UAE, United States
US interceptor satellite specialist HawkEye strengthens foothold in UAE

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ISR in Bosnia, Russia's drone jammers, Israeli-Taiwanese-Emirati space alliance

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

Brussels/Sarajevo ISR suppliers eye Bosnia tender

Moscow/Kyiv Russia beefs up anti-drone apparatus

Tel Aviv Israeli-Taiwanese-Emirati space data processing alliance

United States
Razor's Edge gains firmer foothold in US intelligence

The investment fund is continuing its shopping spree among companies seeking to break into the US intelligence sector. Its former protégé, BlackHorse Solutions, has just won a major contract on the DARPA programme to improve penetration testing.

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Butterfly Effect unveils Triton, Holland joins Shield Capital, HiJojo helps Kela, Kent lobbies for Trinity cyber

Whether in SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT or cyber, we report each week on developments great and small in the world of technical intelligence providers.

Nursultan Butterfly Effect launches intercepted data analytics platform

Boston Holland joins Shield Capital

Tel Aviv Following co-founder Yigal Naveh's death, Kela receives funding from Japanese HiJoJo

Washington Former NSA executive Ryan's Trinity Cyber recruits a lobbyist

United States
HawkEye lobbies to unblock export of raw data

US legislation currently prevents geospatial analytics firm HawkEye 360 from providing raw ship geolocation data, which is increasingly sought after by intelligence clients. The company is lobbying to unblock the situation.

United States
First In, the fund backed by US cyberdefence veterans

Headed by a group of former cyberintelligence officials, the cyber-focused venture capital firm is beefing up its capacities to bid for Pentagon contracts.

France, UAE
Manar Military Consultancy opens up Emirati market for French naval defence industry

The advisory firm founded by former French special forces operator Freddy Riaud is trying to win a contract with the UAE's Tawazun to conduct a preliminary study for the future construction of an ammunition recycling plant.

Africa, France
Prométhée offers custom-made geospatial intelligence platforms to Gulf and African clients

Drawing on chairman Olivier Piepsz's extensive business network, the French geospatial intelligence start-up Prométhée has locked in a string of partnerships with players in the French space sector and is now attracting prospective clients in the Gulf and Africa.

United States
HawkEye scores first US space-based SIGINT contracts

The US radio frequency signals specialist has been selected to provide its data to the US geospatial intelligence agency NGA and work with Space Force as competition in the sector heats up.

United States
Planet's SPAC deal reveals the scale of the challenges it faces

By using a SPAC to obtain a stock exchange listing, US New Space GEOINT pioneer Planet, had to release information which shows the scale of the financial and industrial challenges which still lie ahead of it.

United States
NGA eyes new pool of GEOINT vendors as it ramps up commercial acquisitions

The agency wants to support US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) start-ups but is also increasingly considering European firms.