Defense Intelligence Agency

Israel, United States
Pangea Group gauges mood in Israel for US State Department

The US State Department's search for an analytics provider for its embassy in Israel has landed on Pangea Group, an open source intelligence specialist.

United States
Pueo supplies intelligence briefings to Pentagon

Virginia-based strategic intelligence firm Pueo has been re-upped as a supplier of expertise on personnel and buildings security to the US defence department.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Nardello, Optima, Ilios, Sparacino, DRSD

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, Paris and Rome.

New YorkFeldman to take over from Nardello in London.

LondonDeath knell sounds for Optima Defence & Security Group.

Aix-en-Provence/RomeIlios International looks towards Italy.

USSparacino without Veretus.

ParisDRSD boss leaves for Sanofi.

The Tech Times
Bayanat appoints COO; First In invests in Outcome Security; Leonardo to supply EASA's CTI, Shakeup at HawkEye 360

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

Abou DhabiGEOINT firm Bayanat appoints COO.

JacksonOutcome Security joins First In's cyber portfolio.

Cologne/RomeLeonardo to supply European air security CTI platform.

WashingtonHawkEye 360 shakes up management.

UAE, United States
Washington focuses on Talal Al Kaissi in its new UAE cloud offensive

Appointed head of G42 Cloud in January, Talal Al Kaissi has been receptive to a charm offensive by US companies and that of their business contacts, providing a ray of hope for Washington that's alarmed by the inroads into the UAE by China's Huawei.

Spotlight | Iraq, United States
Washington takes stock of Baghdad's intelligence gaps

As it approaches the end of the second year of its partial military withdrawal from the country, the United States is assessing its Iraqi partner's intelligence capabilities. An observation of persistent shortcomings argues in favour of keeping its advisory missions in place.

Iraq
Security tensions high in Iraq's overcrowded Sinjar Mountain region

Various Iraqi and foreign interests with shifting alliances, including Turkey, Iran and the US, have added to the instability in Iraq's Sinjar region.

United States
Former FBI officer turned investigator for oligarchs Richard Frankel exposed in New York

Forensic News has taken legal action to defend itself against low-key corporate intelligence star Walter Soriano. Richard Frankel's former activities for Soriano's firm USG Security look set to expose clients he worked for.

United States
US Navy boosts ISR drone capacity

As Russia continues its war on Ukraine, the US Navy is boosting its Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with contracts with Insitu and Amentum.

Germany, United States
How a small Lockheed squad helped the F-35 land in Berlin

Consultants of the US defence giant used an unprecedented geopolitical conjuncture to secure a F-35 fighter jet order from the new German government.

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.

United States
First In, the fund backed by US cyberdefence veterans

Headed by a group of former cyberintelligence officials, the cyber-focused venture capital firm is beefing up its capacities to bid for Pentagon contracts.