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UAE
French space industry back prospecting in UAE

After a first visit in May, a delegation from the French business lobby Medef's NewSpace Task Force will travel to the UAE on 19 November. Heavyweights Thales and Airbus Group as well as new players such as Loft Orbital, Exotrail and Aldoria are expected on the trip.

UAE
Seclab secures cyber security contract in Abu Dhabi

A specialist in cybersecurity solutions for the most critical infrastructures, French company Seclab has just signed a contract with Emirati gas company Dana Gas.

Oman, Saudi Arabia
Gulf space sector consultants on hunt for new mega-contracts

A clutch of Western and several local consulting firms have been advising on the build out of space economies in the Gulf. But recently big-ticket strategy projects have given way to smaller implementation-focused work.

France
Cyber specialist Seclab makes inroads in Asia, sets sights on Gulf

French company Seclab, which develops solutions to protect critical infrastructure, has recently won several contracts in Vietnam and the Philippines, and is also targeting the Arabian Peninsula.

France, UAE
New French space diplomat arrives as UAE sector picks up pace

The French embassy in Abu Dhabi has appointed a new space adviser to develop bilateral cooperation in the sector. The deep-pocketed UAE has grand plans for its space industry and numerous players are eager to seize those emerging opportunities.

Spotlight | China, France
Panic over Chinese consultant in French space defence sector

Starburst Aerospace, the incubator for technical innovation in the space sector, recently called in the former boss of the French branch of Chinese geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) group Head. Blacklisted in the US, Head has sold spy satellites to Russia's Wagner group.

The Tech Telegraph
Michael Morgan moves to NightDragon, Loft Orbital picks Frédéric Cristini, Maritime surveillance aircraft for Warsaw

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.

San FranciscoFBI veteran Michael Morgan joins NightDragon

ToulouseLoft Orbital picks Frédéric Cristini

WarsawPolish border guards renew maritime surveillance aircraft

China
Spacety plans launch of more SAR satellites for Chinese intelligence

The principal Chinese supplier of synthetic aperture radar imagery, recently blacklisted in the US for its close links with Chinese intelligence, is poised to expand its capacities.

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.

The Tech Telegraph
Look Up Space, Tokyo builds informational warfare centre, Arfan Chaudhry joins Saudi Space Agency

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

Toulouse Look Up Space on recruitment drive

Tokyo Japan to get informational warfare centre

Riyadh Saudi space agency pursues international partners

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.

France
Former French space commander Friedling founds own space surveillance company

The head of France's military space command, Michel Friedling, has just given up his post to launch his own space surveillance start-up in a market that is taking off in France thanks to growing government support.

European Union, France, Singapore
Infinite Orbits moves up from satellite maintenance to high orbit space surveillance

Geostationary orbit services company Infinite Orbits is aiming to provide in situ surveillance for space assets. Its activities will take it into competition with the programmes of the leading space powers, which are preoccupied with the need to defend their satellites.