Surveillance & Interception

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Rapidev, Pakistan's low-profile specialist in intelligence data fusion makes Gulf inroads

The Pakistani company is gaining market share in the Gulf, notably Saudi Arabia, largely thanks to a deft technology transfer strategy. Its highly competitive software is challenging those developed by Western companies.

Taiwan, United States, Vietnam
Hanoi goes global in search for loitering munition parts

The People's Army of Vietnam's latest armament research programme has its engineers seeking parts from Taiwan and Finland to the US and Japan.

The Tech Times
Amos Malka joins Falkor, Sahar in Singapour, Egyptian maritime surveillance

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.

IsraelFormer military intelligence chief Amos Malka joins Falkor start-up

SingaporeFrench OSINT specialist Sahar targets Asia market

San Diego/CairoForward Slope to supply Egypt navy's surveillance system

China
Washington's allies turn gaze to Chinese 'Pentagon'

Washington's allies have reacted swiftly following US intelligence's discovery that China is building a huge military complex on the outskirts of Beijing.

China
China makes leap forward in space-based intelligence

With the Trump administration's paradigm shift leaving Washington in disarray, and drastic cuts looming for US scientific agencies, Beijing has been closing the gap in its space defence and intelligence repertoire with low-orbit satellite launches.

China, United States
How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project

US intelligence agencies had already discovered that China was building its own mammoth version of the Pentagon months before Western media revealed the project's existence on 30 January. We investigate this US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) success story.

China, Europe
Beijing's new spy satellite orbiting over Africa is thorn in NATO's side

The media followed the launch of the Chinese intelligence satellite TJS-14 on 23 January, but did not pay attention to its final destination. It now appears that it was positioned late last week in a geosynchronous orbit that is particularly intrusive for NATO as it is in the middle of its members' constellations, including the French Syracuse.

China
China's Xi looking for cyber recruits to spot unrest in the provinces

The Chinese Communist Party is on a recruitment drive to find more officials with cyber skills. Xi Jinping aims to keep tighter control over messaging services and ensure he gets early warning of social unrest in the provinces.

Japan, United States
Maxar's highly strategic Asian clients revealed

Maxar, the world's leading supplier of imagery to US intelligence services, has signed new contracts with two countries that Intelligence Online has identified. Their business is key to strengthening US intelligence alliances against China.

Vietnam
Drones, antennae, jammers: Hanoi ready to spend on electronic warfare equipment

Several invitations to tender have recently been issued by the Vietnamese general staff. Big international companies specialising in electronic warfare are ready and waiting.

China, United States
The huge influence of a single Chinese reporter on the US-China military space race

A journalist for Hong Kong's South China Morning Post has been churning out articles about the People's Liberation Army's innovations in space warfare and these are having a sizeable impact on Washington's position.

The Tech Times
Athena AI takes on Washington, Vietnamese Pentest tender, Spanish military OSINT purchase

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.

WashingtonAustralian intelligence data fusion leader takes on US defence market

HanoiGovernment rolls out wide-scale pentest across its agencies

MadridSpanish military intelligence buys OSINT platform

Spotlight | Taiwan
Taiwan tests Thunder Tiger drones to prepare to counter invasion if needed

Taking note from Ukraine's experience, Taipei is preparing to rain down a drone onslaught on the People's Liberation Army if it were to invade.