Spotlight | China, Ukraine, United States
Washington turns to Gulf agents to wrest Motor Sich away from Chinese hands

Spotlight | United States
NUVIEW and Array Labs in race to launch LiDAR satellite constellations

The US startup NUVIEW wants to carve out a niche for itself in the market of laser imaging satellites. Its main competitor operating in this new frontier of geospatial intelligence is the more established American tech firm Array Labs.

Saudi Arabia
Nabil Barakat, ex-Thales agent in Gulf, courts Saudi conglomerate Ajlan & Bros

Saudi Arabian conglomerate Ajlan & Bros's new subsidiary Scopa Industries is keen to carve a place for itself in the local defence market with the help of foreign partners who have already made their mark.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
StoneTurn, Highgate, Passage Consulting, EPEE

New York/London
Mackintosh marks StoneTurn's arrival on British insider threat market

London
Ileana Konialidis, from Lukashenko to Highgate

Paris/Belgrade
Award for French consultant Jacques Hogard amid ethnic tensions

Washington
Passage Consulting steps in as ISR's Washington lobbyist

Russia, Ukraine
Deposed Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich chairman at heart of secret Kyiv-Moscow negotiations

Intelligence Online has learned that Moscow is trying to recuperate the chairman of the Ukrainian aircraft engine manufacturer after his arrest by the latter's internal intelligence department for alleged collusion with the Russian state. This comes just two years after a Chinese company close to the Chinese Communist Party tried to buy the company.

Spotlight | Germany, Saudi Arabia, United States
Saudi Arabian aeronautical agent Al Zeer, dropped by Boeing, revived by Rheinmetall

An allliance between the German defence industry giant and Al Zeer's MAZ has given a new lease of life to one of Riyadh's oldest aeronautical agents, despite its financial and legal woes in the US.

China, Russia, Ukraine
Beijing concerned about the threat to its commercial interests in Ukraine

Although Chinese conglomerates have been forced to cease their operations in Ukraine, Beijing is observing a sort of neutrality on the conflict there, mixed with misgivings about Moscow's intentions. Ukraine is strategically important for China, particularly in the arms sector.

Spotlight | Saudi Arabia
The ups and downs of Saudi spyplane operator GDC Middle East

All the Gulf nations are gradually entering the race for ISR aircraft. Saudi Arabia, which relies on an operator taken over by Mohammed bin Salman, is lagging behind its Emirati and Qatari competitors.

China, Ukraine
Kyiv lawyers do good business with the Chinese conglomerates

China, which is ever ready to compete with the US on investment in Ukraine, is making use of the Chinese Trade Association there to find lawyers who are well established in Kyiv to defend its interests.

Spotlight | Ukraine
New Ukrainian underground special forces training centre out of commission due to flood

At a time when Kiev has been looking to modernise its defence arsenal and strengthen its military capacities to deal with the threat from its Eastern neighbour, a recently-rehabilited training site has been put out of action.

Ukraine, United States
Motor Sich looks to forge ties with US industry with help from VTS

The current vacuum in the White House is extending the Western, Chinese and Russian struggle for influence over Ukrainian assets such as the aircraft engine builder Motor Sich.

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.

United States
Nabil Barakat, Thales' former man in the Gulf, seeks new avenues in Middle East and Ukraine

Once Thales' key partner in the Middle East, Nabil Barakat is looking to branch out in new areas.

Spotlight | France, Saudi Arabia
Salman re-writes Saudi deal-making rules

The surprise news on February 22 that Saudi Arabia had ordered six observation satellites from the US company DigitalGlobe, following on from Riyadh's brutal ditching of the Euros 3 billion DONAS three-way package of French military materiel for Lebanon, has [.