United States
Black River Systems to develop SIGINT signals-sorting algorithms for Pentagon

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DGA-MI automates electronic warfare; Jean-Matthieu Tilquin joins ChapsVision; DARPA explores quantic computing; Advent International beefs up intelligence portfolio

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of the technical intelligence providers.

Bruz France's DGA-MI takes interest in AI for electronic warfare

Washington DARPA launches prospection for quantic computing

Paris Jean-Matthieu Tilquin leaves Bloom for ChapsVision

Boston Advent International pursues its intelligence acquisitions, buying Maxar

United States
Pueo supplies intelligence briefings to Pentagon

Virginia-based strategic intelligence firm Pueo has been re-upped as a supplier of expertise on personnel and buildings security to the US defence department.

United States
HawkEye scores first US space-based SIGINT contracts

The US radio frequency signals specialist has been selected to provide its data to the US geospatial intelligence agency NGA and work with Space Force as competition in the sector heats up.

United States
Spire makes move into space SIGINT

After a stock market listing and the acquisition of its AIS monitoring rival, Spire is looking to enter the race to geolocate ships through radio frequency SIGINT via satellite.

United Kingdom
QinetiQ paints new page of GEOINT Picasso project

QinetiQ has been picked to take on the Picasso Aeronautical Information Capability project, one of the components of the vast Picasso programme set up to improve the British ministry of defence's GEOINT capabilities.

France
Domestic intelligence prepares ground for satellite interceptions

Focused heavily on its cyber interceptions capacities in recent times, the DGSI is also getting ready to experiment with satellite communications interceptions in accordance with France's recent intelligence law.

United States
Polysentry to supply data analysis to US Air Force

The data analysis company Polysentry, which receives funding from the US's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has landed a new US Air Force contract as it continues to climb through the ranks in the American intelligence sector.

United Kingdom, United States
British military to automate signals interception processing through Combine project

SRC UK, backed by US data specialist KX, will take on the laborious task of sifting through the mass of data generated by signals interceptions.

United States
SS8 moves into Internet traffic analytics with Bivio acquisition

As it continues to expand its lawful interception capacities, the US firm has offered itself the assets of NSA endorsed Internet traffic analytics Bivio Networks.

United States
NGA hires Pentagon R&D expert George Lukes as consultant

George Lukes, who spent more than 40 years in various defence agencies, founded his own consulting outfit in March.

Spotlight | Europe
Italian interceptions market set to consolidate as IPS, RCS and Cy4Gate look for new horizons

Italian company IPS is looking to strengthen its position in the surveillance of IP networks just as the Italian market looks to be set to consolidate, with RCS a potential takeover target for Cy4Gate.

Saudi Arabia, United States
Five Domains takes charge of integrating Saudi intelligence

As the White House shows willing to reset relations with Riyadh, US firm Five Domains has begun, with help from several ex-CIA and ex-NSA agents, one of the kingdom's most strategic contracts: the fusion of all its military intelligence data.

Spotlight | United States
Unseenlabs and Horizon eye US SIGINT market

British aerospace OEM Horizon has secured a financing round to develop its airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems that it hopes will propel it onto the US market. Meanwhile, its French radio frequency signals competitor, Unseenlabs, has partnered with US firm Orbcomm.

United States
Plex's cyber-offensive branch Cryptic Vector becomes fully-fledged subsidiary

While the new US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reaffirmed the importance of cyber offensive tools at his confirmation hearing, Plex has turned its dedicated branch Cryptic Vector, which employs a number of former Xetron staff, into a separate subsidiary.