SYDNEY, Australia – Australia and the United Kingdom renewed their commitment to space-related cooperation in an agreement signed Oct. 1 at the International Astronautical Congress here.

Enrico Palermo, Australian Space Agency head, and Paul Bate, UK Space Agency chief executive, re-signed the Space Bridge Framework Arrangement. Space Bridge was established in 2021 to expand investment, research and cooperation.

“Companies and academic groups in Australia and in the UK want to collaborate, but the government can make those collaborations easier and provide some funding when it comes to the research and development side,” Bates told SpaceNews .

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