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

• UNITED KINGDOM/UNITED STATES - Britain buddies up with US Space Force

• UZBEKISTAN - Senior officials investigated by State Security Service

• PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Abbas's presumed successor falls from grace

• BRUSSELS - Kremlin opponents and separatist leaders gather at European Parliament

• CHINA - Xi changes reservist conscription system

• BRUSSELS - Ikea to turn to McLarty over possible Belarusian prisoner links?

• MANCHESTER - New investigation firm for the UK's North West

• PARIS - Avisa Partners counts on fledgling RAID Square for crypto-investigations

• LONDON - Former SFO Kellie Edwards goes solo

• LONDON - Houghton advises Strategy&, drops Crossword

Space industry awaits British contracts with bated breath 

The British parliament, in the throes of an overhaul of the country's space strategy, is being bombarded with advice from defence industry players keen to press home their respective advantages. The issues raised point to the emminently political nature of Britain's GEOINT choices.

BEIS arms British government against economic warfare 

Thanks to the twin arsenal of the new Investment Security Unit (ISU) and the National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), Britain's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is becoming an economic intelligence war machine, with MI6's help.

OneWeb's demise impacts upon suppliers 

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy of new space company OneWeb on March 27 is not only a loss for the firm's

James Arbuthnot goes from Scarlett to Maclay 

Lord James Arbuthnot, the former defence minister under John Major