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Frontex shops for airborne surveillance, Monti Knode joins the Space Force, Variston loses researchers

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.

WarsawFrontex invites bids for its airborne surveillance contracts

Colorado SpringsMonti Knode joins Space Delta 6

BarcelonaVariston loses its zero-day researchers

United States
Former FBI officer turned investigator for oligarchs Richard Frankel exposed in New York

Forensic News has taken legal action to defend itself against low-key corporate intelligence star Walter Soriano. Richard Frankel's former activities for Soriano's firm USG Security look set to expose clients he worked for.

Syria, United States
Idlbi, new defender of rebels' cause in Washington

Researcher Qutaiba Idlbi has been appointed the new representative to [...]

United States
Second Front Systems to bring Pentagon and Silicon Valley closer together

The US military is turning increasingly to commercial technology with the help of dual-use champion Second Front Systems.

France, United States
Multilateral special forces base in Jordan in the works

Over the past month the French ministry of the armed forces has been studying a proposal from the Pentagon to [...]

United States
Former Military Intelligence vet Barefoot joins private sector

US military intelligence veteran Wayne Barefoot recently became a consultant [...]

United States
SOCOM wants AI to tackle overwhelming data flows

At the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) which took place in Tampa Florida from May 15 to 18, General [...]

Spotlight | United States
Attack drone technology proliferation changes power-balance in war on terror

The use of attack drones was once the sole preserve of the Pentagon but home-made devices that are practically impossible to counter are now being used against US forces in numerous theatres of operation.

United States
Michael Flynn launches firm

Michael T. Flynn, who stood down as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in the summer, founded a consulting [...]

Middle East, United States
Raymond Thomas

Raymond Thomas, who took over as commander of Joint Special [...]

Jordan
Amman on front line against ISIS

Jordan, a priority target of ISIS, has heavily mobilised its General Intelligence Directorate (GID) and special forces to halt the movement's expansion.

Hong Kong
Frontier Services Group

Frontier Services Group, the private security and emergency logistics company [...]

Afghanistan
Sierra Nevada, commando sponsor

Sierra Nevada Corp (SNC) is really taking care of the brand new Afghan Special Forces. The US company will not [...]

United States
Sierra Nevada, Air America's successor

The US group Sierra Nevada has won a number of air surveillance contracts from US special forces.

Mali, Nigeria
Insecurity business booms in Sahel

The proliferation of jihadist groups in the Sahel has spawned new opportunities for companies in the air surveillance business.

Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Sauds' secret war in Yemen

Yemen's operations against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) are backed not only by U.S. Special Forces but also by Saudi Arabian intelligence.

United States
NMEC, DIA's information commandos

In Tysons Corner in Virginia, a military intelligence unit processes war zone intelligence and documents obtained by soldiers in realtime.