Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

(USA) Bird-Mimicking Electric Drone Hits New Endurance Record (Defense One)

Patrick Tucker writes for Defense One: A new type of electric, fixed-wing drone last week achieved a world record for time in the air using...

(USA) The Automation Gap in Biden’s Cybersecurity Order (Defense One)

Kevin Tonkin writes for Defense One: The Biden administration’s cybersecurity executive order contains 37 pages of important new guidelines and requirements that will help protect our...

(USA/Space) Planning for a rainy day in space: How America can build a resilient space future (Defense News)

Charles Beames writes for Defense News: In his historic response to the Soviet Union leading the world in the space race, John F. Kennedy...

(USA) Gilday: The budget request supports future fleet vision, even if it’s a smaller fleet (Defense News)

Megan Eckstein  writes for Defense News: The chief of naval operations remains firm that the fiscal 2022 budget request is aligned with the U.S....

(Japan) How Japan chose where to base its F-35s (Defense News)

Mike Yeo  writes for Defense News: Japan’s defense minister has confirmed that the U.S. ally will base its Lockheed-Martin F-35B Lightning II Short Take...

(USA) US Army matures tactical tools for trustworthy data, cyber op action plans (Defense News)

Mark Pomerleau writes for Defense News: The Army is maturing technologies aimed at providing soldiers in tactical environments assurance in their networks and information...

(UK/Asia Pacific) UK to permanently deploy two warships in Asia Pacific (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Britain has announced that it will permanently deploy two warships in Asian waters after its Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and escort ships...

(Peru) In divided Peru, Castillo says looking to form pluralistic gov’t (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Peru’s President-elect Pedro Castillo has said he would be looking to form a pluralistic government, in his first remarks to reporters after...

(Colombia) Colombia presents new tax reform to Congress amid more protests (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Colombia’s government formally presented a $3.95bn tax reform bill to Congress on Tuesday, as unions and student groups sought to revive...

(Haiti) Amid political crisis, Haiti appoints new prime minister (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Haiti has appointed a new prime minister, less than two weeks after President Jovenel Moise’s assassination threw the deeply divided Caribbean nation into...

(Mexico) ‘Shameful’: Mexican president decries alleged NSO spying (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday called “shameful” the alleged government-ordered spying several years ago that may have targeted...

(USA/Afghanistan) George W Bush warns of ‘bad’ outcome of US Afghanistan pullout (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Former United States President George W Bush, who initiated the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, has warned the US and NATO...

(India) India’s PM Modi accused of ‘treason’ over Pegasus spyware scandal (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: India’s main opposition Congress party has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “treason” and compromising national security following revelations that dozens of...

(Nigeria) 100 kidnapped villagers freed after 42-day captivity (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Police in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Zamfara have said they secured the release of 100 villagers kidnapped in early June following...

(South Africa) The insurrection in South Africa is about more than freeing Zuma (Al Jazeera)

Benjamin Fogel writes for Al Jazeera: Over the last 11 days South Africa has been engulfed by the worst unrest and mass violence since the...

(Mali) Mali interim President Assimi Goita is ‘well’ after knife attack (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Mali’s interim President Assimi Goita has been targeted in an attempted stabbing attack after Eid al-Adha prayers at the Grand Mosque in the...