Direction Générale de l'Armement

France
French Comcyber provider Sahar secures new funding

French mass data analysis company Sahar is set to welcome a new minority shareholder shortly.

France
French army seeks to lure civilian OSINT experts

Various defence ministry departments are pulling out all the stops to recruit the brightest open-source intelligence specialists.

France
France's Ezako takes intelligence warfare to ocean depths

The French firm has quietly been making gains in the field of AI-based underwater sound detection, a tool crucial for the French Navy's future plans.

The Tech Times
OSINT campus plan still vague, Helyx in charge of Spotter labelling, Cyberbit for ASD cyber training

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT, with a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

AngoulêmeDespite defence ministry messages, OSINT campus still trying to find its place

LondonHelyx to take over labelling of UK Spotter programme

CanberraCyberbit to train Australian Signals Directorate cyber specialists

France, United States
Iconic American vulnerability trader Zerodium to close its doors?

The US seller of zero-day vulnerabilities has been inactive for months and may be about to shut up shop for good. Its downfall is symbolic of a market in crisis.

Georgia, United States
Pentagon contractors return to Georgia, on the front line against Russia

With funding from the Pentagon, US defence services groups are gradually returning to Tbilisi, in line with the boosting of bilateral military cooperation. Georgia's reawakening could change the situation in the Caucasus vis-à-vis Russia.

UAE
Crowdfense reboots bug bounty programme

Following months of restructuring, the Emirati vulnerabilities reseller has revised its zero-day exploit acquisition programme with an even larger bounty package than before.

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
Naval Group boosts AI teams in quest for artificial 'golden ears'

The French shipbuilder wants AI experts who can use geospatial and acoustic intelligence to help develop its first big underwater drone. They are hoping to get help from the "golden ears" trained to help submarines recognise enemy vessel sound signatures.

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.

UAE
Shake-up of market for zero-day vulnerabilities

As he settles in to his new role as CEO of Crowdfense, an Emirati zero-day vulnerabilities broker, Paolo Stagno will be looking to adapt to the new challenges following a significant crash in the market.

France, Saudi Arabia
French arms export body ODAS still sidelined in Saudi Arabia despite reshuffle

ODAS wasn't invited to take part in the recent talks between Dassault and Riyadh, despite having recently appointed a new board administrator with experience of managing major contracts in the region, including a Rafale megadeal.

France
French armament agency to boost drone anti-jamming capacities

The French government's defence procurement directorate is aware the French armed forces' drone capacity is lagging behind and has asked local developer Skydrone Robotics to provide a demonstrator.