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The Intelligence Gazette
Spymasters in Rome, DNRED turns 90, French officer wins case, NSC purge

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

ItalyEuropean spymasters meet in Rome

FranceDNRED celebrates 90th birthday

FranceColonel posted to French embassy in Vietnam awarded over €73,000

USNSC biodefence chief returns to ODNI

Airbus eager to maintain its Earth observation link with Hanoi

Vietnam's remote sensing agency, the National Remote Sensing Department, is in talks with Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) to secure a maintenance contract for the ground station of VNREDsat-1, the country's first Earth observation satellite.

Hanoi picks North American cyber sleuths over long-standing provider

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security has dropped its long-serving cyber intelligence provider, Israeli group Cellebrite, but is still allocating large budgets as it continues to pursue its cyber crackdown.

Hanoi digs deep to fund geospatial imagery needs

Vietnam's geospatial intelligence needs are growing, but its military is having to buy images from foreign operators. In the long term, Hanoi hopes to acquire its own optical satellite.

Hanoi goes global in search for loitering munition parts

The People's Army of Vietnam's latest armament research programme has its engineers seeking parts from Taiwan and Finland to the US and Japan.

French firms see odds lengthen as Hanoi considers frigate options

Vietnamese authorities are closely exploring French options for acquiring new frigates. But despite having requested information from French industrial groups, Hanoi looks increasingly unlikely to buy from them.

French companies hone their space intelligence business strategy in Hanoi

French firms now appear to have a well-oiled plan for selling their spy satellites to Hanoi, despite complex procurement conditions brought on by local anti-corruption investigations and the Vietnamese government's approach that is not in line with Paris.

The Intelligence Gazette
French military think tank reassured, Friction in US geospace intelligence, Residency allowances on trial

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

FranceNew military think tank boss Martial Foucault proves his worth

United StatesSpace Force slammed for uneven cooperation with NRO

France/VietnamFrench military expert keeps up fight for residency allowance from overseas postings

Drones, antennae, jammers: Hanoi ready to spend on electronic warfare equipment

Several invitations to tender have recently been issued by the Vietnamese general staff. Big international companies specialising in electronic warfare are ready and waiting.

French embassy pushing Airbus for new Vietnam spy satellite despite bumpy past

France has renewed hopes of selling an observation satellite to Vietnam, but the new corruption trial in absentia of businesswoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan in Hanoi could bring back bad memories.

The Tech Times
Athena AI takes on Washington, Vietnamese Pentest tender, Spanish military OSINT purchase

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

WashingtonAustralian intelligence data fusion leader takes on US defence market

HanoiGovernment rolls out wide-scale pentest across its agencies

MadridSpanish military intelligence buys OSINT platform

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE training camp revamp, Wagner hires for Africa, Xi's talk with Macron at G20, New military intelligence chief in Hanoi, Viginum awaits its hour against Baku

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

FranceDGSE to bring parachutist training centre up to scratch

RussiaWagner's Africa Corps is hiring

China/FranceXi and Macron to discuss Ukraine at G20 summit in Rio

VietnamPham Ngoc Hung closes 10-year chapter as military intelligence chief

FranceViginum awaits its hour against Baku

Aided by its consultant, Lockheed Martin is not giving up on selling F-16Vs to Thailand

The US aerospace giant has a new asset for its business exploration in South-East Asia in the form of a consultancy firm that employs several veterans of military diplomacy.

The Intelligence Gazette
London hikes spy budget, Ablyazov case in Senate, Vietnamese spy olympics, CNAM chair open, Guoanbu recommendations for BRICS

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

United KingdomGovernment winds intelligence budget back up

France/KazakhstanSenator Nathalie Goulet reopens oligarch Ablyazov affair

VietnamMilitary intelligence prepares in-house olympic games

FranceRace for criminology chair officially open

China/BRICSGuoanbu favours 12 countries with "partnership" status