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Iraq, United States
Rebuilding Iraq's financial system, part 1: K2 Integrity's ability to block international dollar payments prompts interference complaints

Not yet confirmed by the Iraqi government, K2's contract with the Central Bank of Iraq includes powers to verify, and decline, dollar payment requests made through a centralised platform. The new process has seen Iraqi financiers lamenting a lack of transparency.

The Tech Times
Yarden Shafir at Vigilant Labs, Ludovic Huth for Campus OSINT, RTX's new plans after Algiers cancels spy planes

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

SydneyYarden Shafir joins Vigilant Labs

ParisLudovic Huth takes helm of Campus OSINT

BostonRTX does damage control after Algerian ISR plane programme axed

United States
Businessman Jacob Gitman battles Chase Bank, while helping Trump charter jets

The founder of Monarch Air Group is suing the American financial giant for defamation after his accounts were closed and he was blacklisted.

Singapore, Thailand, United States, Vietnam
Aided by its consultant, Lockheed Martin is not giving up on selling F-16Vs to Thailand

The US aerospace giant has a new asset for its business exploration in South-East Asia in the form of a consultancy firm that employs several veterans of military diplomacy.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Milton Advisers, JS Held in Memphis, CNC Intelligence, Argyll Strategy

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonLord investigator Ross Kempsell steps up PR advisory roles

MemphisTransport authority employs JS Held

WashingtonCNC Intelligence opens UK subsidiary

LondonArgyll Strategy takes its pick of CT Group crop

Ukraine, United States
US boosts technological capabilities of Ukrainian border guards and police

The US State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) is continuing its efforts to assist Ukrainian law enforcement agencies despite the war.

Switzerland, Ukraine, United States
Auterion, the chip supplier free of Chinese tech for Kyiv's drones

In their quest to end dependence on Chinese-made chips, Ukrainian drone pilots are turning to the up-and-coming Swiss-American firm for competitive, efficient electronic systems and software.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Ex-MI5 boss opens firm, CIA vet at Forward, GardaWorld, John Reid Advisory

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonFormer MI5 boss opens own firm at last

WashingtonEx-CIA officer joins Forward Risk and Intelligence

Tripoli/LondonGardaWorld keeps FCDO contract despite mishaps in Libya

LondonEx-interior minister under Blair offers his expertise to Aeralis

Ukraine, United States
Legal headache in US for arms brokers supplying Ukraine

A Czech weapons broker is suing a US group over an unpaid bill for munitions sold to Ukraine. The case exposes other disputes between brokers wanting to make the most of the urgent need for supplies on the front.

Spotlight | United States
Ex-CIA political scientist David Shullman appointed as US intel community's chief China analyst

The new National Intelligence Officer for China has a hybrid profile, combining intelligence work and academic research. He also has a background in think tanks of various political hues, a valuable asset in this period of political uncertainty.

United States
Forge Group, the Pentagon's toolbox in the Indo-Pacific

From negotiating new partnerships to improving arms sales processes, the group's consultants are working with the Pentagon's Indo-Pacific office to strengthen the US military footprint in the strategic region.