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• LONDON - Guy Cooper launches new investigation firm.

• WASHINGTON - Recently retired CIA officer Jaeger launches private firm.

• LONDON - New partner for veteran Oatley.

David Gauthier drives US geospatial intelligence's economic shift 

The new US intelligence budget under discussion in the Senate supports Gauthier's goals to better orientate the NGA towards the private sector in the name of making it more competitive on the global market.

USCYBERCOM in search of zero-day provider 

Via the Joint Cyber Weapons programme, the US Cyber Command is looking for a supplier able to find zero-day vulnerabilities and be operable for a variety of future missions.

Bundestag becomes next focus for Europe's arms lobbyists 

After Berlin's decision to re-invest massively in its armed forces, EU defence operators are now following in the footsteps of their US and Israeli counterparts, and are trying to reap a share of a potential €100bn windfall.

US defence industry preps ahead of German contracts rush 

Washington's military industrial and diplomatic complex is rallying to make sure it stands a good chance to snap up opportunities created by plans to upgrade the German military.

Thales still counts on top Democrat Tom Daschle's Pentagon connections 

The French industry giant, which has won a major contract for the Pentagon's communications systems, has The Daschle Group to rely on when it comes to gathering Democratic support in the US.

NGA's intelligence cloud contract signals ultimate demise of JEDI project 

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) award of a cloud contract to General Dynamics Information Technology marks the end of ambitions to create a unified cloud for the entire US defence community. Interoperability is the new watchword.

Britain's MASS Consultants builds Saudi Arabia's electronic warfare capacities 

The British electronic warfare IT firm MASS Consultants, a longstanding contractor to Britain's Ministry of Defence, has started a new phase of a major programme to upgrade Saudi Arabia's air warfare.

US defence groups conduct Greek sales offensive in Washington as well as Athens 

US arms manufacturers have applauded the adoption of the new bilateral cooperation agreement adopted by Congress in late December with the backing of the Democrats and lobbyists from the United States's Greek community.

Datalink integrates French military surveillance systems sold to Riyadh 

The Saudi company is helping its French partners involved in the satellite communications component of the huge French-Saudi arms programme, SFMC, now underway.

Satellite Applications Catapult also boosts Britain's satellite intelligence industry 

The Satellite Applications Catapult, which supports Britain's space industry and promotes innovation, communicates mostly about its projects which support civilian applications of satellite technology. But it also backs the development of space technologies useful for intelligence collection.

Nabil el Daher's Middle East contracts come back to haunt Airbus 

A Paris court will begin a hearing at 2pm on 30 June into a case that has been hanging over Airbus for years. The former agent of the group's border protection arm Signalis is ready for a new round, even if that means revealing contracts made in Saudia Arabia and the rest of the region.

VRL helps USCYBERCOM do own zero-day vulnerability searches 

Vulnerability Research Labs is helping government cyber-intelligence bodies to internalise and automate their vulnerability searches.

Athens' military shopping spree inspires defence industry 

The prospect of selling warships and fighter planes to Greece - never mind the financing - is causing excitement among the country's defence suppliers, and keeping Greek defence agents busy.