SURVEILLANCE & INTERCEPTION

• SANTIAGO - Cognyte goes after Southern Cone market
  

• RIYADH - Positive Technologies eye Saudi Arabia despite US sanctions
  

• SAN FRANCISCO - US Coast Guard awards economic intel contract to Sayari

French DGSE's technical department opens up to innovation cooperation 

France's external intelligence service has traditionally been reluctant to open up to private companies, but it is edging closer to working with dedicated defence and intelligence innovation outfits.

ADINT offers Israeli cyber a healthy alternative 

While Israeli cyber intelligence firms struggle to find their footing under stricter export controls, business is growing steadily for local geolocation specialists that use advertising data, or ADINT.

Turkey's Aselsan beefs up social media monitoring with natural language processing team 

Turkey's defence group Aselsan is building a research team specialised in automatic language processing. These experts have been called on to look at the information war being waged on social media, especially in the tense run-up to the general election.

• CREIL - Artemis roll-out speeds up

• PARIS - RB 42 woos French companies for Singapore at Campus Cyber

• FORT MEADE - Khoi Nguyen replaces Michael Clark as head of acquisitions at US CYBERCOM

• LONDON - Omri Lavie and Isaac Zack's cyber firm Orchestra Group closing UK subsidiary

Russia's small New Space industry enlisted to bolster offensive in Ukraine 

In the context of the upcoming launch of the SAR Kondor FKA-1 satellite, Russia's New Space industry is mobilising to fill the GEOINT data gaps of Moscow's armed forces engaged in the war in Ukraine.

CRDF Global champions DoS cyber support for Ukraine 

The US not-for-profit organisation CRDF is continuing in its tradition of helping the US Department of Defense in the post-Soviet states. In Kyiv, it has helped shape and assist a dense network of Ukrainian security players, providing help in key strategic areas.

Katim looks to Paris, hiring ex-Ercom Didier Pagnoux 

Didier Pagnoux, who ran French Ercom from 2007 to 2012 and launched its cybersecurity and interception departments, is taking over as CEO of semi-public Emirati firm Katim as it looks to carve out a place in the country's ever-changing cyber landscape.

Saudi Space Commission weaves web in Washington with Edelman's help 

As Saudi Arabia continues to build its Earth observation programmes, the Saudi Space Commission has laid the foundations for working with the US space industry, thanks in part to lobbying by Edelman.

Italian cyber companies benefit from Israeli export restrictions 

With Israel's cyber operators in difficulty because of restrictions on export licences, Italian cyber intelligence companies like RCS Lab and Negg are becoming increasingly busy on the international market.

NUVIEW and Array Labs in race to launch LiDAR satellite constellations 

The US startup NUVIEW wants to carve out a niche for itself in the market of laser imaging satellites. Its main competitor operating in this new frontier of geospatial intelligence is the more established American tech firm Array Labs.

UAE cyber-offensive firm Beacon Red's Russian hackers disillusioned 

Less that six months after their arrival in the emirates, some of the Russian cyber engineers hired by the UAE's part public cyber-offensive company Beacon Red are unhappy about pay and are looking to leave.

• SAN FRANCISCO - FBI veteran Michael Morgan joins NightDragon

• TOULOUSE - Loft Orbital picks Frédéric Cristini

• WARSAW - Polish border guards renew maritime surveillance aircraft

French defence ministry rolls out cyber emergency response centre for defence firms 

Parliamentary discussion of France's draft 2024-2030 military programming bill has put the spotlight on an initiative by the DRSD to provide a computer emergency response team for the defence sector, which is currently being deployed in key regions.