SOUTHEAST ASIA: A local firm is helping the unnamed nation build an antenna that has Taiwan’s name on it, International Affairs Office director Franz Cheng said
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 25, 2019
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) is assisting a Southeast Asian country with developing space technology and looking forward to a deal to help it develop a remote sensing satellite and testing facilities, NARL International Affairs Office director Franz Cheng (陳明智) said on Wednesday last week, while keeping the country’s name a secret for political reasons.
Previously an engineer at NARL’s National Space Organization, Cheng said that he was among the first engineers to receive hands-on training in the US in the early years of space technology development in Taiwan.
In 2010, NARL joined Sentinel Asia, a Japan-led global cooperation platform for improving disaster monitoring and alerts through information and communications technology (ICT), allowing it to reach out to regional developers, Cheng said. [FULL STORY]