MRANTI, an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) serves as a one-stop research commercialisation agency with the resources to accelerate ideas to impact.
Driven by the Ideas to Innovation roadmap, Mranti’s Drone Tech initiative aims to revolutionise Malaysia’s drone industry through its 3Ps: Programme, Partnership and Park, changing the way Malaysia operates and paving the way for a new era of aerial innovation.
Mranti currently leads the national drone tech industry development initiative as part of its mandate to catalyse emerging technology innovations adoption and create a future economy.
But when did drone tech become an entire industry? And how did Malaysia become such a big player in drone tech standing on the global scale?
Top Guns speaks to Safuan Zairi, chief ecosystem development officer, Mranti and Mohd Syafiq Salleh, CEO of Asia Drone IoT Technologies to discover how the Malaysia Drone Technology Action Plan 2022-2030, or MDTAP30, intends to leverage the potential of drone technology for economic, social, and environmental benefits.
The plan is aimed at establishing Malaysia as a regional hub for drone technology development and deployment.
We also discover how drones will be used in the future, and what impact they will have on various industries and talent development as well as job opportunities and career options for the next generation of Malaysians.
How has drone tech impacted the way we live and work? Find out on this episode of Top Guns. – The Vibes, April 11, 2023
Produced and hosted by Shazmin Shamsuddin
