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

• PARIS - Stevan Perrot joins Sahar as new COO

• MUNICH - German military wants to ramp up laser communication capacity

• BRUSSELS - GMVIS Skysoft and Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre provide aviation cybersecurity skills to European Defence Agency 

Social Links, new ally of OSINT specialist Sicuro Group 

The open source intelligence specialist has turned to the Emirati consultancy and security provider to help with its participation in the ISS World gathering in Dubai by entrusting its founder with presenting several case studies.

• 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

• LONDON - UK vulnerability researcher Interrupt Labs looks for talent in US and Australia

• LUXEMBOURG - Police fork out on Sopra Steria biometrics

• WASHINGTON - Infinity Technology in charge of MDA threat intelligence

• NAYPYIDAW - Andrei Masalovich resumes his charm offensive in Myanmar

• FAIRFAX - Argon ST lands US Navy contract for multi-intelligence sensors
  

• ABU DHABI - G42 recruits Singapore's Victor Yeo

• MOSCOW - The FSTEK tightens up cyber security controls
  

Former NSO cyber experts reunite in new startup Bold, backed by Israeli businessman Shlomi Fogel 

In the wake of NSO Group's Pegasus woes, a number of the firm's cyberintelligence veterans have been snapped up by Bold, a startup supported by Israeli real estate magnate Shlomi Fogel, the CEO of Ampa Group.

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre steers third SAR satellite project 

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Civil Space Centre in Dubai has quietly launched a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite programme that threatens to overshadow a similar project initiated by Edge Group. The UAE Space Agency is also developing its own SAR plans.

Wayout and Convexum step back from Israel's struggling NSO Group 

Added to the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) blacklist in November last year, the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group is in increasing financial difficulty, prompting its IoT interception and anti-drone subsidiaries to distance themselves.