AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoAI for infrastructure: Malaysia’s works minister urged road agencies to use digital tools and AI to cut costs while improving safety as the Kuala Lumpur–Karak Expressway tunnel work moves ahead. Critical minerals supply chains: Malaysia also told rare-earth investors to bring their technology and join upstream-to-downstream processing, with rules aimed at protecting IP and trade secrets. Airport automation: Adelaide Airport is upgrading with Amadeus self-service bag drops and cloud-based processing to let airlines operate more flexibly across counters. Semiconductor momentum: Socionext will build custom SoCs using Intel’s 18A-P process, targeting datacenter, edge, and AI/HPC workloads. Energy storage push: UKRI is backing ultra-long duration energy storage with £28m for projects that can deliver clean power for 100+ hours. Defense tech ties: India and Japan agreed on deeper maritime defense cooperation, including shipbuilding, repair access, and information sharing. Personalized cancer breakthrough: Merck and Moderna reported trial results for intismeran, a personalized mRNA cancer treatment for melanoma that outperformed Keytruda alone. Smart surveillance trials: Megafon began testing real-time video surveillance in Kyzyl, with alerts routed to emergency services.
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