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Strategic electronic warfare firm Ultra Electronics reorganises under new shareholder Advent

US investor Advent is substantially remodelling its new subsidiary, the British military and intelligence supplier Ultra Electronics, in response to UK government sovereignty concerns in the wake of the firm's sale last August.

United Kingdom
New ISR-oriented consulting firm Pinnacle Atlas launches in Middle East

ISR technology firm Seven Technologies' insolvency last month has been swiftly followed by the creation of other firms, including Pinnacle Atlas, which is well-connected in Saudi Arabia.

United Kingdom
BAE Systems' vulnerability experts found Foundry Zero

Foundry Zero, a UK-based specialist in cyber-vulnerability founded by three ex-BAE, is growing fast in London and Cheltenham.

The Intelligence Gazette
Access to UK Special Forces, DGSI and criminal records, JIO's new hub, TurkStream under threat and spying on French pilots in China?

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 hone in on London, Paris and Budapest.

United KingdomBen Wallace and the Defence Committee cross swords over parliamentary control of UK Special Forces.

FranceDGSI to have permanent access to criminal records file.

United KingdomThe Joint Intelligence Organisation creates an OSINT "insights hub".

HungaryBudapest scans TurkStream for sabotage risks.

FranceIs DGSE now keeping an eye on ex-Air Force staff abroad following Intelligence Online's revelations?

United Kingdom
New Cyber-focused Private Equity firm Gallos Technologies seconded by Security establishment

Gallos, a new and rapidly rising investment company specialised in security technology, has just made its first investment. It is financially backed by major pillars in British security circles.

United Kingdom
UK parliament calls on MI6, MI5 and GCHQ to play role in preventing atrocities

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and with one eye on developments in the US, Britain's parliamentary International Development Select Committee is calling for the intelligence community to support the Foreign Office's new Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM).

Japan, United Kingdom
Former Japanese army general Kazuo Tokito joins NCD, the firm bridging UK and Japanese cyber

Japanese consulting firm Nihon Cyber Defence, initially focused on importing the British cyber model to Japan, has recently poached a former Japanese army major general, Kazuo Tokito. The firm however, is more accustomed to operating outside the British and Japanese borders.

The Intelligence Gazette
Charles III's spies, Iraqi Mukhabarat mobilised, Confucius Institutes under US pressure, research at GCHQ, German counter-espionage and France's CNRLT

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets from the global intelligence community and this week we're heading to Kerbala, Washington, London, Berlin and Paris.

United Kingdom Charles III, King of Spies

Iraq Intelligence services suit up ahead of Arba'een pilgrimage

United States/China Pressure mounts on Confucius institutes

United Kingdom GCHQ creates a behavioural science research centre to screen hires

Germany Doubts over counter-terrorism, now counter-espionage

France New candidate for the CNRLT

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
ADIT, Hockley, the UNDP, new Jordanian-British firm

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both great and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we report from London, New York and Paris.

LondonEmail leak hunter Jake Hockley sets up new company.

United StatesUNDP sets up counter-terrorism and money laundering investigations division.

LondonNew Jordanian-British corporate intelligence company.

FranceADIT holds on to Nouvelle Aquitaine intelligence contract.

Syria
Syrian army and Syrian Democratic Forces join forces to face Erdogan's intervention threats

As the Turkish president continues to threaten a new intervention in Syria, the Syrian Democratic Forces have finally opted to form an ad hoc alliance with the regime in Damascus, offering it a long hoped for opportunity to return to north-eastern Syria.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Sagard completes stake purchase of ADIT, Chatham House loses Niblett, JS Held poaches from Control Risks, Wychrij leaves Wallbrook, Quinlan, COSA

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 Paris, Kyiv, London and New York.

ParisSagard completes stake purchase of ADIT.

LondonChatham House director moves into geopolitical consulting.

New YorkNew due diligence director at JS Held.

LondonWallbrook's cyber director moves to Reliance ACSN.

New YorkQuinlan takes pick of K2 experts.

KyivCOSA sets up security-stamped advisory board.

The Intelligence Gazette
Domenach at the CNRLT, Mossad in Manama, Romanian cyber

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we head to Tel Aviv, Paris and Bucharest.

Israel/BahrainFirst class of Manama spies complete course with Israeli intelligence.

FranceMuriel Domenach tipped to become new anti-terrorism intelligence boss.

RomaniaBucharest urgently looking for recruits for new cybersecurity directorate.

United Kingdom
British intelligence revamps in face of extreme right-wing terrorism

Increasingly concerned by the threat of extreme right-wing terrorism, the government has put MI5 on the frontline of its counter efforts. The Intelligence and Security Committee is taking stock of these developments.