Defence

United States
Titan-Geo in Latin American geolocation race

The small company is hoping to grow its business in the buoyant market for geolocation services in Latin America.

Spotlight | United States
SPAC Chain Bridge implosion threatens to dash intelligence officers' dreams

Retired officials with the CIA, MI6, DIA and Pentagon have key roles with Chain Bridge I, which is bleeding cash. The fund's top executives include veterans of CIA-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and several ex-intelligence operatives who currently work for Beacon Global Strategies.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
G3, Chris Morgan Jones, Corexalys, Red Five Security, Keith Hunter, Arte

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonG3 nets record year

New York/LondonBest-selling investigator Chris Morgan Jones returns to Nardello

ParisPierre-Mayeul Badaire steps in to steer Corexalys

Washington/KyivRed Five Security, the security consultant behind a Ukrainian university course

LondonKeith Hunter adjusts Animus Associates ownership

ParisArte calls on ex-intelligence officials for new TV series

Russia
Russia's Tsar's Wolves, the Wagner of technology testing, gets busy on battlefield in Ukraine

A private military specialising in battlefield testing, the Tsar's Wolves, deployed in Ukraine, works for Russian defence companies.

Azerbaijan, Israel
Baku thanks Mossad and Israeli military over Nagorno-Karabakh victory

More than Turkey, it was Israeli military and intelligence that contributed to Azerbaijan's lightening quick military conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh.

France, Italy
Cy4gate seeks French interceptions licence

The Italian cyber-intelligence firm has its eye on the international marketplace and hopes to be more present in France when it obtains official accreditation.

The Agencies' Gazette
French Senate, Taipei, AUKUS, Houthis

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from France, Taiwan, London and Riyadh.

FranceDGSE monitors battle for chair of French Senate foreign affairs and defence commission

ChinaBeijing ramps up media presence in Taiwan

United KingdomDavid Williams, AUKUS's mainstay in London

IsraelRiyadh eagerly awaits data on the Houthis from Mossad

France, West Africa
Suneris's African contracts in turmoil

French cyber-intelligence firm Suneris has seen its customer states fall, one after the other, in the recent series of coups in Africa. Not only are its contracts at risk, but the confidentiality of its technologies could be breached.

Spotlight | United States
Who's who in the Disruptive Technology Strike Force set to counter cyber attacks from overseas

The National Coordinator of Strike Force is a veteran of the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security. Other top officials have backgrounds in terrorism, counterintelligence and weapons trafficking.

Russia
Russia's security apparatus split on immigrants in army

Russia's interior ministry is preparing a wave of raids on naturalised immigrants who have not yet registered for military service, so they can join the campaign in Ukraine, but the defence ministry is concerned about the future soldiers' loyalties.

Cambodia
Against backdrop of regional rivalries, Cambodia's new police chief puts stamp on internal security

New police head Sar Thet, who has oversight of the country's intelligence services, is reorganising his troops with political goals in mind as Vietnam and China watch from the sidelines.

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Private security veteran John Holmes has eyes on Ukraine

The former chairman of corporate intelligence firm Quintel is actively lobbying in the US to carve out a place in the Ukrainian security market.

China, Vietnam
Beijing tightens security in Guangxi province on Vietnam border

As diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the US get closer, the Chinese Communist Party is pressing ahead with plans to modernise its border control posts on the Vietnamese border.

France
US intelligence and defence advisory firm Renaissance sets up in France

Pierre Chao's consultancy specialising in financial operations for defence and intelligence is launching an office in Paris with the help of former Victanis staff.

Europe, Israel
Intellexa builds new cyber-intelligence empire thanks to rivals' dropped contracts

Cyber-intelligence veteran Tal Dilian is increasingly in the media spotlight after Washington blacklisted his companies, potentially hampering his rapid success over the last two years, achieved by picking up contracts from competitors beset by legal challenges.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Avisa parties, Alexandre Benalla in London, Strider Technologies, T&M USA

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonAvisa's relaunch parties

London/ParisAlexandre Benalla bounces back in London

LondonDavid Kilby quits Herminius for Strider Technologies

New YorkEx-FBI chief Thomas Sheer advises T&M USA