UAE to accelerate space tech startups

  • Date: 15-Jan-2020
  • Source: The Arab Weekly
  • Sector:Defense
  • Country:UAE
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UAE to accelerate space tech startups

The UAE Space Agency has announced its collaboration with the Abu Dhabi-based global innovation hub, Krypto Labs, to launch the UAE NewSpace Innovation Programme, which aims to maximise the growth of space technology start-ups with NewSpace, the rising private spaceflight industry.. It is also in line with an MoU signed between the UAE Space Agency and Krypto Labs, which aims to increase innovation and investment in the space sector, drive a diversified UAE economy, and promote awareness through specialised initiatives that support space technology entrepreneurship.. Dr. Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi, Director-General of the UAE Space Agency, said, "The UAE NewSpace Innovation Programme invites students, entrepreneurs and start-ups to share their ground-breaking ideas and transform them into viable commercial products..