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  • Saudi Arabia, UK further talks on space and technology collaboration

    Senior officials from Saudi Arabia and the UK expanded talks on how the two countries can increase collaboration on a number of innovative fields, including space and technology, on the sidelines of the World Defense Show in Riyadh. Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and British Secretary of Investment Lord Gerald Edgar Grimstone discussed expanding bilateral cooperation in digital economy between Saudi Arabia and the UK. The pair also reviewed how the strategic partnership between the two countries could be strengthened in technology, space and innovation, and developing joint digital projects, including One Web-Neom Tech, state news agency Saudi Press Agency reported Sunday.

  • Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show ready for launch after selling out all exhibition space

    Saudi Arabia’s World Defense Show, the global defense and security event to be held in Riyadh under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, has officially sold out all exhibition space and is ready to open its doors from March 6-9, 2022. On March 5, as a pre-cursor to the inaugural World Defense Show, the first-ever Riyadh Defense Forum will be conducted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). This high-level, invite-only, forum will host hundreds of the most influential military and political figures from across the globe and feature engaging dialogue on the global defense landscape. The IISS Riyadh Defense Forum will be followed by a city-wide Flying Salute, seeing international military aircraft take to the skies of Riyadh.

  • IRGC declares space launch advance as JCPOA talks continue

    The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has tested a new solid-fuel satellite carrier rocket that some observers say will help Iran carry out more frequent launches. Importantly, a conservative Iranian outlet says the test suggests that Tehran intends to more than double the range of its ballistic missiles. This comes amid the ongoing efforts in Vienna to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

  • Saudi Space Commission signs agreement with French National Centre for Space Studies

    It provides a framework for cooperation in space activities, including exchanging information and technologies, capacity building, organizing mutual visits and meetings, holding workshops and training courses.

  • Iran says rocket sends three ‘research payloads’ into space

    Iran has used a satellite launch rocket to send three research devices into space, a defence ministry spokesman said on Thursday, as indirect U.S.-Iran talks take place in Austria to try to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal.

  • Air Force Breakthrough Brings Space-Based Solar Power One Step Closer

    What’s the best way to power the remote bases of the future? The U.S. military has looked at all sorts of options, from algae-based diesel to small nuclear reactors. On Tuesday, the Air Force Research Lab, or AFRL, announced a breakthrough in a long-envisioned method: solar power collected in space and streamed to Earth in the form of microwaves.

  • Satellite images, expert suggest Iranian space launch coming

    The likely blast off at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport comes as Iranian state media has offered a list of upcoming planned satellite launches in the works for the Islamic Republic’s civilian space program, which has been beset by a series of failed launches. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard runs its own parallel program that successfully put a satellite into orbit last year.

  • Saudi Space Commission signs agreement with French National Centre for Space Studies

    Saudi Space Commission has signed a joint cooperation agreement in the field of the peaceful use of outer space with the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES). It comes amid French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Saudi Arabia.

  • Saudi Space Commission launches Space101 training programme

  • KAUST startups combine to win NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge

    NASA’s Grand Challenges are open to leading-edge companies who offer solutions that solve space-related problems with novel capabilities. As astronauts need a healthy diet in space, the Deep Space Food Challenge called for new food production technologies that require minimal resources and generate limited waste to provide nutritious food for long-duration missions.