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France, Poland
France trains Warsaw's geospatial intelligence experts

Poland is preparing for the arrival of its Airbus-designed spy satellites by having its analysts trained at France's Directorate of Military Intelligence.

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSE drama, career officer for Leningrad, Italy-China dialogue

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

FranceDGSE, DGSI and DRM reshuffle drama in parliament recounted

RussiaSukhrab Akhmedov firm favourite to head new Leningrad military district

Italy/ChinaAfter Silk Roads exit, time for strategic dialogue

The Intelligence Gazette
DRM flags Chinese drones in Algiers, Orbán adviser's new foreign plans, NATO spy's double court defeat, Cambodia's cyber bill back

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

Algeria French military intelligence alarmed by Algiers' long-range drones

Hungary PM's adviser develops foreign policy concept

France Double blow for suspected Russian NATO spy

Cambodia Consultation on cyber crime bill resumes

France, India
Paris and Delhi join underwater acoustic intelligence forces

France's Naval Group is carrying out advanced research in the field of AI applied to acoustic intelligence with a specialist lab in New Delhi, hoping to be able to detect new types of near-silent submarines.

France
Race to take over Preligens, part 2: Thales and Safran covet the military intelligence firm's gems

Those parties interested in taking over Preligens, a French geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) specialist, are trying to find out more about its capabilities and contracts, in order to adjust their takeover bids accordingly, perhaps even to lower them.

France
Race to take over Preligens, part one: French firm on verge of takeover following international struggles

After several disappointments on the international stage, the French geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) specialist Preligens is looking for a buyer. Two French defence giants are interested.

Poland
GEOINT start-up SATIM catches NATO's eye

NATO is sorely lacking in radar satellite imagery analysis capacities and is testing Polish start-up SATIM's data merger products as an option to help remedy the situation.

Spotlight | Cyprus, France, Israel
France strengthens Middle East interceptions apparatus to cover Israel-Palestine crisis

The Cyprus resort of Paphos is home to a French interceptions facility currently being reinforced as the crisis in the Middle East deepens. France is also looking to beef up its analysis as it starts to communicate more on its intelligence.

Spotlight | Israel, Russia, Syria
Western spy agencies worried by Russian delivery of Israeli-designed drones to Syria

The intelligence services of several countries in the global coalition operating in Syria and Iraq are keeping a close eye on ISR drones that Moscow is sending to Damascus, much to Israel's fury.

France
Artemis military intelligence programme gets 2024 budget boost

An official budget document reveals that the big data processing programme operated by Thales and Atos is to get a much increased budget allocation next year.

France
Société Générale: security chief Antoine Creux's succession in limbo

A former commando frogman was shortlisted to succeed Antoine Creux as head of security at Société Générale, but not any more.

France
The high stakes of DGSI big data programme delays

Repeated delays for the phase two selection process of the French internal security service's big data analytics platform are changing the top line-up as key deadlines draw near.

France
DGSI big data programme struggles to get into second gear

The start of the second phase of work on the big data analytics platform being set up by France's internal security service, the DGSI, has been delayed for a second time.