Maxar

Ukraine
Kyiv fears loss of secure US radio network as well as intelligence

With the US announcing a 'pause' in its support for Ukraine, Kyiv fears not just the loss of spy satellite image streams but also the loss of Harris secure radio systems, more discreet but just as important as arms deliveries and the iconic Starlink terminals.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Rapidev, Pakistan's low-profile specialist in intelligence data fusion makes Gulf inroads

The Pakistani company is gaining market share in the Gulf, notably Saudi Arabia, largely thanks to a deft technology transfer strategy. Its highly competitive software is challenging those developed by Western companies.

Ukraine
Kyiv scrambles to replace US space-based intelligence

Ukrainian military intelligence is trying to work out what it would need if Washington were to stop supporting the war effort. No European capability can currently replace the United States in terms of imagery and interception.

China, United States
How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project

US intelligence agencies had already discovered that China was building its own mammoth version of the Pentagon months before Western media revealed the project's existence on 30 January. We investigate this US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) success story.

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.

Israel
Intelligence wars in the Middle East: ImageSat plays stopgap for Israeli geospatial intelligence

The latest uptick in Middle East strife has left Israel looking vulnerable on a major technical intelligence segment: space imagery. Very recent satellite manoeuvres show Israeli military intelligence working to close that structural gap, despite a flood of US images.

United States
US geospatial intelligence agency shakes up service providers for economic surveillance

The recent award of the LUNO A contracts by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, expected for months, has highlighted the role of a number of discreet players. At the same time, the agency is getting rid of three long-standing service providers.

The Tech Times
David Boisseau takes on Wide Int, Warsaw's GEOINT tool, IronFlight.ai raises funds

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

ParisDavid Boisseau takes control of forensics specialist Wide Int

WarsawPoland tests GEOINT data analysis platforms

San FranciscoUkrainian-US drone maker IronFlight.ai raises cash to develop tools

The Tech Times
Stuart Peach at Maxar, Frontex aerial surveillance contracts, Wide Int' in hot spot, Kim Darroch at Fivecast

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

LondonEx-military intelligence officer Stuart Peach boosts Maxar's UK office

WarsawFrontex awards new round of surveillance contracts

ParisWide Int' ready for a buyer

LondonEx-NSA officer Kim Darroch helps Australian OSINT provider FiveCast