First In, the fund backed by US cyberdefence veterans

• ABOU DHABI - GEOINT firm Bayanat appoints COO.
  

• JACKSON - Outcome Security joins First In's cyber portfolio.
  

• COLOGNE/ROME - Leonardo to supply European air security CTI platform.

• WASHINGTON - HawkEye 360 shakes up management.
  

HawkEye lobbies to unblock export of raw data 

US legislation currently prevents geospatial analytics firm HawkEye 360 from providing raw ship geolocation data, which is increasingly sought after by intelligence clients. The company is lobbying to unblock the situation. [...]

US interceptor satellite specialist HawkEye strengthens foothold in UAE 

Tawazun, the United Arab Emirates' defence and security industry development arm, is among the many investors in HawkEye 360's latest funding round, in a sign that the US company, which specialises in the interception of radio frequency signals from space, is gaining ground in the Emirates. [...]

Pentagon seeks fake news automated detection grail 

For one of the components of its counter-disinformation programme INCAS, US defence research agency Darpa is betting on artificial intelligence to combat foreign influence campaigns, with help from high-tech firms Sift and Protagonist. [...]

Shift5, pioneer in new cyber frontier of military platform hacking 

The US firm is stepping up to address concerns, flagged in reports, about military weapons systems' growing vulnerability. [...]

Guy Filippelli, architect of the NSA's RTRG programme, finances startups 

Guy Filippelli, a pioneer in SIGINT big data analytics for the NSA, is carving a new career for himself as an adviser to several cybersecurity investment firms. [...]