United States
Pentagon brings its geospatial intelligence operators back in line

China, Russia, United States
Washington, Beijing and Moscow square off in space after spy satellite launches

The race for space-based intelligence has prompted an unprecedented wave of spy satellite launches. Washington and its Indo-Pacific allies are picking up the pace in the face of China's push, while Russia is completing its transition to a war economy.

The Tech Telegraph
HawkEye and Sierra Nevada swap staff, Russian electronic warfare warrior 3MX, BGR fails to save Sandvine

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

San Antonio, TexasSierra Nevada Corp and HawkEye 360 staff criss-cross paths

MoscowRussia's 3MX anti-drone tools swarm battle front

WashingtonBGR fails to keep Sandvine off US blacklist

United States
Pentagon brushes off US agency warnings on intelligence oversight

The Government Accountability Office is urging the US defence department to have greater control over intelligence agencies' auditing mechanisms. The Pentagon has been slow to react despite the political and legislative implications of making these changes.

The Tech Telegraph
GEOINT transfer season, Yahal Zilka invested in Toka, John Finbarr Fleming at Paragon

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

WashingtonGlobal GEOINT musical chairs

Tel AvivYahal Zilka invests in Toka

WashingtonEx-CIA officer John Finbarr Fleming joins Paragon's US branch

Africa, China, Russia, United States
Space intelligence programmes in Africa adapt to raging geopolitical storms

The problems encountered by Moscow in its space observation programmes are having a direct impact on Russian partnerships with African countries. The main beneficiary is China, but Washington is trying to get back in the game too.

United States
NRO heavyweight joins Stellar to boost interception satellite programmes

Chad Davis has joined Stellar Solutions, a service provider to the agency that operates US intelligence satellites and that has also set up a fund to invest in key players in the geospatial intelligence industry.

Spotlight | United States
GEOINT champion Umbra at centre of dispute between investors with historic ties to far-right

Charles Johnson, a controversial former political operative, alleges that investment manager Hal Lambert and his firm Point Bridge Capital defrauded him by tapping his investment network to raise capital for Umbra. He is seeking in excess of $1.

United States
Behind competition with China, SilentBarker spy satellite reveals rivalries between US agencies

The US agency responsible for satellite observation, the NRO, was uncharacteristically vocal about the recent launch of its first SilentBarker geostationary space surveillance system. Its communication campaign pits it against China and Russia... but also its partners at Space Force.

Australia
Bankrupt space firm Kleos hopes to find buyer for some of its assets

The SIGINT radiofrequency satellite interception company Kleos Space has announced it will file for bankruptcy, but it is hoping to sell its technology first.

Spotlight | China
China's new satellite imagery catalogue reveals geographical limits and technical improvements

Intelligence Online has seen the latest catalogue of Chinese commercial imagery from the country's observation satellites, and it reveals some of the progress that its satellite imagery has made, yet also its limitations.

United States
Earth observation SPACs seek best political and financial strategy

Planet, Blacksky and Satellogic, which launched on the stock market through a SPAC, have situations and strategies that are very different, particularly in export markets.

United States
Maxar-Aurora pairing a fresh sign of imagery and RF interception synergies

Following a trend set by operators of RF interception satellite constellations, the US firm Aurora Insight has teamed with the satellite imagery outfit Maxar. However the strategy is slightly different from that of rival firms.

United Kingdom, United States
RF interception specialist Kleos follows Satellogic into the Americas

The Luxembourg-based British operator of radio frequency reconnaissance satellites, which until now had bypassed analytics platforms, has formed a partnership with the US-Argentine earth observation specialist Satellogic to combine their data into one such platform.