United Kingdom
Space industry awaits British contracts with bated breath

United Kingdom
Airbus and OneWeb eye House of Lords influence thanks to the new Tory whip

With the UK forging ahead with space and defence programmes, Airbus Group's Westminster influence has received a boost from former Conservative MP Graham Evans's recent House of Lords appointment.

The Intelligence Gazette
CIA and Taliban, UK geospatial intel, Russian control centre in Ukraine, Serbian BIA

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Doha, Baghdad, London and Moscow.

United States/AfghanistanIslamabad and Doha aid CIA-Taliban meeting.

United KingdomIntelligence issues in British space strategy.

RussiaIntelligence services at heart of new Ukraine coordination council.

SerbiaVucic blends geopolitics with internal security.

United Kingdom
Ex-GCHQ technology chief Kempson assists Horizon Technologies' rise in interceptions

Still hoping to get its interception (SIGINT) constellation into orbit in time for future major British space contracts, Britain's Horizon Technologies recently appointed former GCHQ chief Neil Kempson to advise it.

France
With Pasinetti gone, Thales ushers in security and intelligence reforms

After the departure of its long-serving head of security Pierre Pasinetti, the French defence group Thales, headed by Patrice Caine, faces new security challenges and wants to rethink the department.

United States
Awaiting listing after merger, BlackSky's fate relies on major contracts with NRO and NGA

GEOINT specialist BlackSky's merger with Osprey to go public, a decision strongly backed by Peter Thiel, shows the operators are willing to change business model in order to win major contracts with US intelligence services.

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 [...]

United Kingdom
London sets sights on space again

Covid-19 notwithstanding, the British parliament's defence commitee this month began phase one of its "Integrated Security, Defence and Foreign Policy [...]