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China, Europe, India, United States
China makes strides in precision geostationary satellite imagery thanks to US research

China is quietly making moves to become the first country to operate high-precision observation satellites in geostationary orbit, which would give its intelligence services a broader and more continual coverage of earth. Western countries are lagging behind.

Spotlight | Turkey
Turkey's Aselsan beefs up social media monitoring with natural language processing team

Turkey's defence group Aselsan is building a research team specialised in automatic language processing. These experts have been called on to look at the information war being waged on social media, especially in the tense run-up to the general election.

United States
DARPA looks for vulnerabilities in cyber-physical systems

The US Department of Defense's latest obsession, cyber-physical systems, contain physical components and cyber elements whose vulnerabilities could impact the physical world. Under its Faithful Integrated Reverse-Engineering and Exploitation programme, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for tools able to secure those types of systems.

United States
Air Force Research Laboratory seeks to cyberproof its electronic warfare sensors

The US Air Force's Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) strategic programme is looking to fill certain capability gaps in the area of electronic and cyber warfare. Air platforms and new subsystems resilient to the cyber threat and electromagnetic spectrum interference will be delivered by 2030.

Cyprus, United States
Erik Prince builds up small cyber empire

The co-founder of the private security firm Frontier Services Group Erik Prince has launched into cyber with two new companies, one specialising in secure communications and the other in cyber intelligence. He has roped in several cyber veterans to help him.

United States
Pentagon expert Two Six Technologies acquires cyber offensive capacities

Two Six Technologies, the crafter of the Pentagon's cyber warfare platforms, has taken steps to build its offensive capacities by hiring a small team of vulnerability researchers.

United States
Razor's Edge gains firmer foothold in US intelligence

The investment fund is continuing its shopping spree among companies seeking to break into the US intelligence sector. Its former protégé, BlackHorse Solutions, has just won a major contract on the DARPA programme to improve penetration testing.

Spotlight | Russia
Russian intelligence has eyes and ears on military research

Military research institutes are key players in the war in Ukraine and an integral part of the Kremlin's strategy to establish an entirely local manufacturing chain. Intelligence services are all the more vigilant about potential R&D-related leaks.

The Tech Times
DGA-MI automates electronic warfare; Jean-Matthieu Tilquin joins ChapsVision; DARPA explores quantic computing; Advent International beefs up intelligence portfolio

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

Bruz France's DGA-MI takes interest in AI for electronic warfare

Washington DARPA launches prospection for quantic computing

Paris Jean-Matthieu Tilquin leaves Bloom for ChapsVision

Boston Advent International pursues its intelligence acquisitions, buying Maxar

United States
Cynnovative increasingly integrated into DARPA's cyber innovation

Newcomer Cynnovative is among three companies selected for the DARPA's new pentest programme.

United States
NGA's intelligence cloud contract signals ultimate demise of JEDI project

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) award of a cloud contract to General Dynamics Information Technology marks the end of ambitions to create a unified cloud for the entire US defence community. Interoperability is the new watchword.

United States
CIA rolls out well-oiled plan on familiar turf in Ukraine

Engrossed in Europe, US intelligence has increased its operations in Ukraine. It has considerable scope of action in the country forged from eight years of building relations with and providing support to its Ukrainian homologues.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
StoneTurn, Nardello, Dragonfly, Deloitte & Touche

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week we go to New York, London and Arlington.

New York StoneTurn brings in a local veteran to get itself off the ground in Singapore.

New York Nardello recruits Kennedy in London.

London Dragonfly aims to spread its wings.

Arlington Deloitte & Touche operates DARPA's cyber recognition programme.

United States
Pentagon seeks fake news automated detection grail

For one of the components of its counter-disinformation programme INCAS, US defence research agency Darpa is betting on artificial intelligence to combat foreign influence campaigns, with help from high-tech firms Sift and Protagonist.

Europe, UAE
Italy-UAE standoff paralyses defence suppliers

Abu Dhabi's unilateral decision to ban Italian troops comes as the European country's defence industry leaders remain highly exposed on the UAE market.

United States
NGA hires Pentagon R&D expert George Lukes as consultant

George Lukes, who spent more than 40 years in various defence agencies, founded his own consulting outfit in March.

United States
Why In-Q-Tel poached the Intelligence Committee's Raffaela Wakeman

The former staff director for the Strategic Technologies and Advanced Subcommittee (STAR) will now help the CIA's venture capital firm rebuild relations with Congress.