United States
Hyperspectral, the new frontier of geospatial intelligence, part 1: Washington looks for ways to beat Beijing

United States
GEOINT leaders turn to exports amid stock market turmoil

Military New Space in the Trump era - part 2: BlackSky, Planet, Satellogic, the surge in GEOINT share prices following Donald Trump's election has come to an abrupt halt. Now more than ever, leading players are relying on export customers (Israel, Japan, Brazil) to recoup their losses.

Ukraine
Kyiv scrambles to replace US space-based intelligence

Ukrainian military intelligence is trying to work out what it would need if Washington were to stop supporting the war effort. No European capability can currently replace the United States in terms of imagery and interception.

Israel
Intelligence wars in the Middle East: ImageSat plays stopgap for Israeli geospatial intelligence

The latest uptick in Middle East strife has left Israel looking vulnerable on a major technical intelligence segment: space imagery. Very recent satellite manoeuvres show Israeli military intelligence working to close that structural gap, despite a flood of US images.

The Tech Telegraph
Orbital Sidekick poaches from NGA again, Jeremy Fetiveau heads Epsilon, Norway takes on drones

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

WashingtonEx-NGA special programmes executive joins Orbital Sidekick

BarcelonaL3Harris Trenchant vet Jeremy Fetiveau takes reins of zero-day hunter Epsilon

OsloNorwegian Defence Materiel Agency gets air force anti-drone programme underway

United States
In face of Chinese competition, geospatial intelligence capability communication is weaponised

In a context of heightened competition with China, any information disseminated - or not - about Washington's space-based intelligence capabilities is becoming a political tool. Highlighting Beijing's resources in this area is also likely to push US authorities to increase budgets in this sector.

Colombia, France
French night vision firm narrowly avoids sinking in Colombian anti-corruption maelstrom

The Bogota-based reseller of Exasens equipment, formerly Photonis, is at war with the Colombian defence ministry, amid suspicions of corruption. The French group told Intelligence Online that it has moved on from the affair.

Spotlight | Australia, Canada, Finland
Australia's Esper banks on Kyiv's interest in hyperspectral imaging

The Australian Earth observation specialist is hoping to break into the Ukrainian defence market despite having recently lost its satellite. Like others in the field of hyperspectral imaging, the company has been developing innovative strategies as it deals with uncertain data supply capacities and a desire to move into space-based intelligence.

United States
US geospatial intelligence agency shakes up service providers for economic surveillance

The recent award of the LUNO A contracts by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, expected for months, has highlighted the role of a number of discreet players. At the same time, the agency is getting rid of three long-standing service providers.

India
India races to catch up with China in space defence

India is getting into the starting blocks to close the gap with China in New Space intelligence, launching a flurry of calls for projects in strategic segments and boosting its nascent champion Pixxel.

United States
Operators break silence on observation satellite wipe outs

Operators are starting to have to publicly address the damaging impact of solar flair activity on their observation satellites, an issue that Intelligence Online revealed in June. A financial headache is set to follow that flurry of solar storms.