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China, Europe, United States
Disruptive weather ahead, part 3: the private sector takes position

Against the backdrop of wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and rivalries in the Indo-Pacific and Arctic, having sovereign weather capabilities is once again a priority for Beijing and Washington as they can leverage the data with their allies.

United States
SeerAI start-up eyes US agencies' growing climate intelligence needs

With climate intelligence now a political priority for the United States, GEOINT industry veteran Jeremy Fand is stepping up plans to develop his spatial temporal analytics and data fusion start-up.

Ukraine, United States
Pentagon contractor Sentry View Systems taps Ukrainian surveillance market

The Florida-based manufacturer of communication and surveillance systems is benefitting from Amulus Security's contacts with Kyiv's security authorities.

Spotlight | France, Germany, United States
Despite risks, defence AI firms turn to low-cost subcontractors to label data

Essential to train AI algorithms, labelling is a crucial stage in the intelligence cycle but remains on the margin of the sovereignty debate, despite being farmed out to third-party suppliers.

United States
Behind competition with China, SilentBarker spy satellite reveals rivalries between US agencies

The US agency responsible for satellite observation, the NRO, was uncharacteristically vocal about the recent launch of its first SilentBarker geostationary space surveillance system. Its communication campaign pits it against China and Russia... but also its partners at Space Force.

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.

Europe, United States
Private players wrestle for contracts in burgeoning market for thermal imagery

Thermal infrared (TIR) satellite images are now an essential tool for monitoring activity on strategic sites, and private geospatial intelligence firms are in increasingly fierce competition to nab a share of that growing market.

The Tech Telegraph
Cobwebs/Spire Capital, Kleos Space, AFRL's ISR sensor, Resecurity in Dubai, Wide Int

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Herzliya/New York Now part of Spire Capital, Cobwebs looks to US market

Luxembourg Kleos loses head of innovation

Rome/New York AFRL updates ISR sensors for Skyborg drones

Dubai US threat intel firm Resecurity uses SAT seller to set up home

Paris Deveryware successor Wide Int sorts out its new line-up

United States
With Demogorgon, Kratos becomes key player in future US fighter planes' electronic warfare capacity

The San Diego-based tech firm is putting the finishing touches on a prototype of its electronic warfare drone, which is set to be a cornerstone of US Air Force's sixth-generation fighter aircraft programme.

The Tech Telegraph
US military trains Mexican cyber-fighters, Council of Europe looks for cyber advisers, L3Harris for AFRL

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

MexicoUS cyber fighters train Mexican personnel

StrasbourgCouncil of Europe on the hunt for cyber advisers

Rome, New YorkAFRL calls on L3Harris to create SIGINT tools for its 6th gen combat aircraft programme

China, Taiwan, United States
State Security wary of Rhodium Group's China research

The week of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's 18 June visit to China, tensions between the two countries' services are as high as ever. Intelligence Online has learned that the mere idea of a report on China published by the geopolitical analysis Rhodium Group has kept Beijing's State Security ministry busy for weeks.

United States
DIA called to strengthen intelligence efforts against China

As part of efforts to step up the publication of intelligence, in accordance with the Biden administration's strategy, the US Senate has asked the DIA to produce a report on Chinese military spending.