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China, Russia, United States
Washington, Beijing and Moscow square off in space after spy satellite launches

The race for space-based intelligence has prompted an unprecedented wave of spy satellite launches. Washington and its Indo-Pacific allies are picking up the pace in the face of China's push, while Russia is completing its transition to a war economy.

United States
Boeing eyes New Delhi's new spy planes for its latest technical intelligence pod

The US planemaker Boeing is currently testing a new intelligence tool for its P-8 Poseidon aircraft, which it appears willing to offer to India as the country seeks to acquire its own state-of-the-art surveillance aircraft.

France
Electronic warfare: France's strategic air forces ready to play Russian-refined Poker

France's air and space forces are about to launch an unprecedented nuclear deterrence air exercise involving communications jamming, a new challenge in the wake of lessons learned from the Russian war in Ukraine.

France, Poland
France trains Warsaw's geospatial intelligence experts

Poland is preparing for the arrival of its Airbus-designed spy satellites by having its analysts trained at France's Directorate of Military Intelligence.

France
Encryption startup CyferAll plans capital increase, banks on military networks

Post-quantum encryption start-up CyferAll is planning a new round of fundraising, which it hopes will be facilitated by the appointment of a former French general to its advisory board.

UAE
Crowdfense reboots bug bounty programme

Following months of restructuring, the Emirati vulnerabilities reseller has revised its zero-day exploit acquisition programme with an even larger bounty package than before.

France, Indonesia, United States
Indonesia chooses BlackSky over Thales and Leonardo for satellite imaging analytics

In the annual results published 26 February, US earth observation specialist BlackSky lifted the veil a little on the $50m contract it won from the Indonesian defence ministry for the supply of GEOINT services.

The Intelligence Gazette
FCDO's Indo-Pacific head, Xi's European trip, extra DGSE renovations

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

UK Owen Jenkins takes charge of FCDO's Indo-Pacific office

France, Serbia, Hungary, China Xi booked for European spring trip

France DGSE on-site upgrades still needed before move to new HQ

Vietnam
Thales and Lockheed Martin still hopeful in race for Vietnamese telecommunications satellite

Vietnam's Vinasat-3 telecommunications satellite project has ground to a halt, ensnared by power struggles in Hanoi, but the Western groups bidding to be onboard have not lost hope.