Day: November 3, 2015

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Final moments of Russian #Airbus321, flight KGL9268, pieced together – an annotated infographic

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ADS-B data from online tracking website Flightradar24 is providing more indications about the mid-air break-up of the Metrojet Airbus A321 over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, a crash that killed all 224 people on board. The Automatic Dependent Surveillance data is helping investigators determine the Metrojet’s final moments. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading Final moments of Russian #Airbus321, flight KGL9268, pieced together – an annotated infographic

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BAE Systems invests £20m in Reaction to propel the company into space – an annotated infographic

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With a bit of spare cash in its back pockets, BAE Systems has bought a 20 per cent stake in Reaction Engines, a company developing a radical engine that could propel aircraft into space. The Sabre (Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine) hybrid rocket/jet engine is designed to launch satellites at a fraction of current costs. BAE will invest £20.6m to acquire 20 per cent of Reactions’s share capital to accelerate the company’s development of Sabre. E&T covered this BAE news in full yesterday. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading BAE Systems invests £20m in Reaction to propel the company into space – an annotated infographic

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#NSA warns that nation-state #cybersecurity attacks are on the rise – an annotated infographic

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Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, the deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Richard Ledgett, has warned of the increasing danger of destructive cyber attacks by nefarious nation states. Thanks, Dick. We had noticed. Maybe he should follow E&T’s dynamically updated cybersecurity news page, which actively compiles all our coverage of this topic. That way, he’d be kept up to speed on what’s happening around the world. Click on the graphic for an expanded view. Continue reading #NSA warns that nation-state #cybersecurity attacks are on the rise – an annotated infographic