Jan 8, 2020
According to Jane’s Defence Budgets 2019 Annual Report, growth in global spending slowed to just 1% compared to the 2018 spike of 6%. While growth slowed in most regions, Europe experienced exceptional growth of 5,2%, outperforming most emerging markets. Six of...
Jan 8, 2020
South Africa’s three largest airports overcame considerable upheaval in the local aviation sector in 2019 to remain in the top tiers of global on-time performance with rankings of second, ninth and tenth in their respective categories. The annual Punctuality...
Jan 7, 2020
NASA satellite data continues to provide a look at the smoke and aerosols generated by the massive fires in Australia. Although rain fell on parts of the fire-ravaged areas in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia (and in some areas the rain was torrential),...
Jan 7, 2020
NASA’s Planet Hunters TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) citizen science project has uncovered its first world with two stars. In 2019, when Wolf Cukier finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York, he joined NASA’s Goddard Space...
Jan 7, 2020
A massive two-thirds (67%) of industrial organisations do not report cybersecurity incidents to regulators, a survey from Kaspersky reveals. Though remaining compliant in modern industrial business is a necessity and a driver for investment, there are many factors...
Jan 7, 2020
Worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones will be $128,7-billion in 2020, an increase of 17,1% over 2019. This is according to a new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Robotics and Drones Spending Guide. By 2023, IDC expects this...
