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GEOINT and Chat-GPT, SS8 in Tunis, Belgium's cyber command Tempest zoning

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.

KissimmeeGeo-ChatGPT debated in Florida

MilpitasSS8 wins Tunis geolocation bid

EvereBelgian Cyber Command contracts Intriple for Tempest zoning

China, Russia, United States
Washington, Beijing and Moscow square off in space after spy satellite launches

The race for space-based intelligence has prompted an unprecedented wave of spy satellite launches. Washington and its Indo-Pacific allies are picking up the pace in the face of China's push, while Russia is completing its transition to a war economy.

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GEOINT transfer season, Yahal Zilka invested in Toka, John Finbarr Fleming at Paragon

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

WashingtonGlobal GEOINT musical chairs

Tel AvivYahal Zilka invests in Toka

WashingtonEx-CIA officer John Finbarr Fleming joins Paragon's US branch

Africa, China, Russia, United States
Space intelligence programmes in Africa adapt to raging geopolitical storms

The problems encountered by Moscow in its space observation programmes are having a direct impact on Russian partnerships with African countries. The main beneficiary is China, but Washington is trying to get back in the game too.

United States
Pentagon brings its geospatial intelligence operators back in line

The leading Earth observation company Maxar Intelligence, whose satellite launches have been repeatedly delayed, has tightened its focus to keep in line with the Pentagon. The company's shift mirrors changes in the US Defense Department's entire strategy, which is driving consolidation in the sector.

Israel, United States
Hamas attack in Gaza puts US imagery rules to the test

Recent conflicts, especially Ukraine, have accustomed consumers to a drumbeat of precise spatial imagery. But the Hamas offensive reasserts the particular nature of Israeli territory in US law.

United States
The Pentagon's major image processing project Maven makes budget comeback

After seven years in the making, Project Maven - a military artificial intelligence project dedicated to image processing - is in better health after the NGA took over the helm.

Spotlight | China
China's new satellite imagery catalogue reveals geographical limits and technical improvements

Intelligence Online has seen the latest catalogue of Chinese commercial imagery from the country's observation satellites, and it reveals some of the progress that its satellite imagery has made, yet also its limitations.

United States
Earth observation SPACs seek best political and financial strategy

Planet, Blacksky and Satellogic, which launched on the stock market through a SPAC, have situations and strategies that are very different, particularly in export markets.

Europe, France, Japan, South Korea
Tokyo and Seoul go all in for Airbus imagery

With Maxar taking control of the US market, Japanese and South Korean government agencies are increasingly relying on the European group Airbus for their imaging needs.

China, United States
Radio silence from operators on solar storm damage to observation satellites

Solar storms this year have resulted in the loss of numerous images from intelligence satellites. But so far, the satellites' operators are keeping mum about that massive reduction in capacity.

Europe
NATO seeks imagery for its Aquila virtual constellation project

To make up for its satellite intelligence shortfall and acquire stronger data-sharing and fusion capacities, NATO is launching the virtual constellation Aquila. Discussions are underway with European and US companies.

Russia
Russia's small New Space industry enlisted to bolster offensive in Ukraine

In the context of the upcoming launch of the SAR Kondor FKA-1 satellite, Russia's New Space industry is mobilising to fill the GEOINT data gaps of Moscow's armed forces engaged in the war in Ukraine.