France
Paris Olympic Games organisers plan anti-drone drill to dispel growing uncertainties

The Tech Times
CILAS lasers in Ukraine, Tyonek to train USAF cyber-specialists, French MPs question future of intercepts platform

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, every Thursday we report on events big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

KyivCILAS to take on Moscow's Shaheds

San AntonioTyonek Technical Services to train USAF cyber-specialists

ParisPNIJ interception platform under fire in parliament

France
French Interior Ministry picks Suadeo's big data solution for Paris 2024

Suadeo has been selected over Palantir and a joint venture between Atos and Thales to provide its data analytics tools for use during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The French Ministry of Interior is having to deal with shorter deadlines and tighter budgets.

France, Switzerland
Orange Cyberdefense gets closer to UN agencies through SCRT

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has recently renewed information security contracts with three firms including the freshly-acquired Swiss subsidiary of Orange Cyberdefense.

Spotlight | France
International OSINT groups vie for position with state agencies in Paris

Attracted by security trials ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a number of leading OSINT groups based in the United States and Israel are strengthening their presence in France.

Belgium, France
Euranova to supply AI to French police drone tracking programme

The French interior ministry has contracted Franco-Belgian firm Euranova to develop the artificial intelligence for its drone tracking programme. The solution has also attracted the interest of the French Air Force.

France
Ministry of the Interior places consulting firm Noveane at heart of 2024 Olympics financial plan

To allow money to start-ups that can help ensure safety at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the French Ministry of the Interior has used an original funding arrangement, which betrays the influence of the security industry's giants.

France
Paris Olympic Games intelligence apparatus coming together

The intelligence services have started to put the pieces into place for the Olympic Intelligence Centre (OIC). The Court of Auditors recently warned that in terms of security, France is unprepared for the Paris 2024 Games.

The Intelligence Gazette
Afghan planes in Tashkent, Russian military engineers decorated, DNI

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, we serve up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we go from Paris to Tashkent, Washington, Brussels and Kabul.

Uzbekistan/AfghanistanTashkent refuses to return Afghan planes to Kabul.

RussiaMoscow decorates military engineers.

FranceMarc Burg lures more top spies to his degree course.

ParisSenators call for a law on facial recognition.

United StatesDNI tasked again to tackle China's support to Russia.

EuropeEuropol, future watchdog of foreign investment in the EU.

France
CS Group-Thales consortium wins French military's €350m anti-drone "Parade" contract

Despite facing difficulties on previous anti-drone programmes, CS Group and Thales have won out over their rivals to win this key contract, which will have a structuring effect on the French anti-drone market - in favour of established providers.

Spotlight | France
Defence ministry's anti-drone project Parade will need big contractor firepower

With the anti-drone market currently growing at a fast rate, the French armed forces ministry's armaments department has launched a major programme called Parade. It does not offer much room, however, for smaller operators.