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#Rub Al Khali | Applications

#Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) | Ceer | Foxconn | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. | BMW | Electric vehicles | Sedans and sports utility vehicles | Connectivity | Infotainment | Autonomy

#Heliogen | Decarbonizing industry with concentrated sunlight

#International Solar Alliance | Solar power workshops

#Empty Quarter | Sand desert | Saudi Arabia | Oman | United Arab Emirates | Yemen

#Archeology | Groundwater | Petrol | Gas | Oases | Water fountains | Sand dunes | Deep water | Ice age water | Radioactive metals | Glass sand | Solar energy

#Nitto Dune Grappler | Desert Terrain

#Saudi Ministry of Water & Electricity | GIZ IS | Technische Universitat Darmstadt | Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig | Exploring groundwater conditions in the Rub Al Khali desert

#Abu Dhabi National Oil Company | Blue Hydrogen | Ammonia as a transport medium

#Saudi Aramco | Blue Hydrogen | Carbon capture and sequestration | Looking to leverage existing crude oil trading relationships with consumers to sell hydrogen

#AMOT | Control and safety solutions designed to optimize performance and improve the efficiency of diesel engines, compressors, and turbines | 3 Way Temperature Control Valves | Products designed to improve the performance of turbines and minimize downtime | Components for rotating machinery | Providing the oil and gas, power generation, marine and transportation markets | Control and safety solutions for engines, compressors, gearboxes, turbines and all rotating machinery

#Ministry of Energy and Minerals (MEM), Oman | Drilling licenses to Rub Al Khali, Oman

#EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG) | Exploring for oil in Block 36 onshore Oman

#SRAK | Kidan area | Sour gas | High levels of potentially deadly hydrogen sulphide | Gas needed in Saudi Arabia to help cover domestic fuel demand and conserve oil for lucrative export markets

#University of Waterloo | Assessment of saltwater origin in the Rub Al Khali basin (RAK) | RAK basin a potential source of fresh to brackish water

#RenuRobotics | Automating operations and maintenance for the solar industry

#Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan University | Rub Al Khali aquifer system research

#Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA | Rub Al Khali aquifer system research

#SpaceX | Satellite to cellular service

#Elroy Air | Autonomous cargo aircraft systems| Vertical take off and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft | Specially designed aerodynamic modular cargo pods | Commercial logistics | Disaster relief | Firefighting | Humanitarian operations | Replacing difficult ground transportation | Detachable pod | Dropping off cargo | Pickkung up ready to go cargo | Makint deliveries fast | Allowing ground crew to empty or load a pod at their leisure

#Qasr Al Sarab Resort | Anantara Spa | Hot stone and hot Liwa sand massage

#Detailed Studies of Groundwater Resources in the Rub Al Khali Desert | Ministry of Water and Electricity, Saudi Arabia | GIZ International Services | Dornier Consulting | Groundwater conditions exploration | Assessment of the groundwater budget | Assessment of the groundwater reserves | Management of the groundwater resources | Water point inventory | Review and rehabilitation of the monitoring network | Surface geophysics | Geophysical borehole logging | Pumping tests | Drilling campaign | Groundwater quality study | Isotopes study | Water demand studies | Remote sensing analysis | Hydrological, geological, and groundwater modelling | Technische Universitat Darmstadt | Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig

#Dakar Rally | Empty Quarter route | Amaury Sport Organisation | Éditions Philippe Amaury

#Ecorace | Insaturbo | ecological competition 4X4 tyres | constructed with the latest side wall impact technology | environmentally friendly recycled competition tyres | used for the first time at Goodwood Festival of Speed | Regular compound: harder, lower traction, less speed, longer time to degrade, more durable | Super soft compound: off road grip, off road competitions, maximum mechanical grip, provides a great performance, rubber hardness reduced by an extra 18%, flexibility improved an extra 26%,grip improved by a 35%

#South Rub al-Khali Company’s (SRAK) | Exploring gas in the Empty Quarter region of the kingdom | Saudi Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ministry | Saudi Aramco | Shell Group

#ICEYE | Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

#ALCAR | Steel and alloy wheels | DOTZ4x4 offroad wheels | DAKAR extreme wheels

#Space Exploration Technologies Corp | In motion Starlink | No more stopping to connect | The Flat High Performance Starlink | Wide field of view | Enhanced GPS capabilities | Connection to more satellites | Consistent connectivity while on the go | Hardware designed for a permanent installation | Resiliency to extreme environments

#Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand | Salt flats (sabkha) research | Microbial life in desert environments | Analogs of habitats for possible life on Mars | Liwa Oasis, United Arab Emirates | Characterizing photosynthetically-based microbial ecosystem protected from arid outside environment by translucent salt crust | Gases collected from sediments under shallow ponds in sabkha contain methane

#SatelIoT | IoT connectivity over standard 5G NB-IoT

#General Atomics | Air to Air Laser Communication System | Crosslinks from aircraft to other platforms such as unmanned aircraft, maritime vessels, and space systems

#Oil Windfall | Saudi Arabia | GCC

#NEOM | Oxagon | Manufacturing | Industry 4.0 | Circular economy | Interconnectedness of machines and systems

#Astrocast | Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Internet of Things (IoT) network operator | Thuraya Telecommunications | Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) | Enabling low power wide area connectivity solutions

#BFGoodrich | Tires

#Dotz4x4 | Alcar | Wheels

#NEOM | Cognitive community | Autonomous, self-healing services that enhance daily life | Next generation artificial intelligence | Advanced robotics

#NEOM | Water | Reusing water as much as possible | Desalination fully through renewable energy and without any effluent going back into the sea | Mineralized water delivered to all premises and every household | Smart network incorporating water flow, water volume, temperature, water quality and pressure management zones | No water back into the sea from desalination | Outsourcing | Edge computing to target leakages at houses | Brine processing

#ACWA Power | NEOM Green Hydrogen Company

#Air Products | NEOM Green Hydrogen Company

#Continental | All-terrain tires

#Ommatidia Lidar | 3D Light Sensor | In-orbit characterization of large deployable reflectors (LDRs) | Channels: 128 parallel | Imaging vibrometry functionality | Target accuracy: 10µm | Measurement range: 0.5-20 m | Measurement accuracy (MPE): 20 + 6 μ/m | Angular range 30 x 360 | Vibrometry sampling frequenvy: 40 kHz | Vibrometry max in-band velocity: 15.5 mm/s | Power consumption: 45W | Battery operation time: 240 min | Interface: Ethernet | Format: CSV / VKT / STL / PLY / TXT | Dimension: 150x228x382 mm | Weight: 7,5 kg | Pointer: ~633 nm | Temperature range: 0/40 ºC | Environmental protection class: IP54 | Eye safety: Class 1M | Raw point clouds: over 1 million points | Calibration: metrology-grade with compensation of thermal and atmospheric effects | ESA

#Saudi Arabia Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources | Metals and mining in focus | Big area of uninhabited land available for mining | Red Sea conflict | Copper for EV vehicles, wind farms

#MAXTRAX | Vehicle recovery device | Making vehicle recovery and extraction a safe, simple, one-person task eliminating need for any outside assistance such as towing, snatching, or winching | 4WD accessory

#International 4WD Trainers Association (I4WDTA)

#4wheelstation | Saudi Arabia | MAXTRAX

#Offroad and More | Camping Gear | Fridges | Hardtops | Roof Racks | Lighting | Recovery Gear | Storage Solutions | Belgium

#UR Offroad | Offroad | Kuwait

#4x4center | Offroad | Netherlands

#Canvas Club Oman | Rub Al Khali tour operator

#Deutsche Aircraft | Turboprop aircraft | Designed to operate on close to zero emissions | Regional transportation solutions using sustainable means | Modern avionics suite | Superior situational awareness | Multi-role missions | Modular cabin layout | Quick conversion capability | Designed to facilitate quick medical evacuation and assist in aerial firefighting and humanitarian missions | Hot and cold galley | Cabin flexibility with up to 40 seats | Full height cabin | Unpaved runway operation | Maritime surveillance | Search & Rescue | Humanitarian assistance | Air ambulance service | Drug enforcement | Cargo

#SAGA Space Architects | Building advanced space habitats | Constructing analog lunar habitat for European Space Agency (ESA) | Simulating a real lunar base | Using wool, cork, felt, and plywood for structures and interiors, wherever possible | Habitat interior lined with WISA Birch plywood | Little off-gassing as possible from surrounding materials in habitat | Bio-based lignin (natural adhesive) used in WISA Birch plywood | Doing joinery and CNC machining with plywood, carve it, screw it, sand it, glue it togethe