Poland, Ukraine
Polish drone maker AP-Flyer boosts Kyiv's airborne intelligence capabilities

Ukraine
Kyiv mapping Russian trenches with off-the-shelf Chinese laser imaging tool

Ukrainian drone reconnaissance units are using over-the-counter technology from Chinese drone manufacturer DJI to identify gaps in Russian frontline defences.

Poland, United States
Warsaw uses US equipment to reactivate its Soviet era ground interception stations

Warsaw is currently modernising some of its Cold War ground communications interceptions stations with help from Antenna Products, a US company known for its involvement in the HAARP project.

Russia, Ukraine
Ukraine's new UJ-25 jammer drones clear way for retaliatory strikes against Russia

Ukrainian military intelligence has developed a new type of drone in underground workshops in Kyiv that can jam Russian air defence radars and electronic warfare systems protecting sensitive infrastructure.

Poland, United States
Poland's liberal gun laws attract foreign private security contractors

Attracted by Poland's liberal legislative framework, US group Independent Security Advisors has recruited a partner in Warsaw. A former Belarusian KGB special forces member, he will provide training for the company's clients.

The Tech Telegraph
McMahon to NightDragon, Tracfin beefs up tech team, new Russian electronic warfare system heads to front

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.

San Francisco McMahon joins cyber-focused fund NightDragon

Paris Tracfin beefs up technical unit

Voronezh Sozvezdie Concern delivers huge SIGINT order to front

Germany, Ukraine
Berlin-based NGO funded by German government wants to buy drones for Ukraine

The German government, highly cautious in matters of foreign policy, is resorting to underground measures to support Ukraine on a small scale. An NGO, partly funded by Berlin, is raising money.

Lithuania, Ukraine
Lithuania's Milasauskas brothers ramp up detonator production for Ukrainian drones

Lithuanian start-up RSI Europe is boosting its production of low-cost remote detonation systems, developed specially for Ukrainian forces in partnership with the defence ministries of both countries.

Poland
GEOINT start-up SATIM catches NATO's eye

NATO is sorely lacking in radar satellite imagery analysis capacities and is testing Polish start-up SATIM's data merger products as an option to help remedy the situation.

Ukraine
Tekever drones become Kyiv's ISR tool of choice

Kyiv is rolling out large-scale secret intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in the Black Sea to drain Russia's resources along the front.

France, Poland
Poland's Air Force Institute of Technology turns into defence partnerships hub

Poland is pursuing the modernisation of its airborne surveillance capacities with French and other European defence companies through its Air Force Institute of Technology.

Europe, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Warsaw serves as platform for Western military reaction to Russian offensive in Ukraine

With a growing number of allied equipement and advisers arriving on its soil from the US and elsewhere, Poland has become the coordination platform for weapons being sent to Kyiv. As well as the US and European support, Ukraine troops are rapidly gaining in competence.

Spotlight | Europe
Athens in drone technology spree

Greece is quietly developing its own drone industry while its security services, faced with urgent needs, continue to import off-the-shelf technology from France and Germany.