The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) said that it has signed a research and development agreement with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA), with a focus on employing space technology for disaster mobilization and food security. READ:
THE Philippine Space Agency said on Tuesday that it has signed a research and development agreement with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency , with a focus on employing space technology for disaster mobilization and food security.The MoU “promotes joint space research and development, capacity-building, people-to-people exchange, and space industry-building,” PhilSA Director General Joel Joseph S. Marciano, Jr. said in a statement.
He noted that the UAE has been undertaking groundbreaking and ambitious space missions, referring to the launch this week of the Rashid moon rover using the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Areas of cooperation also include the application of data gathered from space to the study of climate change, disaster management, emergency response, food security, and agriculture.
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