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France, UAE
Abu Dhabi deploys charm offensive at Paris Book Fair

The Paris Book Fair, held this past weekend, was the setting for an Emirati influence offensive, wherein representatives of a research centre distributed brochures in English and Arabic attacking the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Tech Times
Presight picks Anton Kharitonov, DCI's ISR drones, Falkor and Epieos

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.

Abu Dhabi Russian OSINT expert heads Presight's intelligence teams

Paris DCI wants to supply ISR drones to MNJTF

Tel Aviv Falkor picks French firm Epieos's OSINT solutions

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Reputational risk management at JPMorgan, Ground Truth exodus, from JS Held to Delta Consulting, Hollis moves to Aperio

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

New YorkJPMorgan hires ESG investigator to boost reputation protection

LondonGround Truth Intelligence parts ways with top execs

Miami/WashingtonArnold Castillo joins Delta Consulting from JS Held

LondonCharles Hollis joins Aperio

United Kingdom
FTI Consulting's stratcom team keeps an eye on beleaguered Boeing door panel supplier

FTI's strategic communications team in London generally promotes its clients' projects in the British space and defence industries. Among these clients is Spirit Aerosystems, which is currently under the spotlight in the United States.

United States
Pentagon brings its geospatial intelligence operators back in line

The leading Earth observation company Maxar Intelligence, whose satellite launches have been repeatedly delayed, has tightened its focus to keep in line with the Pentagon. The company's shift mirrors changes in the US Defense Department's entire strategy, which is driving consolidation in the sector.

Spotlight | United States
GEOINT champion Umbra at centre of dispute between investors with historic ties to far-right

Charles Johnson, a controversial former political operative, alleges that investment manager Hal Lambert and his firm Point Bridge Capital defrauded him by tapping his investment network to raise capital for Umbra. He is seeking in excess of $1.

France
ChapsVision poised to win DGSI call for tender

France's domestic intelligence agency, the DGSI, is about to announce the winners of the call for tender for its mass data analysis platform, OTDH.

Spotlight | Latvia, Ukraine
Western AI firms covet Ukraine's military intelligence data

The colossal data bank built up by Ukraine on Russian-built military equipment is attracting the interest of Western powers. Kyiv now has the problem of deciding whether to sell the data or exploit it for its own purposes.

UAE
Ali Al Mannaei, from Darkmatter cyber business developer to security provider

The architect of Abu Dhabi's sovereign cyber sector, Ali Al Mannaei, continues to keep a low profile while doing business. Still very much involved in Emirati defence networks, he is now consolidating all his security operations within his Al Hamra Group.

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.

Spotlight | Ukraine, United States
NATO experts and Ukrainian drone operators hold secret meeting

Ukrainian drone operators shared their feedback with NATO drone squadrons at a meeting at the organisation's base in Kalkar, Germany.