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Cognyte and Omaha police and firefighters' pension fund fall foul of Meta's crusade 

A new episode in the tumult shaking the virtual human intelligence sector has been playing out in a New York courtroom this month. The city of Omaha police and firefighters pension fund has accused Cognyte of failing to reveal its activities in the sector, which it says are behind the company's poor stock exchange performance.

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Space SIGINT specialist Kleos experiences turbulence 

The Luxembourg based SIGINT satellite constellation firm Kleos Space recently announced that its first cluster was out of service due to technical difficulties. This news comes at a time when a number of big contracts are up for grabs.

GEOINT startup Theia's disgruntled supplier starts legal action 

Keen to launch a large constellation of observation satellites for the intelligence community and other clients, the startup Theia has run into difficulties with a key supplier who is still waiting to be paid.

NGA moves into economic intelligence gathering 

After two years of planning at the Fort Belvoir Springfield headquarters of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), GEOINT-based economic analysis is now becoming part of the agency's armoury and its spending programme.

Following the sale of Novetta, Carlyle starts building up Two Six Technologies into a new market leader  Free

American investment group Carlyle recently sold cyber intelligence company Novetta to Accenture Federal. It has begun rebuilding its position in the intelligence technology sector, however. By strengthening Two Six Technologies through the acquisition of Trusted Concepts, it is rebuilding its position in intelligence technologies.

NGA fights in Congress to retain GEOINT acquisition influence 

Although not everyone is pleased with its methods of managing contracts with the private sector, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency may regain its position in procurement of geospatial intelligence data and services with the creation of a joint office, in which it would have a determining weight.

Congress looks to streamline intelligence agencies' satellite imagery procurements 

Commercially-available spatial imaging solutions are becoming vital to the government's geospatial intelligence operations, but there is widespread confusion in the way these tools are being acquired. Congress wants clarity on the situation.

Space industry awaits British contracts with bated breath 

The British parliament, in the throes of an overhaul of the country's space strategy, is being bombarded with advice from defence industry players keen to press home their respective advantages. The issues raised point to the emminently political nature of Britain's GEOINT choices.

Awaiting listing after merger, BlackSky's fate relies on major contracts with NRO and NGA 

GEOINT specialist BlackSky's merger with Osprey to go public, a decision strongly backed by Peter Thiel, shows the operators are willing to change business model in order to win major contracts with US intelligence services.

NGA eyes new pool of GEOINT vendors as it ramps up commercial acquisitions 

The agency wants to support US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) start-ups but is also increasingly considering European firms.

Congress gives another push for NGA to lead in GEOINT analysis 

Washington is looking to give another boost to the National [...]

HawkEye 360, Kleos, Unseenlabs vie for SIGINT dominance  Free

Three companies, HawkEye 360, Kleos and Unseenlabs, are racing to become the leader in radio frequency-based satellites, pushing beyond their local markets to grab international contracts.

GEOINT veteran Klinger goes solo 

Gil Klinger, who was Raytheon's vice president of space and [...]

NGA still looking for role 

A series of webinars over the past two months that replaced the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) annual gathering show that [...]

NGA adapts to Covid  Free

In webinars that took the place of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)'s traditional annual gathering last week, its director Admiral [...]

After losing out on JEDI defence cloud, Amazon ploughs ahead thanks to intelligence contracts 

While it pursues a lawsuit against the Pentagon and Microsoft, Amazon is also looking to monetise the infrastructure it has built for the intelligence sector.

Inspector General prepares for AI 

The Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG) has launched [...]