Denmark is preparing to sign major contracts with defence groups Kongsberg and Saab to equip its new underwater surveillance vessel. The two deals worth a total of €87m are being launched without tenders on the grounds of a security emergency in the Baltic Sea.
Against the backdrop of the crisis in the Middle East, it is common knowledge that the region's armed forces remain keenly interested in Israeli defence technology.
The annual Pacific Islands Forum is set this Thursday 3 September to pore over plans for a more restricted list of “strategic partners” which France is keen to join. Paris's involvement is crucial if it wants to avoid being sidelined in the Pacific region's increasingly multilateral security cooperation arrangements.
Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous places to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. Wine brotherhoods have historically been much appreciated by French spymasters, who are happy to use them for diplomatic leverage with their foreign counterparts.
US Congress is stepping up pressure on the intelligence community over Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities, which are becoming a major challenge for the air defence systems of the United States and its allies in the Middle East.
A delegation from the Financial Action Task Force which placed Monaco on its ‘grey list’ in mid-2024, will travel to the principality next week. Beyond assessing the technical reforms implemented by Monaco’s financial intelligence unit, the trip will focus on evaluating the authorities’ actions against money laundering.
CIA director John Ratcliffe was not the only one to head east in recent weeks. Shortly before his visit to Moscow, France's DGSE sent a high-level delegation to Minsk to discuss the Ukrainian conflict. The UK's MI6 already made a similar trip to Belarus last year.
Polish company SATIM is poised to present a solution at the upcoming MSPO exhibition in Kielce that enables intelligence services to retrain its models using their own radar images. This process can be carried out without any classified data leaving its environment.
The People's Liberation Army representative in Belgium has been trying to build contacts in the civilian defence sector, sparking concerns among those involved. Beijing, which does not have a station chief in Brussels, has in the past relied on its defence and EU missions based there to develop networks.
While Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation has paved the way for seasoned and respected analysts to take up key posts, the level of cooperation with John Ratcliffe’s agency has not improved.
With Paris Fashion Week fast approaching, the French luxury giant's fashion brand Louis Vuitton’s security department has its hands full as it deals with allegations of financial misconduct. These accusations come in the wake of a series of disputes between service providers, audits and a compliance review that have rocked LVMH’s senior management.
The French center-right Renaissance party, led by former prime minister Gabriel Attal, has called upon a Franco-US property investor in the US to help open doors in the French community there, but also to build networks in think tanks, investors, academics and political circles.
New rules at Thailand's intellectual property court have forced specialist investigative firms to scale back their operations. This tightening of the rules comes with the country still on the US watch list for intellectual property issues.
Despite the current standoff between Donald Trump and Mark Carney, US giant Amazon's cloud computing arm is pulling out all the stops to secure Canada’s secret cloud contract. The firm is scrambling to recruit consultants with connections to the country's security apparatus, which appear unready at present to acquire their own sovereign intelligence technologies.
The sudden resignation last month of securocrat Mamouka Mdinaradze, who oversaw the arrest this spring of four individuals suspected of spying for Russia and France, has raised eyebrows as the trials of the accused loom.
Saudi Aramco has been speaking to Western lenders, including Citibank, over the expansion of the East-West crude oil pipeline. But sources have said talks stalled over who takes on the increased "war-risk" in the region.
A Vietnamese hacker’s new company, set up with the support of Israeli cyber specialists, has promising business prospects with strategic military clients.
Sri Lankan defence officials recently discussed a detailed proposal for the acquisition of armoured SUVs from UAE-based manufacturer Streit, Intelligence Online has learned. The company was sanctioned by the EU last October.
Change is underfoot at the state-backed defence company Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI). One of its entities is in the process of being dismantled, while two others are consolidating their position at the heart of the kingdom’s most strategic defence projects.
The final deliberations underway over France's 2027 budget are being closely watched by the intelligence services, especially with the special funds budget expected to rise sharply to around €100m, according to our sources. But in previous years, the amount budgeted has often fallen far short of the final figure disbursed.
Published on 09/09/26 at 11:45 GMT: Space cooperation between Paris and Hanoi has always been driven by financial concerns, which have been holding up the VNREDsat-2 earth observation satellite project over the past eight years. Airbus, in the meantime, is playing for time.
Nicolas Cinquini, a former French police intelligence officer sacked for his role in the Yellow Vests protests, blogs about French nationals involved in Ukraine. His pro-Russian activism has drawn the attention of Ukrainian counter-intelligence and of returning French veterans.
Reappointed in 2024, the Australian spymaster's second term has not been easy. Amid ongoing espionage attempts – notably by China – it has been especially marked by Australia's deadliest terrorist attack. With a commission of inquiry due to publish its findings by the end of the year, the spymaster has spoken out in a book to be published next week.
In recent years, analysts monitoring the launch tests carried out by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army's nuclear unit have noted a sharp drop in activity in July and August. Government purges are suspected to be the main reason for the lull, but other factors could also be having an impact.
The Trump administration is shifting its fight against drug trafficking, a top priority, to West Africa. Washington is counting on the backing of a company founded by an ex-FBI officer which has already been involved in counternarcotics efforts in Latin America.
The French Republican Guard is involved in a training programme with Indonesia's mounted guard. This equestrian cooperation has a role to play as France seeks to secure defence contracts in the region.
A slew of top executives from the French cyber sector, who in past lives worked for the DGSE, has recently relocated from France to South-East Asia, settling in Bangkok and Singapore. The region's attractive business prospects, more flexible regulatory framework, and quality of life have tempted former employees of Xrator, Tehtris and Corexalys.
The Chinese president will this month make his first state visit to Washington since 2015. With the White House blowing hot and cold by keeping Beijing in the dark regarding the trip's planning, the Chinese intelligence services have been called upon to assist.
The influence of populism on Western intelligence services emerged as a popular research theme at the annual conference of the International Association for Intelligence Education's European chapter in London. The enduring nature of the intelligence links between London and Washington were questioned as a result.
Britain's new armed forces minister is at the centre of the UK’s greatest strategic dilemma since 1945. The end of alignment with US interests has forced the government to question its US military intelligence reliance. Yet this ex-Intelligence Corps officer knows better than most that British sovereignty in many strategic areas remains unattainable in the short term.
Against a fraught political backdrop, staff recruitment and retention are proving to be crucial factors in enabling the US technical intelligence agency to meet its modernisation challenges.
The region's pressing need for anti-drone systems has spurred Beijing to recently register a flurry of companies in the UAE’s free zones. Its goal through these firms is to sell a white-labeled solutions easily and discreetly to countries throughout the Gulf.
Ahead of Xi's visit to the US on 24 September, Beijing is positioning itself as the only credible mediator between Washington and Pyongyang. Intelligence Online has learned that the Chinese Communist Party is preparing several plans for a Trump–Kim summit in four different cities, including in North Korea itself.
A lieutenant-colonel serving on the French Army General Staff was dismissed from the service in early July by a non-public presidential decree, on the grounds of his “openly sympathetic” attitude towards Nazi ideology.
Since becoming head of MI6 last year, the athletic Blaise Metreweli has embarked on a marathon trek in search of partnerships to reduce UK dependence on US data. While some within the security establishment may have long dreamt of foregoing the Five Eyes, the goal is now to focus on drawing as many countries as possible into the technical alliance to "dilute" the data-collection power of the US alone.
The French-British plan to secure the strait has gradually been taking shape, but is hitting against US reluctance which threatens to scupper the mission altogether. It has recently picked a new commander, with ties to the United States.
Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.
The recent appointment of the National Security Council's Europe chief, Chris Curran, who will be called to take part in negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, comes as Washington is looking to scale back the influence of envoys Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
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