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The Singaporean Government plans to spend S$10 million to set up the Total Defence Innovation Fund to aid the development of ideas and solutions that are need to tackle defence related challenges in Singapore.
The amount will be divided into half between two defence agencies – the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and DSO National Laboratories (DSO). The Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen made this announcement at the DSTA-DSO Scholarship Award Ceremony held this Friday evening on the 11th of July. He also added that the fund will support the defence technology community in discovering “new breakthroughs” for the country. The Government also plans to deploy more robotics as well as unmanned technologies in building up the country’s defence capabilities. Dr Ng, used the words “ops-tech integration” while stressing the importance of technology and its development in the Singapore Armed Forces’ operations.
“Without the use of advanced technology, SAF would not have been able to meet our goals whether in logistics and procurement or in combat elements – executing precision strikes from the air, sea or land. Individual soldiers depend on portable handheld devices to get essential information for their missions, as do higher commands at the General Staff and Division levels,” said Dr Ng, “What you do as defence and technology officers is no less important than what the SAF does in mission HQs and on the ground.”
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