, finally delivering magnificent outcomes as an array of skills and artistic energies discover a frequent function.
His Highness famous that each venture and worldwide partnership strengthens the UAE’s place amongst main international locations within the house sector, whereas the efforts of formidable nationwide skills continued to encourage the nation in direction of a brand new part the place its data base and applied sciences have been contributing to shaping a greater tomorrow for all humanity.
Throughout the go to, the UAE Area Company crew introduced His Highness with the preliminary design of the Sirb satellite tv for pc system, which stands on the centre of the UAE’s objectives of empowering the personal sector and reaching full autonomy in Artificial Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging from house.
Led by the UAE Area Company, with EDGE serving because the programme’s strategic associate alongside the nationwide industrial consortium, together with the Know-how Innovation Institute (TII), Space42, and different entities, the Sirb crew has entered the preliminary design part and established a devoted UAE nationwide crew of engineers and specialists. The crew is gaining hands-on expertise in SAR payload design, improvement, and methods engineering by structured know-how and data switch with worldwide companions. This marks a defining step in creating sovereign experience in superior satellite tv for pc applied sciences.
Pioneering venture
The crew additionally reviewed the most recent developments within the context of the Arab satellite tv for pc 813 venture, following the profitable completion of the Launch Readiness Evaluation and the Operational Readiness Evaluation.
These achievements symbolize an essential milestone within the venture’s journey, benefiting from the UAE’s capabilities in assembling and testing satellites (AIT) domestically.
The satellite tv for pc represents the primary Arab house venture to supply Arab consultants and researchers with the chance to actively take part within the improvement and use of house applied sciences.
Moreover, the crew offered His Highness with an summary of the UAE Area Company’s efforts to advertise the UAE’s presence within the house sector, increase innovation and scientific analysis, develop nationwide capabilities, and broaden cooperation with native and worldwide companions, to contribute to constructing a sustainable and aggressive house sector.
The UAE Area Company led the biggest Area Pavilion on the nineteenth version of the Dubai Airshow, attracting large participation from native and worldwide entities. The pavilion supplied guests a complete studying expertise, showcasing the most recent house applied sciences and progressive nationwide programmes. It additionally highlighted the pivotal function of native expertise in main initiatives whereas additionally offering a platform for interplay with native and worldwide companions.
Dubai Airshow 2025 additionally witnessed an area convention that includes panel discussions and displays with the participation of greater than 60 audio system, together with astronauts and representatives from international house companies and corporations, along with instructional initiatives such because the Planet X problem and house software competitions, in addition to a commencement ceremony for 2 batches from the Nationwide Area Academy.
The exhibition additionally witnessed the signing of a number of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and strategic agreements with native and worldwide entities to strengthen cooperation in scientific analysis and the event of house applied sciences, along with high-level conferences with international companies and corporations to foster future partnerships.
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