United Kingdom, United States
Arqit plays key role in big quantum encryption projects under development in US and UK

France
Encryption startup CyferAll plans capital increase, banks on military networks

Post-quantum encryption start-up CyferAll is planning a new round of fundraising, which it hopes will be facilitated by the appointment of a former French general to its advisory board.

Switzerland
Encryption firm Asperiq takes over from fallen CIA-controlled Crypto AG

Andreas and Emma Linde, the Swedish entrepreneurs who acquired Crypto AG before its links with US intelligence were publicly revealed, now run Asperiq. The encryption firm is currently on a major international expansion drive.

United States
Air Force Research Laboratory seeks to cyberproof its electronic warfare sensors

The US Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) strategic programme is looking to fill certain capability gaps in the area of electronic and cyber warfare. Air platforms and new subsystems resilient to the cyber threat and electromagnetic spectrum interference will be delivered by 2030.

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Strategic electronic warfare firm Ultra Electronics reorganises under new shareholder Advent

US investor Advent is substantially remodelling its new subsidiary, the British military and intelligence supplier Ultra Electronics, in response to UK government sovereignty concerns in the wake of the firm's sale last August.

France
Comcyber picks all-in-one command and control platform favourites

France's defence innovation agency has selected the metaverse cyber operations command centre project that Airbus and its university partner IMT Atlantique developed as part of a government-run call for cybersecurity projects.

The Tech Times
Thales and PwC, FiveCast, Flashpoint, and US drones think-tank

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.

BrusselsThales and PwC, the European Commission's threat intelligence providers.

Arlington/AdelaideAustralia's FiveCast loses US national security market guru.

New YorkEvan Kohlmann, the second Flashpoint co-founder to jump ship.

ArlingtonFaced with China, Mitchell Institute reinvents itself as a designer of drone policy.

Japan, United Kingdom
Nihon Cyber Defence grows into Japan-based relay of Five Eyes cyber model

The consulting firm Nihon Cyber Defence, which is looking to extend its strategic activities beyond the UK and Japan, has hired the US embassy in Canberra's former intelligence liaison officer, John Powers.

Spotlight | Europe, Poland
Thales and Airbus compete for Polish spy satellites contract

Poland's plans to acquire two observation satellites for its armed forces from French partners have opened a new chapter in the rivalry between the two industrial groups Thales and Airbus.

United Kingdom
Elbit targets Watchkeeper drones at Gulf market

Although it is not among the other British defence firms scheduled to take part in the World Defense Show in Riyadh from 6 to 9 March, Watchkeeper drone producer U-TacS is increasingly prospecting in the Gulf, especially in Saudi Arabia.