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Scopa Industries tries to show its good faith in the US after courting China and Russia

Scopa Industries, which ran foul of the US authorities after it tried to set up partnerships with Russia and China, is aiming to get back into the US defence market, as illustrated by the non-binding agreement it has struck with European group Airbus.

DPR to mount united front in the French Senate in support of CNCTR

While intelligence controls were left out of debates on the military planning law at France's Assemblée Nationale, senators are now putting the issue firmly back on the agenda.

French government opposes extending reach of private security watchdog CNAPS to overseas

A confidential French government report is opposed to giving the private security watchdog CNAPS oversight of the activities of private security and defence service companies and security consultants' operating overseas.

The Agencies' Gazette
More OSINT for French embassies, Ukraine pushes for NATO import certification, security purge continues in Iraq, Chinese Communist Youth League lines up with Xi Jinping

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Paris, Kyiv, Baghdad and Beijing.

FranceFrench foreign ministry pushes for greater use of OSINT in French embassies

UkraineKyiv wants NATO 302 form for arms deliveries

IraqMohammed Al Sudani gets rid of Mustafa Al Kadhimi's faithful security ally

ChinaCommunist Youth League lines up with Xi Jinping

French corporate intelligence firm Axis watches over battle for Danone's Russian assets

Competition to take over French food giant Danone's Russian business has reached fever pitch less than two weeks before a decision is due to be announced, a situation that has been keeping veteran French corporate intelligence firm Axis hard at work.

The Tech Telegraph
Italians turnout for ISS, Waller to head Ercom, XM Cyber's Singapore office, ShadowDragon in Japan, Google back at Pentagon

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.

Prague Italian technical intelligence providers out in force at ISS

Paris Romain Waller appointed Ercom MD

Singapore XM Cyber poaches from Anomali to open Singapore office

Tokyo ShadowDragon turns to Cyber Defense to enter Japanese market

Washington Google back in the Pentagon via New Delhi

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Will Jenkins dismissed from GPW, Veracity in Tokyo, and ADIT boosts Canada office

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

LondonWill Jenkins dismissed from JS Held

New York/TokyoVeracity grows in Tokyo

Paris/TorontoADIT boosts North America team via Canada

Threatened by takeover, DCI goes all out to land export contracts

With would-be buyer ADIT closing in, DCI's CEO Samuel Fringant is fighting a rear-guard action by positioning the firm for several big contracts.

Regulators play catchup as intelligence services develop taste for cookie datasets

Intelligence services in the West are taking a keen interest in the purchase of cookie dataset intelligence, which can be extremely useful to locate, track and understand user behaviour. Their regulators, until now a step behind, are beginning to look into the practice too.

RAID draws on Australia's FiveCast OSINT expertise

The French police's intervention forces have opted for technology developed by the Australian open source intelligence software developer FiveCast thanks to its partnership with SAS, as the Interior Ministry opens a swathe of OSINT contracts.

Delfox poised to become DGA's underwater drone programme supplier

French AI firm Delfox is quietly lining itself up for contracts on French military underwater drone programmes.

The Tech Telegraph
ICEYE lends Kyiv a satellite, Elbit America cyber secures the Navy, Danny Yatom, Viginum changes watchlist

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.

Kyiv ICEYE provides satellite to GUR

Dallas US Navy asks Elbit to protect its critical information

Herzliya Yatom Sr escapes Forbidden Stories to continue in cyber influence

Paris Viginum quietly adds Discord and Telegram to its surveillance list

Full programme of MbS's semi-private visit to Paris revealed

From private meetings and an appearance at the Elysée to the lobbying campaign to host Expo 2030 in Riyadh, Mohammed bin Salman's schedule in the French capital - from 14 June - is set to be a busy one.

Tokyo and Seoul go all in for Airbus imagery

With Maxar taking control of the US market, Japanese and South Korean government agencies are increasingly relying on the European group Airbus for their imaging needs.

Fiducial challenges Erys over alleged armed security shortcomings in France

The security branch of Fiducial has complained about alleged dysfunction, particularly on Erys's soon to be renewed strategic contract for the armed protection of Framatome's nuclear facilities.

Tracfin executives' exodus to private sector continues

Tracfin has seen a steady stream of departures as heavyweights take up posts in the private sector, spurred by repeated attempts at internal reform in a French financial intelligence service already rife with tensions, and amid accusations it is becoming politicised.

Oman opens ports to French Navy submarines

With diplomatic dialogue hotting up between France and Oman, the French Navy has recently obtained an agreement to use Oman's ports as a rear base for its activities in the Indian Ocean.

The Agencies' Gazette
Khaldoon in Paris, US intelligence budget and Russian housing for Ukrainian veterans

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

France/UAE Khaldoon al-Mubarak in Paris for the strategic dialogue

US 2024 intelligence budget emerges

Russia/Ukraine SSSCIP veterans to be housed by Moscow

Expo 2030: Hopscotch oversees low-key Saudi lobbying in Paris

With a number of Saudi ministers expected in Paris this week as part of efforts to draw up a strategic bilateral partnership, French lobbying agency Hopscotch is backing the kingdom's efforts to be chosen as host for World Expo 2030.