UAE
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre steers third SAR satellite project

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Belgian SIGINT, Luc Majdalani at BlackSky, Tadaweb supported by Nancy Clark in Canada

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each Thursday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

BrusselsBelgian army pursues SIGINT upgrades

DubaiLuc Majdalani takes over BlackSky's business development in Golf

OttawaEx-diplomat Nancy Clark joins European OSINT provider Tadaweb

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Bold at ISS, UAE National Space Fund, Citalid at GISEC, David Hochhauser at Convexum

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each Thursday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Herzliya/DubaiIsraeli start-up Bold Analytics takes first steps at ISS World Middle East & Africa

Abu DhabiNational Space Fund gets Council of Ministers approval

ParisCitalid makes first foray in Gulf at GISEC

New YorkDavid Hochhauser to head Convexum's US branch

France, Italy, Turkey
Ankara bids to get into space observation's major league with Impro

Young public sector company Impro, which markets the images taken by Turkey's military satellites, has set up a partnership with Telespazio to help it boost Turkey's geospatial intelligence capacity ahead of the eagerly awaited arrival of the Gokturk-3 observation satellite.

South Korea
Stealien supplies its cyber products to the South Korean intelligence services

South Korea, which is already well established in the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) industry, is developing its cyber intelligence capacities with help from local contractor Stealien.

Taiwan, UAE
Taiwan's space industry makes foray into UAE with Tron Future

Tron Future's space observation technology is at the forefront of Taiwan's fledgling space industry, which is poised to dip a toe in the Emirati marketplace, hoping to secure a place in the kingdom's space programmes.

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German security sector eyes 2026 World Cup, Vigilant Labs recruits, Variston exposed by Google, Anton Ivanov joins Technology Innovation Institute, Jerome Pasinetti heads Rhea Cybersecurité France

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

Frankfurt/WashingtonGermany's security ecosystem gets in gear for World Cup 2026.

SydneyVigilant Labs rallies L3 Trenchant's exploit hunters.

BarcelonaGerman Ralf Wegener's cyber-intelligence firm Variston in Google spotlight.

Abu DhabiAnton Ivanov appointed to head Technology Innovation Institute's space research.

ParisJérôme Pasinetti appointed to head Rhea Cybersecurité France.

UAE
Bayanat boards Emirati geospatial data processing projects

The UAE Space Agency has contracted the geospatial data processing aspect of President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's 'Sirb' satellite constellation project to the part publicly-owned Bayanat, giving parent company Group 42 a place at the table.

UAE
Geospatial intelligence experts get organised in UAE

Western New Space is making a big push into the UAE, attracted by the rise of geospatial intelligence in the region, despite uncertainty over how many of the growing number of sovereign projects will come to fruition.

Israel, UAE
Israeli OSINT firm XYZ Elements woos UAE

Israel's Roy Schloman, head of the big data firm nRich, is making headway with his new startup XYZ elements, in the running to help the UAE develop its OSINT capacities.

South Korea, UAE
Abu Dhabi opens its arms to LIG Nex1's new satellite observation radars

LIG Nex1 has set up shop in the United Arab Emirates. The South Korean company, which is looking to develop synthetic-aperture radars for the space industry, is betting on Abu Dhabi, where a number of earth observation programmes are looking for industrial partners.

Saudi Arabia
Riyadh set to announce GEOINT satellite constellation launch

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been betting on space for several years, and his country is now about to follow in the Emirates' footsteps and announce an Earth-observation satellite constellation programme.

Spotlight | UAE
Edge Group to pilot Abu Dhabi's multi-constellation spy satellites programme

The United Arab Emirates aims to achieve operational independence in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) through the construction of four constellations of surveillance satellites. This major project is being overseen by E mirati defence conglomerate Edge Group.

Russia, UAE
Russian spatial imagery experts escape to Abu Dhabi

Along with US- and EU-sanctioned oligarchs, the United Arab Emirates is also opening its doors to fleeing Russian industry brains in key areas such as spatial imagery.

Russia
Russia's spatial imagery suppliers keep low profile in war on Ukraine

Russian GEOINT giant ScanEx, which covers the whole of the CIS, is determinedly staying below the radar while Russia's war on Ukraine rages on. The company also has crucial assets for foreign GEOINT suppliers.

United Kingdom
Thales Alenia Space and In-Space become last contendors for UK defence's spy satellites constellation project

France's Thales Alenia Space (TAS) and the UK's In-Space, a subsidiary of BAE System, are the last contenders for the Jove project, which aims to create a constellation of three observation cubesats and three radio frequency interceptor cubsats for the UK defence.