Spotlight | China, Europe, United States
Beijing and Washington draw neighbours into rivalry over space-based Arctic monitoring

Canada
Ottawa strengthens Arctic intelligence capacity to meet US expectations

Canada, which raised eyebrows among its NATO partners over the low level of its military spending, has just revised its defence policy. The polar circle is at the heart of its new plans, which will particularly benefit the intelligence and cyber sectors.

United States
New Space intelligence troubles worry Pentagon agencies

Difficulties facing the US's flagship New Space GEOINT actors illustrate the persistent fragility of the ecosystem, on which the Pentagon has at last just released a report.

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.

The Tech Telegraph
Toka rebuilds in US, CPX joins forces with Obvious Technologies, Quindar attracts Space Force

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.

WashingtonIsraeli firm Toka rebuilds US team

Abu DhabiCPX teams up with former elite force chief Thierry Orosco's cyber firm

Lafayette, ColoradoQuindar links to Space Force

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 | Russia, United States
Moscow flexes its muscles in the Arctic, Pentagon sees a smokescreen

Moscow has been trying to demonstrate the hardening of its security posture in the Arctic, leaking its efforts to mine Arctic waters and engage in electronic warfare. But US intelligence analysts see this as a Russian attempt to mask the collapse of its operational capabilities in the region.

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.

United States
How the Pentagon plans to protect its satellites from spies

Committed to a vast programme to strengthen its space capacities as Russia and China race to do the same, the US Department of Defense (DoD) has introduced a string of initiatives to protect its intelligence and communication satellites.

United States
The NRO

The NRO has declassified 700 images of the Arctic following [...]