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HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI
nologies for military satellites, the Defense THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES
Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)
announced in August that a high-level task
force, led by DAPA vice chief and comprising [ SPACE ]
key personnel from the Ministry of National
Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Agency 29 NOV – 2 DEC 2021
for Defense Development and other govern- EGYPT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE
ment entities, would draw up a Space Defense
Project Master Plan, in cooperation with related www.egyptdefenceexpo.com
organizations and industries, “to develop regu-
lations, technologies, industries, facilities and
infrastructure concerned.” @egyptdefenceexpo

The formation of the task force is just the first /egyptdefenceexpo
step of a larger plan to not only boost the
country’s military space capabilities but also @visitedex
ensure that civil space capabilities keep pace.
The space development road map also has the
backing of South Korea’s two biggest defence #EDEX2021
contractors – Hanwha and Korea Aerospace
Industries (KAI) – besides other companies.
The private sector is expected to play a major
role in ensuring that the Agency for Defense
Development’s decision to transfer core satel-
lite technologies to local defense contractors,
in preparation for the mass production of mili-
tary satellites, is a success.

“Space programs can be developed fur-
ther through active and organic cooperation
between government agencies to address the
various demands from defense, science and
nd
technology, and industry,” Seo Hyung-jin, vice THE 2 EDITION OF EGYPT’S ONLY
commissioner of DAPA, told reporters. “In that
regard, the space task force will play an active INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE EXHIBITION
role in boosting the space industry under a mid-
Poised for term and long-term road map.” EGYPT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE
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In November las year, Hanwha Systems, one
With the U.S. lifting restrictions earlier this year on South Korea’ of the three companies under Hanwha, the
missile production program, the country’s military space programs country’s biggest defence contractor and the
look set to take off. most active domestic player in the space arena,
was picked to lead a five-year state project to Supported by Organised by
Close on the heels of it endorsing a plan to invest nearly US$13 develop a laser tracking system that can accu-
billion over the next decade to help local industries develop tech- rately track space objects. This would be one

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