Wynn Marshall, Head of Sales at Innospace (left), and Nikolay Bednekhin, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Kairospace. Provided by Innospace
■ Private area launch car firm Innospace introduced on the eleventh that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with home area firm Kairospace (KAIROSPACE) for enterprise collaboration in launch services and satellite separation techniques. The partnership goals to strengthen launch car–satellite interface expertise competitiveness to meet numerous payload calls for similar to multi-satellite and satellite constellation missions, and to expand capabilities for customer-tailored built-in launch services. Through this settlement, the 2 corporations plan to discover collaboration alternatives in key launch mission–associated areas, together with satellite separation techniques, launch tubes, built-in testing, and payload help.
■ The Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI) introduced on the tenth that it held a “KTCS-M” coaching program at its superior training middle for 2 days beginning June 9, concentrating on 35 officers from city rail working organizations. KTCS-M is a Korean-type wi-fi communication–based mostly prepare management system for city railways, developed by means of a nationwide R&D challenge below the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. The program was designed to assist sign system suppliers and prepare management personnel from city rail operators acquire an in-depth understanding of KTCS-M. Ten organizations, together with Korail, Seoul Metro, Incheon Transit Corporation, Daejeon Transportation Corporation, Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation, and Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, participated within the coaching.
■ The Ministry of Science and ICT introduced on the eleventh that it held the “13th Korea–Italy Joint Committee on Science and Technology” in Rome, Italy, collectively with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI). The two international locations shared concrete outcomes from joint analysis tasks carried out to date. They additionally mentioned detailed cooperation plans for 3 pre-coordinated agenda areas—synthetic intelligence (AI), local weather change, and biotechnology (bio)—to lead future science and expertise markets. Practical discussions had been launched in earnest across the institution of an “International Joint Research Center” to constantly drive cooperation. The 14th Joint Committee on Science and Technology is scheduled to be held in Seoul.
■ The Ministry of Science and ICT introduced on the eleventh that it’s going to invite functions from new universities to be part of the second-half 2026 spherical of the “STEM Graduate Student Research Life Grant Support Program” from June 11 to July 20, so as to help steady analysis actions for graduate college students in science and engineering. Since this system was launched in 2025, a complete of 43 universities have participated, and roughly 52,000 graduate college students in science and engineering have been assured pupil help grants at or above the month-to-month base quantity. The ministry plans to finalize the choice of new universities for the first-phase introduction interval with this last second-half name. From 2028 to 2030, in the course of the second-phase growth interval, it’ll advance this system by elevating help ranges, enhancing cost stability, and bettering college autonomy and accountability, based mostly on the operational efficiency of collaborating universities and system enhancements. Further particulars can be found on the National Research Foundation of Korea web site (nrf.re.kr).
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