Spotlight | Israel, UAE
Bolstered by al-Nahyan family partnership, Tomer Avnon targets regional markets

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Algeria cancels dud ISR aircraft deal, Shai Salitan joins Rakia, Czech electronic warfare

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

BostonRTX to pay back $567m for Algiers' phantom ISR aircraft

DubaiShai Salitan joins Rakia Group

PragueCzech army scouts for electronic warfare systems

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Barkan joins XM Cyber, Sowa at ICEYE, Danish satnav obsolete, Johnston leaves Creativity Software

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

HerzliyaXM Cyber hires ex-Mossad/wanted man Zev Barkan.

New York/EspooICEYE strengthens US govt ties with Sowa.

CopenhagenDenmark forced to upgrade satnav system.

Londonformer Met officer Johnston waves goodbye to Creativity Software.

Israel, Lithuania, Ukraine
Israel's Skylock brought into Ukrainian anti-drone battlefield by Lithuania's NT Service

Skylock, the anti-drone subsidary of Israel's Avnon, is supplying materiel to the Ukrainian army indirectly through its Lithuanian partner NT Service - an arrangement that avoids embarassing 'neutral' Israel.

France, UAE
UAE's sovereign fund Tawazun seeks military procurement role in the French mould

Tawazun, the UAE's civil sovereign fund which handles military procurement, is being empowered to coordinate all state military programmes under the impetus of national security adviser Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The fund is seeking advisers to help it build a more structured local defence industry.

Israel
Israel and new Gulf allies consider setting up common security structure

Faced with an increasing number of drone attacks organised by Iran, Israel and the Gulf countries are planning to set up a new defence structure, the details of which have still to be defined.

Bahrain, Israel
Bahrain reorganises intelligence services to work closer with Israel

Bahrain is determined to beef up the technological capacities of its intelligence services and strengthen its cooperation with Israel, its Strategic Security Bureau now dealing directly with Israeli intelligence.

UAE
QinetiQ offshoot Houbara helps UAE develop defence R&D capacity

Via sovereign defence fund Tawazun, Abu Dhabi, which is looking to develop its research and development capacity, has struck a deal with local QinetiQ group subsidiary Houbara. The firm's brief is to pass on its British military know-how to the Emirati armed forces.

Israel
Israel's sleight of hand cyber exports ban

According to Israel's leading financial newspaper, the Calcalist, the Israeli Ministry of Defence has set new restrictions on the export of dual-use goods and technologies to Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and some thirty other countries.

Spotlight | Qatar, UAE
Abu Dhabi and Doha compete in cyber offensive operations

In the cyber influence battle between Abu Dhabi and Doha, the two kingdoms are working with an array of foreign contractors.

Insiders | Middle East | <b>The Al Kaabi family</b>, operating arm of the Emir of Abu Dhabi
The Al Kaabi family, operating arm of the Emir of Abu Dhabi

Fadel Al Kaabi, formerly of the Tawazun sovereign fund, set up the International Golden Group (IGG) in 2002. The company, which is headed by Fadel's uncle, former armed forces deputy chief of staff Mohammed Hilal Al Kaabi, specialises in partnerships with Western defence groups like France's Thales, Britain's BAE, Paramount of South Africa and Italy's Selex.

Israel, UAE
Broken deal threatens UAE-Israeli trade

They do not have diplomatic relations but Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi have close business ties, particularly in the security industry. An abortive deal is threatening to change all that.

UAE | Abu Dhabi
Israel Supplies Security Gear

Israeli security and defense companies are discreetly selling technology to Abu Dhabi to help the emirate defend and monitor its territory.