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Athena AI takes on Washington, Vietnamese Pentest tender, Spanish military OSINT purchase

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT with a dose of cyber, we report every Thursday on events big and small that matter in the technical intelligence community.

WashingtonAustralian intelligence data fusion leader takes on US defence market

HanoiGovernment rolls out wide-scale pentest across its agencies

MadridSpanish military intelligence buys OSINT platform

Taiwan, United States
US military contractor Global Dimensions tries again to sell special forces' training to Taipei

After a first failed project backed by local billionaire Robert Tsao, the American contractor is now talking to the Taiwanese interior ministry about special forces training.

France, United States
US OSINT specialist Sayari finds Paris hard to win over

The US open source intelligence specialist, at one time financed by the intelligence venture capital fund In-Q-Tel, is trying to break into the French market.

Spotlight | United States
Corporate intel firms snap up national security talents ahead of election campaign

WestExec, Pallas and Beacon Global have all taken on former CIA and Pentagon officials affiliated with both parties. The 2024 presidential candidates are sure to view industry firms as oases to find political advisers and, for the winner, the staff for the new administration.

United States
The Pentagon's major image processing project Maven makes budget comeback

After seven years in the making, Project Maven - a military artificial intelligence project dedicated to image processing - is in better health after the NGA took over the helm.

Germany, United States
US command in Europe hires help to strengthen logistics in Miesau, Germany

Locally-based veteran US consultant Benjamin French is helping US Command in Europe to build up its presence in south-western Germany.

Iraq, Turkey
Baghdad called upon to mediate between the MIT and the PUK

Hugely concerned about the origin of the intelligence that allowed the MIT to attack the Sulaymanyah airport on 7 April, the PUK has called on Baghdad to lead the investigation. It is also hoping to calm down the increasingly tense relations between the Talabani clan and Ankara.

United States
Counter-influence expert looking for funding to develop cyber activities

EdgeTheory, a service provider to the US intelligence community, wants to extend its expertise to cyber and has approached lobbyist Alpine Group Partners to look for funding.