United States
US Navy boosts ISR drone capacity

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Textron drones aboard US 6th Fleet, USAID steps up support in Dhaka, Sentrycs in Congress

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.

BaltimoreTextron supplies ISR drones to US Navy's Sixth Fleet

DhakaUSAID bankrolls Bangladesh's OSINT anti-corruption unit

WashingtonSentrycs enlists services of lobbyist Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

United States
US Army tests HADES programme's new airborne intelligence capacities

HADES, the US Army's ISR programme, is entering final testing before deployment. The vital project will enhance intelligence-gathering on Russia's military presence in Ukraine.

China, United States
Pentagon encouraged to study Beijing's supply lines

In its annual report, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommends the Defense Department to prepare for the fall-out from a conflict between China and Taiwan.

United States
Cyber Battle Lab experiments bogged down by provider war

The US Cyber Battle Lab, which is responsible for cyber experiments, has seen its operations blocked due to a war between its contractors. Its subcontractor Advanced Technology Leaders is being challenged by its predecessor, Ad hoc Research Associates.

Afghanistan, United States
DynCorp's string of legal woes continues

Dyncorp's defeats in its legal disputes with the US Army and other clients in Afghanistan have dealt an additional blow to the group, which used to be one of the Pentagon's main contractors.

United States
Chiron Tech schools NSA hackers

Chiron Technology Services, which works regularly for the NSA and includes Tailored Access Operations (TAO) veterans, is carving a niche for itself in the training of US Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) hackers.

US defence giant PAE relaunches military cooperation between Washington and Abuja

The giant American defence services group, which was recently taken over by Amentum, is to reinforce the training of Nigerian Army units. Its contract is a first step towards the resumption of security cooperation between Nigeria and the US after more than a year of diplomatic tensions.

US shrinks budget for its counter-terrorism programme

The US State Department has cut back funding for Preact, the Partnership for Regional East Africa Couterterrorism, by a third this year to $2m.