The aerospace industry has been at the forefront of advances in digital technology, while shipping has a reputation of being somewhat slower in adopting technological change.
However, Dublin software development company Skytek has been working to bring the two industries with different attitudes to technology closer, applying space science to marine insurance risk analysis.
The company, co-founded by Irish entrepreneur and innovator Sarah Bourke, made its name developing software and core technology for NASA and the European Space Agency.
