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Singapore, Thailand step up aerospace cooperation

Singapore’s Office for Space Technology and Industry (OSTIN) and Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost their aerospace cooperation on February 15.
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Singapore (VNA) – Singapore’s Office for Space Technology and Industry (OSTIN) and Thailand’s Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost their aerospace cooperationon February 15.

The MoUsigning ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 2023 Global Space and TechnologyConvention held in Singapore. The MoU provides a framework for them to workmore closely in earth observation application, discuss space policies and studyscience, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Both sideswill also make further contributions to aerospace development in the region,including projects at ASEAN’s Sub-Committee on Space Technology and Applications.

OSTIN Executive DirectorDavid Tan wished to work more closely with GISTDA to strengthen their aerospaceecological systems and boost bilateral collaboration.

GISTDA Executive Director Pakorn Apaphant said both countries not onlybenefit from the MoU but also could expand effective cooperation in Southeast Asia./. 

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