United States
Obama's GEOINT chiefs pursue private roles while waiting in the wings

Spotlight | United States
SPAC Chain Bridge implosion threatens to dash intelligence officers' dreams

Retired officials with the CIA, MI6, DIA and Pentagon have key roles with Chain Bridge I, which is bleeding cash. The fund's top executives include veterans of CIA-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and several ex-intelligence operatives who currently work for Beacon Global Strategies.

Europe, United States
Private players wrestle for contracts in burgeoning market for thermal imagery

Thermal infrared (TIR) satellite images are now an essential tool for monitoring activity on strategic sites, and private geospatial intelligence firms are in increasingly fierce competition to nab a share of that growing market.

Spotlight | Australia, United States
Burdeshaw, AECOM, Civic Partnership and CMAX maintain US presence in Australian defence sector

US defence manufacturers looking to cash in on Australian defence contracts can count on the support of an extensive local network of American advisers and lobbyists in the naval, air, cyber and space sectors.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Jaeger, Cooper, Oatley

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to London and Washington.

LondonGuy Cooper launches new investigation firm.

WashingtonRecently retired CIA officer Jaeger launches private firm.

LondonNew partner for veteran Oatley.

United Kingdom
Satellite Applications Catapult also boosts Britain's satellite intelligence industry

The Satellite Applications Catapult, which supports Britain's space industry and promotes innovation, communicates mostly about its projects which support civilian applications of satellite technology. But it also backs the development of space technologies useful for intelligence collection.

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.

India
Starburst Aerospace makes push into India's growing space industry

Starburst Aerospace, a space startup incubator originally launched by defense [...]

China
Head Aerospace seeks to become China's top GEOINT supplier abroad

Head Aerospace, which supplies data from Chinese observation satellites, has designs on the international space market.

China
Wangyan Technology leads GEOINT analysis for Chinese banks

Wangyan Technology, an analytics firm backed by US expertise and funding, is making its mark as one of the top GEOINT suppliers to China's financial sector.

United States
Robert Cardillo makes Aussie connection

Robert Cardillo, the former head of the National Geospatial-intelligence Agency [...]

United States
Cardillo's ex chief-of-staff launches consulting firm

Daniel Soller, who was Robert Cardillo's chief-of-staff when he headed [...]

United States
Sue Gordon joins Sally Donnelly's Pallas

After creating her firm GordonVentures (IOL 842), intelligence community veteran Susan Gordon continues to plough her furrow in the private [...]

United States
ODNI seeks rapprochement with private sector on cyber issues

In its new strategy unveiled on February 10, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) of the Office of the [...]

United States
GEOINT's chief lobbyist joins Orbital insights

Keith Masback, the former president of the foundation dedicated to [...]

United States
Beacon hires former Kroll analyst Chavy

Alicia Chavy, a former analyst with Kroll in Reston, Virginia, [...]

United States
Razor's Edge brings niche startups closer to the intelligence community

Chaired by Joseph Cofer Black, the former head of the CIA's Counterterrorism Center, the venture capital firm Razor's Edge Ventures has invested in a number of SIGINT and cyber defence startups.

United States
Booz Allen and D-Wave boost space intelligence with quantum computing

Research by Booz Allen and D-Wave will give the US Air Force the edge in managing its satellites and monitoring rival constellations.

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.

United States
Sue Gordon tasked with working her NGA magic at DNI

Susan M. Gordon, who will probably be appointed the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coat's number two (IOL 786), [...]

United States
Intelligence chiefs choose sides

With the US presidential elections looming, US intelligence chiefs are gradually deciding which horse to back, publicly or behind the scenes.