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Europe, United States
Sale of DigitalGlobe may cool GEOINT speculation

Canada's MDA is struggling to finalise its acquisition of DigitalGlobe while funds have also dried up for new companies in the GEOINT sector, suggesting a slowdown in what used to be a feverish marketplace. [...]

Published on 05.07.2017 at 03:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Joanne Isham
Letitia Long
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Peter Thiel
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Alexander El-Fakir lands at China-sceptic US tech fund backed by Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel

America's Frontier Fund is backed by former Google CEO and Democratic donor Eric Schmidt and PayPal co-founder and Republican contributor Peter Thiel. The fund's new communications director El-Fakir previously worked for the Trump administration and several conservative groups.

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Alexander el-Fakir, communications and operations director at America's Frontier Fund (AFF).

United States
Planet's SPAC deal reveals the scale of the challenges it faces

By using a SPAC to obtain a stock exchange listing, US New Space GEOINT pioneer Planet, had to release information which shows the scale of the financial and industrial challenges which still lie ahead of it.

Subscriber Surveillance & Interception 13.07.2021

Canada
UrtheCast offshoot seeks to work its way back into Canadian space market

EarthDaily Analytics, formed from UrtheCast with backing from Antarctica Capital, has taken on three lobbyists to help it obtain financing from the Canadian government. UrtheCast's radar business, meanwhile, is now owned by Alpha Insights.

Subscriber Corporate Intelligence 17.05.2021

Canada
TerraSense eyes more GEOINT contracts

British Columbia-based TerraSense has called on consulting firm JPOM Canada to further help propel its deep learning technology into Earth observation operations.

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United States
NGA eyes new pool of GEOINT vendors as it ramps up commercial acquisitions

The agency wants to support US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) start-ups but is also increasingly considering European firms.

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United Kingdom
British GEOINT chief to make rare appearance

The Ministry of Defence is sending Brigadier Paul Lynch to be one of the keynote speakers at the next DGI [...]

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United States
United States NGA's cloud ambitions thwarted

Several programmes initiated by the NGA are behind schedule, undermining its transition to cloud computing, an essential move for it to stay abreast with the rest of the US intelligence community.

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Spotlight | China
Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

China intends to profit from the shake-up in the satellite imagery sector in Western countries to get its hands on American know-how and develop its own capacities.

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United States
Planet ever closer to the NGA

The geospatial intelligence startup has been contracted to supply US intelligence with imagery from Syria and Iraq, Iran and North Korea.

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Spotlight | United States
Thiel carves niche in US intelligence imagery

The founder of Paypal and Palantir, Silicon Valley's only unconditional Donald Trump supporter, is bidding to become the go-to imagery contractor.

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United States
Peter Thiel has big GEOINT 2.0 plans

The Silicon Valley billionaire and Donald Trump supporter has been advancing his pawns in the low-cost observation satellite business.

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Spotlight | United States
NGA opens arms to private sector

Robert Cardillo, the director of the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (NGA), is looking to revolutionise the agency's relationship with the burgeoning GEOINT private sector. The agency recently published its new strategy with regard to new companies in the sector (see here).

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United States
Google takes on NGA in GEOINT

Relations between internet giant Google and the US geospatial intelligence agency are getting tense (IOL 728) at a time when the sector is undergoing major change.

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United States
Letitia Long

Letitia Long, the director of the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (NGA) [...]

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Sale of DigitalGlobe may cool GEOINT speculation

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Planet's SPAC deal reveals the scale of the challenges it faces

Canada
UrtheCast offshoot seeks to work its way back into Canadian space market

Canada
TerraSense eyes more GEOINT contracts

United States
NGA eyes new pool of GEOINT vendors as it ramps up commercial acquisitions

United Kingdom
British GEOINT chief to make rare appearance

United States
United States NGA's cloud ambitions thwarted

Spotlight | China
Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

United States
Planet ever closer to the NGA

Spotlight | United States
Thiel carves niche in US intelligence imagery

United States
Peter Thiel has big GEOINT 2.0 plans

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NGA opens arms to private sector

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Google takes on NGA in GEOINT

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Spotlight | United States Alexander El-Fakir lands at China-sceptic US tech fund backed by Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel

United States Planet's SPAC deal reveals the scale of the challenges it faces

Canada UrtheCast offshoot seeks to work its way back into Canadian space market

Canada TerraSense eyes more GEOINT contracts

United States NGA eyes new pool of GEOINT vendors as it ramps up commercial acquisitions

United Kingdom British GEOINT chief to make rare appearance

United States United States NGA's cloud ambitions thwarted

Spotlight | China Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

United States Planet ever closer to the NGA

Spotlight | United States Thiel carves niche in US intelligence imagery

United States Peter Thiel has big GEOINT 2.0 plans

Spotlight | United States NGA opens arms to private sector

United States Google takes on NGA in GEOINT

United States Letitia Long

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Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Europe, United States
Sale of DigitalGlobe may cool GEOINT speculation

Spotlight | United States
Alexander El-Fakir lands at China-sceptic US tech fund backed by Eric Schmidt and Peter Thiel

United States
Planet's SPAC deal reveals the scale of the challenges it faces

Canada
UrtheCast offshoot seeks to work its way back into Canadian space market

Canada
TerraSense eyes more GEOINT contracts

United States
NGA eyes new pool of GEOINT vendors as it ramps up commercial acquisitions

United Kingdom
British GEOINT chief to make rare appearance

United States
United States NGA's cloud ambitions thwarted

Spotlight | China
Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

United States
Planet ever closer to the NGA

Spotlight | United States
Thiel carves niche in US intelligence imagery

United States
Peter Thiel has big GEOINT 2.0 plans

Spotlight | United States
NGA opens arms to private sector

United States
Google takes on NGA in GEOINT

United States
Letitia Long