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Hi Dubai
18-03-2025
- Business
- Hi Dubai
UAE-U.S. Partnership Strengthens with Strategic Investments and AI Cooperation
The UAE and the U.S. continue to deepen their five-decade-long partnership through expanded economic, technological, and security cooperation. The recent visit of H.H. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi and National Security Adviser, underscores ongoing efforts to enhance dialogue and mutual interests. Economic ties remain a cornerstone of the partnership, with bilateral non-oil trade nearing $40 billion. U.S. merchandise trade with the UAE rose by 9.47% to $34.43 billion in 2024. UAE investments in the U.S. totaled $3.7 billion between 2018 and 2023, while U.S. investments in the UAE reached $9.5 billion. The UAE also maintains over $70 billion in U.S. energy investments through ADNOC, Masdar, and XRG. Technology and AI cooperation are rapidly expanding. In April 2024, Microsoft invested $1.5 billion in G42, the UAE's leading AI company. The UAE and the U.S. signed a framework for AI collaboration in September, focusing on ethical AI research, cybersecurity, and sustainable AI infrastructure. Additionally, NXT Global and World Wide Technology, Inc. announced plans to establish the first AI integration center in Masdar City. Space exploration remains a key area of cooperation. The UAE's Hope Probe and Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt are partnered with the University of Colorado Boulder, while the UAE contributes an airlock module for NASA's Lunar Gateway, aiming to send an astronaut to lunar orbit by 2030. Sustainability remains central, with the UAE-U.S. PACE initiative targeting $100 billion to generate 100 gigawatts of clean energy by 2035. Masdar has invested in 11 U.S. clean energy projects, reinforcing both nations' commitment to climate action and sustainable development. News Source: Emirates News Agency
ARN News Center
13-03-2025
- Science
- ARN News Center
Emirates Mission to Asteroid Belt completes critical design review
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt announced it has completed its Critical Design Review, which includes a comprehensive assessment the manufacturing process, designs, and testing procedures. Director-General of the UAE Space Agency, Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi, said, 'We are truly proud of this achievement. Completing this phase of EMA successfully embodies the UAE's vision of turning ambitions into realities.' The CDR includes a comprehensive assessment of all aspects of the programme, covering the detailed designs of the spacecraft and its subsystems, precise engineering drawings, manufacturing processes, comprehensive plans, as well as assembly, integration, and testing procedures. Additionally, it involves a thorough performance analysis to ensure the mission's strategic objectives are successfully met. The review also includes comprehensive testing plans to ensure the readiness of components to operate in the harsh environments of space. It involves an assessment of potential risks and the development of effective strategies to manage them, along with the mission's defined timeline. Mission Director Mohsen Al Awadhi stressed that the mission primarily focuses on building capabilities and ensuring broad participation of the private sector. "EMA is more than a journey beyond our planet, it is a bold step toward a future of innovation, scientific excellence, and global leadership in deep space exploration programmes,'' he added. He highlighted that the critical design review is crucial to ensure the success of any space programme, during which the focus is on verifying the readiness of the systems, achieving the desired scientific goals, enhancing coordination between different teams, reducing potential risks, and complying with international standards and regulations. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Explorer is expected to launch in 2028, studying the origins and evolution of water-rich asteroids, marking the beginning of an extensive exploration within the asteroid belt.
Dubai Eye
13-03-2025
- Science
- Dubai Eye
Emirates Mission to Asteroid Belt completes critical design review
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt announced it has completed its Critical Design Review, which includes a comprehensive assessment the manufacturing process, designs, and testing procedures. Director-General of the UAE Space Agency, Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi, said, 'We are truly proud of this achievement. Completing this phase of EMA successfully embodies the UAE's vision of turning ambitions into realities.' The CDR includes a comprehensive assessment of all aspects of the programme, covering the detailed designs of the spacecraft and its subsystems, precise engineering drawings, manufacturing processes, comprehensive plans, as well as assembly, integration, and testing procedures. Additionally, it involves a thorough performance analysis to ensure the mission's strategic objectives are successfully met. The review also includes comprehensive testing plans to ensure the readiness of components to operate in the harsh environments of space. It involves an assessment of potential risks and the development of effective strategies to manage them, along with the mission's defined timeline. Mission Director Mohsen Al Awadhi stressed that the mission primarily focuses on building capabilities and ensuring broad participation of the private sector. "EMA is more than a journey beyond our planet, it is a bold step toward a future of innovation, scientific excellence, and global leadership in deep space exploration programmes,'' he added. He highlighted that the critical design review is crucial to ensure the success of any space programme, during which the focus is on verifying the readiness of the systems, achieving the desired scientific goals, enhancing coordination between different teams, reducing potential risks, and complying with international standards and regulations. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Explorer is expected to launch in 2028, studying the origins and evolution of water-rich asteroids, marking the beginning of an extensive exploration within the asteroid belt.
TAG 91.1
12-03-2025
- Science
- TAG 91.1
Emirates Mission to Asteroid Belt completes critical design review
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt announced it has completed its Critical Design Review, which includes a comprehensive assessment the manufacturing process, designs, and testing procedures. Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi, Director-General of the UAE Space Agency, said, 'We are truly proud of this achievement. Completing this phase of EMA successfully embodies the UAE's vision of turning ambitions into realities.' The CDR includes a comprehensive assessment of all aspects of the programme, covering the detailed designs of the spacecraft and its subsystems, precise engineering drawings, manufacturing processes, comprehensive plans, as well as assembly, integration, and testing procedures. Additionally, it involves a thorough performance analysis to ensure the mission's strategic objectives are successfully met. The review also includes comprehensive testing plans to ensure the readiness of components to operate in the harsh environments of space. It involves an assessment of potential risks and the development of effective strategies to manage them, along with the mission's defined timeline. Mission Director Mohsen Al Awadhi stressed that the mission primarily focuses on building capabilities and ensuring broad participation of the private sector. ''EMA is more than a journey beyond our planet, it is a bold step toward a future of innovation, scientific excellence, and global leadership in deep space exploration programmes,'' he added. He highlighted that the critical design review is crucial to ensure the success of any space programme, during which the focus is on verifying the readiness of the systems, achieving the desired scientific goals, enhancing coordination between different teams, reducing potential risks, and complying with international standards and regulations. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Explorer is expected to launch in 2028, studying the origins and evolution of water-rich asteroids, marking the beginning of an extensive exploration within the asteroid belt.
Broadcast Pro
11-03-2025
- Science
- Broadcast Pro
UAE Space Agency completes CDR for Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) completed reviewing the Critical Design phase of the mission, from 24 to 26 February, with the participation of a group of Emirati and international experts. A key milestone in the programmes timeline, this review aims to discuss the details and latest updates related to the development of the MBR explorer and its readiness to proceed to the next phase of Assembly, Integration and Test. His Excellency Salem Butti Salem Al Qubaisi, Director General of the UAE Space Agency, said: 'We are truly proud of this achievement. Completing this phase of EMA successfully embodies the UAEs vision of turning ambitions into realities.' Al Qubaisi added: 'The mission represents an advanced step in our journey of scientific innovation. It contributes to bolstering our position in deep space exploration, and opens promising horizons in the fields of technology, education, and economy for future generations.' He also emphasized the importance of building capabilities in scientific and technical fields within this vital sector. The critical design review comprises a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the programme, from detailed designs of the spacecraft and its subsystems to precise engineering drawings, manufacturing, assembly, integration and test plans. It also includes an analysis of the expected performance to ensure that the strategic objectives of the mission are achieved, comprehensive test plans to ensure that components are ready to operate in the harsh environments of space, assessment of potential risks and the development of effective strategies to manage them. It also includes the review of the mission schedule. Mohsen Al Awadhi, Mission Director – EMA, stressed that the mission primarily focuses on building capabilities and ensuring broad participation of the private sector. He further emphasized that the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt is more than a journey beyond our planet, it is a bold step toward a future of innovation, scientific excellence, and global leadership in deep space exploration programs. He highlighted that the critical design review is crucial to ensure the success of any space program, during which the focus is on verifying the readiness of the systems, achieving the desired scientific goals, enhancing coordination between different teams, reducing potential risks, and complying with international standards and regulations. He affirmed that this review yielded positive results and successfully achieved its objectives, reflecting remarkable progress in the National Teams capabilities, and reinforcing the preparations for the mission launch. EMA consists of a six-year spacecraft design and development phase followed by launch and a seven-year mission to the main asteroid belt beyond Mars, performing a series of close flybys to make a series of observations of seven main belt asteroids, and finally landing on Justitia. The MBR Explorer will carry advanced scientific devices that will work together to achieve the missions scientific objectives. The mission's objectives focus on understanding the origins and evolution of water-rich asteroids and evaluating the possibility of using asteroids as resources for future space exploration missions. The mission will measure the surface composition, geology, interior density, temperatures, and thermophysical properties of multiple asteroids in the main asteroid belt to analyse their surface evolution and history. A group of academic partners and hardware development partners are participating in the mission, including: Khalifa University, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), in addition to local and international partners from the private sector, and local and international organisations, institutions, and universities such as the Italian Space Agency, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona University. The UAE Space Agency conducted a preliminary design review for the mission in February 2024 and completed the lander mission concept review in July 2024. The lander will be aboard the MBR Explorer and is designed to land on and study Justitia.
