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Spotlight | Europe, United States
SPACE INTELLIGENCE ON AUCTION BLOCK

Space-based intelligence is set to become a commodity like any other this year. Apart from a few exceptions (Iran, Iraq, Libya and North Korea) military and civil intelligence agencies across the globe will be able to buy high definition imagery [...]

Published on 08.01.1998 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Spotlight | Europe
SPY SATELLITES FIRST LINE IN EUROPE'S DEFENSES

A report discussed behind closed doors during a meeting of the Western European Union's Technological and Aerospace Committee on Nov. 10 fixed the timetable for transforming the Torrejon satellite center in Spain into a European Union defense unit.

Subscribers only 18.11.1999

France
NEW ELECTROMAGNETIC RESOURCES

The French army is to beef up its electromagnetic capability [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.1999

United States
SPACE COMMAND TACKLES NEW MISSIONS

Over the past five weeks the U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) headquartered at the Peterson air force base in Colorado has [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.1999

United States
3D MAPS FOR NIMA

NASA will launch its Shuttle Radar Topography Mission from its [...]

Subscribers only 26.08.1999

Spotlight | United States
SPACE INTELLIGENCE IN TROUBLE

Three years after a shake-up of American space-based intelligence that resulted in the founding of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) on Oct. 1, 1996 the branch is in dire trouble as the result of a series of major [.

Subscribers only 22.07.1999

United States
MOVE TO PRIVATE SPACE INTELLIGENCE

If the planned launch of Space Imaging's high resolution Ikonos 1 satellite takes place on April 27 – a full [...]

Subscribers only 22.04.1999

United States
NRO PLAN UNDER FIRE

The National Reconnaissance Office's blueprint for the next generation of imagery satellites, known as the Future Imagery Architecture (FIA), is [...]

Subscribers only 08.04.1999

United States
FIRST SALES FOR COMMERCIAL IMAGERY

Two American space imagery companies, Orbimage and Space Imaging, announced on Oct. 30 and Dec. 11 that they had signed [...]

Subscribers only 31.12.1998

United States
DE-CLASSIFYING THE OBVIOUS AND THE LESS SO

Over the last several years the National Security Agency has declassified a variety of facts about operational and administrative matters, [...]

Subscribers only 31.12.1998

United States
EXTRA FUNDING FOR NRO

The National Reconnaissance Office will be a big beneficiary of a $1.5 billion increase in intelligence spending in the 1999 [...]

Subscribers only 31.12.1998

United States
EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE TESTS 29 SYSTEMS

The National Reconnaissance Office has made up for its abortive launch of a signals intelligence satellite in August by successfully [...]

Subscribers only 15.10.1998

United States
LIFTING VEIL ON SATELLITE OPERATION

In an unprecedented move, the National Reconnaissance Office has revealed the award of a contract for a yet-to-be built satellite [...]

Subscribers only 30.07.1998

Norway
STANDING GUARD IN SPACE

If the Norwegian parliament approves funding, the U.S. will transfer a new radar system originally intended for intelligence collection in [...]

Subscribers only 16.07.1998

United States
BACKROOM AGENCY CLOSED DOWN

The Defense Support Project Office, one of the most obscure agencies in the U.S. intelligence community, is being closed down, [...]

Subscribers only 04.06.1998

United States
NRO FINDS PARTNERS FOR SATELLITE SCHEME

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has teamed up with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Air Force [...]

Subscribers only 02.04.1998

United States
A GLIMPSE AT AMERICAN SIGINT

A key element in the management of the U.S. signals intelligence effort, the National SIGINT Committee, has undergone a number [...]

Subscribers only 19.03.1998

United States
WHAT NON-NRO SATELLITES DO

Most of the space intelligence for the U.S. intelligence community originates from the National Reconnaissance Office's fleet of imagery and [...]

Subscribers only 19.02.1998

United States
NRO'S 6TH TECHNOLOGICAL FORUM

The National Reconnaissance Office's Advanced Systems & Technology Directorate is [...]

Subscribers only 19.02.1998

United States
STREAMLINING INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

The Defense Department is poised to introduce major changes in the way it manages its intelligence and reconnaissance operations and [...]

Subscribers only 20.11.1997

United States
ZEROING IN ON SCUDS

Harkening back once again to the Gulf War, the U.S. intelligence community is continuing to make efforts to improve ways [...]

Subscribers only 09.10.1997

United States
SPYING SECRETS UNVEILED

In late August the CIA declassified over 200 articles that appeared in its secret in-house journal, Studies on Intelligence, between [...]

Subscribers only 11.09.1997

Europe
CALL FOR EURO SPACE AUTHORITY

Plans by France and Germany to work together on a military observation satellite project have run into a wall since [...]

Subscribers only 10.07.1997

United States
RESHUFFLING ITS SPACE CARDS

As more countries become active commercially and militarily in space the United States has set out to revamp and upgrade [...]

Subscribers only 10.07.1997

United States
NEW WAYS TO HIT "HARD TARGETS"

In a recent talk with newsmen, Keith Hall, director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), outlined a number of new [...]

Subscribers only 26.06.1997

Europe
LOBBYING FOR SPACE INTELLIGENCE

The European Control by Satellite association (EUCOSAT), which is backed [...]

Subscribers only 13.02.1997

United States
JEFFREY HARRIS

Jeffrey Harris, who is slated on July 29 to become president of Space Imaging, one of a string of ambitious [...]

Subscribers only 18.07.1996

France
OCAPI'S MULTI-SOURCE COLLECTION SYSTEM

Backed by Aerospatiale, which holds a 34% stake in it, the small French company Fleximage has won a lot of [...]

Subscribers only 04.07.1996

France
20% LESS FOR SPACE

France's new military spending plan covering the years 1997-2002 provides for a 15 to 20% drop in the cost of [...]

Subscribers only 26.06.1996

France
A CLASSY LOSER

The boss of Matra Defense, Noel Forgeard, lobbied his "friend" [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 21.12.1995

Spotlight | United States, West Europe
HELIOS A MILITARY OR DEFENSE SATELLITE?

The suspense that Germany has carefully nurtured over whether it will join France in the Helios 2 and Horus (ex Osiris) military satellite programs will shortly come to an end. Intelligence Newsletter learned from a high-ranking German military source attending [.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 28.09.1995

United States
CALL FOR SEPARATE SPACE BUDGET

With the American intelligence and defence community hotly debating the future of American space programs, an independent expert, John Pike, [...]

Subscribers only 14.06.1995

Spotlight | West Europe
HELIOS TO DOVETAIL EUROPE'S INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

When the Ariane rocket lifts the Helios 1 military satellite into orbit in June or July the three countries taking part in the program -- France, Italy and Spain --will have made a major step towards coordinating their intelligence-gathering.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 29.03.1995

France, Germany
PUTTING BONN INTO THE PICTURE

Germany is expected to formally announce in March that it will take part in the French-led Helios 2 observation satellite [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 15.02.1995

United States
NRO FINALLY GETS A BOSS

Over a year ago Intelligence Newsletter announced that budget and bureaucratic problems had left the super-secret National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) [...]

Subscribers only 22.06.1994

United States
ECOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR INTELLIGENCE?

In our preceding issue we described the intelligence advantages of multispectral analysis of satellite imagery (I.N. n. 239). At the [...]

Subscribers only 04.05.1994

France
OSIRIS WITH THE GERMANS?

France should launch its first military optical satellite Helios 1 next October. However, French military officials are currently very sceptical [...]

Subscribers only 12.01.1994

Australia
REGIONAL ANTI-MISSILE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM?

The U.S. Space Command proposed earlier this year the establishment [...]

Subscribers only 15.09.1993

Spotlight | France, United States
PRE-COMPETITIVENESS

The Paris Air Show at Le Bourget was billed in the major media as a hotbed of French industrial espionage, especially against American high tech companies (I.N. n. 217). But on the contrary, the Le Bourget show has marked the [.

Subscribers only 30.06.1993

Spotlight | France, United States
CONSTRAINED COOPERATION

The well-known and thoroughly analyzed animosity and aggressiveness over economic, defense, security and intelligence matters between the United States and France is only the tip of the iceberg. Major strategic changes taking place in these areas since the end of [.

Subscribers only 26.08.1992

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Spotlight | Europe SPY SATELLITES FIRST LINE IN EUROPE'S DEFENSES

France NEW ELECTROMAGNETIC RESOURCES

United States SPACE COMMAND TACKLES NEW MISSIONS

United States 3D MAPS FOR NIMA

Spotlight | United States SPACE INTELLIGENCE IN TROUBLE

United States MOVE TO PRIVATE SPACE INTELLIGENCE

United States NRO PLAN UNDER FIRE

United States FIRST SALES FOR COMMERCIAL IMAGERY

United States DE-CLASSIFYING THE OBVIOUS AND THE LESS SO

United States EXTRA FUNDING FOR NRO

United States EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE TESTS 29 SYSTEMS

United States LIFTING VEIL ON SATELLITE OPERATION

Norway STANDING GUARD IN SPACE

United States BACKROOM AGENCY CLOSED DOWN

United States NRO FINDS PARTNERS FOR SATELLITE SCHEME

United States A GLIMPSE AT AMERICAN SIGINT

United States WHAT NON-NRO SATELLITES DO

United States NRO'S 6TH TECHNOLOGICAL FORUM

United States STREAMLINING INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

United States ZEROING IN ON SCUDS

United States SPYING SECRETS UNVEILED

Europe CALL FOR EURO SPACE AUTHORITY

United States RESHUFFLING ITS SPACE CARDS

United States NEW WAYS TO HIT "HARD TARGETS"

Europe LOBBYING FOR SPACE INTELLIGENCE

United States JEFFREY HARRIS

France OCAPI'S MULTI-SOURCE COLLECTION SYSTEM

France 20% LESS FOR SPACE

France A CLASSY LOSER

Spotlight | United States, West Europe HELIOS A MILITARY OR DEFENSE SATELLITE?

United States CALL FOR SEPARATE SPACE BUDGET

Spotlight | West Europe HELIOS TO DOVETAIL EUROPE'S INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

France, Germany PUTTING BONN INTO THE PICTURE

United States NRO FINALLY GETS A BOSS

United States ECOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR INTELLIGENCE?

France OSIRIS WITH THE GERMANS?

Australia REGIONAL ANTI-MISSILE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM?

Spotlight | France, United States PRE-COMPETITIVENESS

Spotlight | France, United States CONSTRAINED COOPERATION

ADDIS READIES FOR WAR IN THE AIR

MARKETING CENTER IN ATHENS FOR SATELLITE SERVICE

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Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Spotlight | Europe, United States
SPACE INTELLIGENCE ON AUCTION BLOCK

Spotlight | Europe
SPY SATELLITES FIRST LINE IN EUROPE'S DEFENSES

France
NEW ELECTROMAGNETIC RESOURCES

United States
SPACE COMMAND TACKLES NEW MISSIONS

United States
3D MAPS FOR NIMA

Spotlight | United States
SPACE INTELLIGENCE IN TROUBLE

United States
MOVE TO PRIVATE SPACE INTELLIGENCE

United States
NRO PLAN UNDER FIRE

United States
FIRST SALES FOR COMMERCIAL IMAGERY

United States
DE-CLASSIFYING THE OBVIOUS AND THE LESS SO

United States
EXTRA FUNDING FOR NRO

United States
EXPERIMENTAL SATELLITE TESTS 29 SYSTEMS

United States
LIFTING VEIL ON SATELLITE OPERATION

Norway
STANDING GUARD IN SPACE

United States
BACKROOM AGENCY CLOSED DOWN

United States
NRO FINDS PARTNERS FOR SATELLITE SCHEME

United States
A GLIMPSE AT AMERICAN SIGINT

United States
WHAT NON-NRO SATELLITES DO

United States
NRO'S 6TH TECHNOLOGICAL FORUM

United States
STREAMLINING INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

United States
ZEROING IN ON SCUDS

United States
SPYING SECRETS UNVEILED

Europe
CALL FOR EURO SPACE AUTHORITY

United States
RESHUFFLING ITS SPACE CARDS

United States
NEW WAYS TO HIT "HARD TARGETS"

Europe
LOBBYING FOR SPACE INTELLIGENCE

United States
JEFFREY HARRIS

France
OCAPI'S MULTI-SOURCE COLLECTION SYSTEM

France
20% LESS FOR SPACE

France
A CLASSY LOSER

Spotlight | United States, West Europe
HELIOS A MILITARY OR DEFENSE SATELLITE?

United States
CALL FOR SEPARATE SPACE BUDGET

Spotlight | West Europe
HELIOS TO DOVETAIL EUROPE'S INTELLIGENCE EFFORT

France, Germany
PUTTING BONN INTO THE PICTURE

United States
NRO FINALLY GETS A BOSS

United States
ECOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR INTELLIGENCE?

France
OSIRIS WITH THE GERMANS?

Australia
REGIONAL ANTI-MISSILE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM?

Spotlight | France, United States
PRE-COMPETITIVENESS

Spotlight | France, United States
CONSTRAINED COOPERATION