OSTIn signs MOU with UAE Space Agency

United Arab Emirates Space Agency and Office for Space Technology and Industry, Singapore signed a bilateral cooperation Memorandum of Understanding.

OSTIn is honoured to have signed an MOU on space cooperation with the UAE Space Agencyon 26 February 2025, represented by Executive Director OSTIn Jonathan Hung and Director-General UAESA HE Salem Butti Salem AlQubaisi respectively. This momentous event was witnessed by Chairman OSTIn Mr. Peter Ho, and Ambassador of The UAE to Singapore HE Jamal Alsuwaidi.

The MOU between UAESA and OSTIn on Cooperation in Space Research and Space Activities for Peaceful Purposes establishes a common framework for bilateral cooperation. It reflects our mutual interest in the field of exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.

Our potential collaborations include space science technology and applications, promotion of space industry, and academic partnerships. This will create new possibilities such as the recently announced partnership between ST Engineering and EDGE to advance the UAE's synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite capabilities. Link: https://lnkd.in/gfFNDPE4

Singapore is committed to developing strong and mutually beneficial space partnerships with like-minded partners in the international space ecosystem.