Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre steers third SAR satellite project

• BRUSSELS - Belgian army pursues SIGINT upgrades

• DUBAI - Luc Majdalani takes over BlackSky's business development in Golf

• OTTAWA - Ex-diplomat Nancy Clark joins European OSINT provider Tadaweb

• HERZLIYA/DUBAI - Israeli start-up Bold Analytics takes first steps at ISS World Middle East & Africa

• ABU DHABI - National Space Fund gets Council of Ministers approval
  

• PARIS - Citalid makes first foray in Gulf at GISEC

• NEW YORK - David Hochhauser to head Convexum's US branch

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.

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'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.

• FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON - Germany's security ecosystem gets in gear for World Cup 2026.

• SYDNEY - Vigilant Labs rallies L3 Trenchant's exploit hunters.

• BARCELONA - German Ralf Wegener's cyber-intelligence firm Variston in Google spotlight.
  

• ABU DHABI - Anton Ivanov appointed to head Technology Innovation Institute's space research.

• PARIS - Jérôme Pasinetti appointed to head Rhea Cybersecurité France.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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.