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The Intelligence Gazette
French customs intelligence overhaul, Chinese academics under surveillance, Ex-NSC exec in Columbia, China's A330 in Vanuatu

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceCustoms intelligence COO moves on after role axed

ChinaCCP heightens surveillance of Chinese academics abroad

United StatesBiden's deputy national security adviser joins Columbia

Vanuatu/ChinaChinese aid plane used to test Port Vila runway

France, Vietnam
French companies hone their space intelligence business strategy in Hanoi

French firms now appear to have a well-oiled plan for selling their spy satellites to Hanoi, despite complex procurement conditions brought on by local anti-corruption investigations and the Vietnamese government's approach that is not in line with Paris.

France, UAE
New French space diplomat arrives as UAE sector picks up pace

The French embassy in Abu Dhabi has appointed a new space adviser to develop bilateral cooperation in the sector. The deep-pocketed UAE has grand plans for its space industry and numerous players are eager to seize those emerging opportunities.

Japan, United States
Maxar's highly strategic Asian clients revealed

Maxar, the world's leading supplier of imagery to US intelligence services, has signed new contracts with two countries that Intelligence Online has identified. Their business is key to strengthening US intelligence alliances against China.

The Intelligence Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

France, Romania, United States
Intelligence chiefs turned consultants strike lucky as Western defence groups chase orders in Bucharest

Despite the cancellation of the 8 December presidential elections, Bucharest is continuing to rearm in its capacity as NATO's south-eastern European pillar bordering Ukraine. A group of ex-spy chiefs, now consultants, are playing a vital role in selling arms there.

Europe, Saudi Arabia
UP42 sale gives Airbus breathing space in Riyadh and at home

The Saudi state-owned Neo Space Group's purchase of space observation services platform UP42 marks a leap forward for the country's geospatial intelligence capabilities. It also comes as a relief for the seller, Airbus Defence and Space.

Saudi Arabia
Western, Chinese firms dismayed after Saudi puts military telecoms programme on indefinite hold

Companies such as Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia are worried as it appears Saudi's previously secret project for a secure mobile communications network may never see the light of day. Besides reticence from various security bodies, the project's cost is also calling it into question.

France, Israel, Vietnam
French embassy pushing Airbus for new Vietnam spy satellite despite bumpy past

France has renewed hopes of selling an observation satellite to Vietnam, but the new corruption trial in absentia of businesswoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan in Hanoi could bring back bad memories.

France, Kuwait
Airbus renews Kuwait helicopter pitch

Airbus Helicopters has long wanted to sell a batch of Caracals to the country, and is now focusing its attentions on the country's new defence and security chief, Fahad Yusuf al-Sabah.

The Tech Times
French defence intel cyber projects boosted, NN Technologies helps Nexumous, Cyber Ranges hooks up with SSSCIP

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.

ParisFrench military intelligence service's cyber projects favoured in 2025 finance bill

LondonNN Technologies assists drone management newbie Nexumous

Kyiv/QuanticoCyber Ranges hooks up with SSSCIP's cyber threat intelligence-sharing system