Europe
NATO seeks imagery for its Aquila virtual constellation project

NATO
NATO cyber information sharing soon to be enhanced with threat intelligence tool

NATO has been strengthening its cyber architecture for years and is now looking to equip itself with a cyber threat intelligence tool.

United States
Operators break silence on observation satellite wipe outs

Operators are starting to have to publicly address the damaging impact of solar flair activity on their observation satellites, an issue that Intelligence Online revealed in June. A financial headache is set to follow that flurry of solar storms.

Europe, Finland, United States
Finland takes lead in European strategic space industry

Having abandoned its neutrality in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine, Finland is making its mark in intelligence and space technology. After the rise to prominence of ICEYE, a second Finnish geospatial intelligence company, Kuva Space, is entering orbit.

Brazil, China, India, Russia, South Africa
BRICS constellation caught between technical deficiencies and an impossible political balancing act

The BRICS countries' vast earth observation cooperation programme is intended to be a counterweight to the US' big plans for the QUAD alliance. Although it is politically attractive, close analysis of the capacities so far put in the common pot show intrinsic weaknesses and an inevitable over-dependence on Chinese sensing devices.

South America
Finnish SAR imaging specialist ICEYE moves into South America

Finland is working hard to position its flagship firm in the area of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery systems in the South American market. This is fertile terrain, given the space ambitions of certain countries there.

China, United States
Radio silence from operators on solar storm damage to observation satellites

Solar storms this year have resulted in the loss of numerous images from intelligence satellites. But so far, the satellites' operators are keeping mum about that massive reduction in capacity.

Europe, France, Japan, South Korea
Tokyo and Seoul go all in for Airbus imagery

With Maxar taking control of the US market, Japanese and South Korean government agencies are increasingly relying on the European group Airbus for their imaging needs.

Finland
New NATO member Finland launches electronic warfare overhaul

Since joining the alliance in April, the Finnish army has embarked on a complete rethink of its technical intelligence technologies strategy. This shift comes as the SIGINT market undergoes significant changes, with Swedish manufacturers being overtaken by their US and Israeli rivals.

The Tech Times
Startup Wyvern hires GEOINT vets, Meta engages privacy lobbyists, Braccioli takes DigitalPlatforms to UAE, NATO's OSINT platform tender

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

Edmonton Canada's Wyvern appoints two US vice-presidents

Washington Meta hires specialist lobbyists for crusade against OSINT

Dubai Former Area VP Braccioli takes DigitalPlatforms to UAE

Brussels NATO issues tender for OSINT early warning platform