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The Agencies' Gazette
French Senate, Taipei, AUKUS, Houthis

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from France, Taiwan, London and Riyadh.

FranceDGSE monitors battle for chair of French Senate foreign affairs and defence commission

ChinaBeijing ramps up media presence in Taiwan

United KingdomDavid Williams, AUKUS's mainstay in London

IsraelRiyadh eagerly awaits data on the Houthis from Mossad

The Tech Telegraph
France's DGSE turns to LLM, US cracks down on cyber industry, Preligens' Rennes changes

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.

Paris French intelligence service focuses on Large Language Models

Washington Congress ponders cyber-intelligence sanctions

Rennes Preligens restructures ahead of funding round

US intelligence and defence advisory firm Renaissance sets up in France

Pierre Chao's consultancy specialising in financial operations for defence and intelligence is launching an office in Paris with the help of former Victanis staff.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Avisa parties, Alexandre Benalla in London, Strider Technologies, T&M USA

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonAvisa's relaunch parties

London/ParisAlexandre Benalla bounces back in London

LondonDavid Kilby quits Herminius for Strider Technologies

New YorkEx-FBI chief Thomas Sheer advises T&M USA

DGSE's sacking of defiant official on internal security grounds overruled in court

A French DGSE staffer sacked after making a private trip to Iran has been reinstated by an administrative court.

Thales reshuffles senior Gulf execs to strengthen connections with SAMI and Tawazun

With the official creation of its regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia this year, Thales is overhauling management to further consolidate its hand in the region.

French-UAE misunderstanding over Airbus Caracal deal explained

The contract between Tawazun and Airbus for 12 Caracal helicopters, put on hold in May, is poised to get back on its feet.

Nuances Technologies leads race to supply anti-drone jammers to French interior ministry

In the interior ministry's current call for tenders for the supply of jammers, Nuances Technologies appears to be the obvious favourite to provide a batch that combats drone threats.

The Tech Telegraph
Snowpack goes global, Beacon Red in Singapore, MIL Corp helps NAWCAD in cyber

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

Paris Snowpack turns to RB 42 for international business development

Singapore Beacon Red showcases offensive cyber technologies

Washington NAWCAD draws on MIL Corp's cyber expertise

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Tikehau , Nardello, Alaco, Avisa

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

Paris/LondonFrench fund Tikehau invests in UK corporate intelligence with Antithesis

Los AngelesWendy Wu joins Nardello's expanding California office

London/New YorkFormer FBI agent Robert Heuchling anchors Alaco in the US

ParisAvisa bolsters its ethics committee

ISO 27001 certification infuriates would-be Cyber III suppliers

Costly and time-consuming to obtain, the required ISO certification may close the door to a large number of smaller firms that had hoped to be a part of the French interior ministry's Cyber III programme.

Spotlight
Ukraine inches closer to obtaining French Mirage

After months in the works, plans to deliver the French fighter plane to Ukraine are now taking shape.

Intelligence services watchdog taps into Socialist Party networks

To renew his team, the president of the French security services watchdog CNCTR Serge Lasvignes has tapped into the French Socialist Party networks.

The Agencies' Gazette
Vladimir Osechkin, French military attaché in Yerevan, new Belt & Road preparations

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Moscow, Biarritz, Yerevan and Baku.

France/RussiaCommunicator Vladimir Osechkin exposed for false defector evacuations

France/Armenia/AzerbaijanParis's impossible balancing act in Yerevan

ChinaThird Belt & Road forum preparations underway in Beijing

The high stakes of DGSI big data programme delays

Repeated delays for the phase two selection process of the French internal security service's big data analytics platform are changing the top line-up as key deadlines draw near.