France, Italy, Turkey
Ankara bids to get into space observation's major league with Impro

Italy
Italian cyber fills gaps left by France, Israel

Italian cyber-intelligence company IPS, which is developing the Medusa platform, and the more offensive interception firm RCS Lab are both expanding their export business.

Oman, Turkey
Burak Yahsi, the agent at the heart of an FMS contract in Muscat

The second part of our series on Burak Yahsi. When clients go silent on his commission, the Turkish sales agent and head of USI International, who has won contracts with Oman's ministry of defence, does not give up lightly.

Turkey, Turkmenistan
Burak Yahsi, winning contracts for Turkish energy and defence in the Middle East and Central Asia

In this first part of our series on Burak Yahsi, we look at how as head of the consultancy company USI International he has become a crucial player in the gas trade in Turkmenistan, all the while breaking into defence markets in the Middle East and Africa.

Kazakhstan, Turkey
Kazakh government prospects Turkish cyber and space sectors

In the wake of recent defence deals with Turkish companies, the Kazakh government is now prospecting in the Turkish cyber and satellite spheres with the intent of modernising its communications and surveillance apparatus.

The Tech Telegraph
Cognyte intercepts 5G, Wagner joins Raytheon, Barikat bought out

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.

Herzliya Cognyte puts IMSI-catchers in 5G

Arlington John Wagner joins Raytheon's ISR division

Istanbul Turkcell pads out cyber wallet with Barikat

UAE
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre steers third SAR satellite project

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Civil Space Centre in Dubai has quietly launched a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite programme that threatens to overshadow a similar project initiated by Edge Group. The UAE Space Agency is also developing its own SAR plans.

Spotlight | France
Barakat affair hurts Thales' export opportunities

Thales CEO Patrice Caine's insistence on more stringent compliance has made it harder for the company to close export deals.