In-Q-Tel

United States
Defence tech startups enlist Washington lobbyist to push drone technology

Kela Defense US and Perseus Defense have signed a lobbying deal with a firm that is linked to a lawyer who previously represented Elon Musk.

Europe, United States
Airbus extends contract with Palantir

Airbus Group has renewed its contract with Palantir for ten years. In 2015, the European aircraft manufacturer entrusted the American group with the development of its Skywise big data platform, which aims to optimise the production and maintenance of its aircraft.

The Agencies' Gazette
DNRED's new deputy director, ex-DNI at Columbia, strategic funds in Australia, Sciences Po Paris boss heads east

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

FranceNew deputy director appointed at DNRED

United StatesFormer DNI Avril Haines returns to Columbia

United Kingdom/AustraliaCould Canberra follow example of UK's sovereign wealth fund?

FranceHead of Sciences Po Paris expected in China and Japan in October

France
US' Palantir to stay part of French intelligence until end of Macron presidency?

It will be months, perhaps even years, before the OTDH data fusion system at the DGSI, the French domestic intelligence service, is fully operational. US group Palantir therefore looks set to have a presence in the service for some time.

France, United States
US OSINT specialist Sayari finds Paris hard to win over

The US open source intelligence specialist, at one time financed by the intelligence venture capital fund In-Q-Tel, is trying to break into the French market.

Ukraine, United States
The US Center for European Policy Analysis, a key interface for Polish, Ukrainian and US defence networks

Based in Washington, the think-tank promotes closer transatlantic ties, but most of all provides vital defence contacts for Kyiv and Warsaw.

Spotlight | United States
SPAC Chain Bridge implosion threatens to dash intelligence officers' dreams

Retired officials with the CIA, MI6, DIA and Pentagon have key roles with Chain Bridge I, which is bleeding cash. The fund's top executives include veterans of CIA-linked venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and several ex-intelligence operatives who currently work for Beacon Global Strategies.

Ukraine, United States
Private military contractors thrust into heart of Ukraine conflict information war

Reeling from a dispute raging between its leaders, Russian information campaigns and blows to its reputation, Mozart Group's current predicament illustrates the delicate position in which such private security contractors operating on both sides of the conflict find themselves in.

Australia, United States
Cubic Digital Intelligence wins the trust of Australian Army Special Operations

The US cyber conglomerate Cubic Corp's GEOINT subsidiary has already won a string of military contracts with the special forces in the country just months after opening its Australian branch.

United Kingdom, United States
UK's Labour taps into Sally Donnelly's powerful Washington network

With the UK's Conservative government facing the possibility of a snap general election, Labour's defence teams have got moving in Washington.

United States
Grist Mill Exchange trades in commercially sourced intelligence for the CIA

The consultancy founded by several ex-CIA officers wants to help intelligence agencies solve a challenge: how to tap into commercially sourced data. Already being seen in satellite imagery, this practice is now turning to the collection of Internet user browsing datasets.