Defense Intelligence Agency

United States
US energy department's intelligence agency struggles to find new head

The department is having to look beyond the usual channels in its search for a director for its intelligence agency.

United States
DIA bolsters cyber threat analysis

The creation of a dedicated cyber threat assessment centre has long been called for by the Pentagon's partners and Congress.

Spotlight | United States
Pentagon moves to further restrict access to intelligence on Iran

The Pentagon is increasingly classifying information relating to Iran and certain other countries of particular concern to the US administration at a much higher level, sharply limiting its circulation within the executive branch and Congress.

United States
How US intelligence is tackling biotechnology challenge

The technologies deployed for the safe and secure industrial use of biological materials are emerging as a priority area for the US intelligence community, which is having to adapt to keep pace with Beijing's rapid progress.

Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, United States
Saudi defence ministry boosts pool of strategic consultants

The British consultancy Connect Advisory, headed by former FBI and British Army officers, is set to secure a number of contracts with the Saudi defence ministry, posing a serious challenge to established players in the field.

The Agencies' Gazette
SGDSN anniversary watch, ODNI military adviser, Kyiv's Africa plan

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceBespoke watches for SGDSN's 120th anniversary

USTulsi Gabbard's new military adviser is a Marine

UkraineA plan for Kyiv's return to Africa

France
Trump turbulence spurs French military intelligence to seek new alliances

French services and Trump's return (2/3). Faced with White House unpredictability, the French intelligence community is trying to adapt, torn between mistrust and continuing partnerships. This second episode looks at how the DRM is seeking to diversify its foreign alliances, even as it maintains its cooperation with the Pentagon.

France
Candidates jostle to take over military intelligence

Jacques Langlade de Montgros's replacement as head of France's DRM military intelligence directorate expected next summer is already causing a stir among military strategists.

United States
Tulsi Gabbard without military adviser as Caribbean tensions rise

The job of military adviser to the Director of National Intelligence, a vital link between the intelligence community and the Pentagon, remains vacant despite increasing US pressure on drug traffickers and the Venezuelan regime.

United States
National Intelligence University faculty flee amid Trump administration overhaul

The National Intelligence University, a unique institution providing classified teaching and research programmes for the intelligence community, has become a target of the Trump administration's restructuring plans.

Spotlight | Israel, United States
Washington seeks to deepen tunnel, drone cooperation with Israeli military

The extension of the partnership with the Israeli military will help the Pentagon benefit from the experience and technological innovations of more than two years of war in Gaza.

Spotlight | China
TuringQ secretly delivers first quantum computers to Chinese military

Chinese company TuringQ delivered its first quantum computers to the Chinese military's Cyberspace Force in recent weeks, prompting more than a little concern at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington.