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Europe, United States
Private players wrestle for contracts in burgeoning market for thermal imagery

Thermal infrared (TIR) satellite images are now an essential tool for monitoring activity on strategic sites, and private geospatial intelligence firms are in increasingly fierce competition to nab a share of that growing market.

United States
Operators break silence on observation satellite wipe outs

Operators are starting to have to publicly address the damaging impact of solar flair activity on their observation satellites, an issue that Intelligence Online revealed in June. A financial headache is set to follow that flurry of solar storms.

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.

Europe, Finland, United States
Finland takes lead in European strategic space industry

Having abandoned its neutrality in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine, Finland is making its mark in intelligence and space technology. After the rise to prominence of ICEYE, a second Finnish geospatial intelligence company, Kuva Space, is entering orbit.

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.

The Tech Times
Italians turnout for ISS, Waller to head Ercom, XM Cyber's Singapore office, ShadowDragon in Japan, Google back at Pentagon

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.

Prague Italian technical intelligence providers out in force at ISS

Paris Romain Waller appointed Ercom MD

Singapore XM Cyber poaches from Anomali to open Singapore office

Tokyo ShadowDragon turns to Cyber Defense to enter Japanese market

Washington Google back in the Pentagon via New Delhi

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.

Spotlight | United States
NUVIEW and Array Labs in race to launch LiDAR satellite constellations

The US startup NUVIEW wants to carve out a niche for itself in the market of laser imaging satellites. Its main competitor operating in this new frontier of geospatial intelligence is the more established American tech firm Array Labs.

Israel
Cognyte and Omaha police and firefighters' pension fund fall foul of Meta's crusade

A new episode in the tumult shaking the virtual human intelligence sector has been playing out in a New York courtroom this month. The city of Omaha police and firefighters pension fund has accused Cognyte of failing to reveal its activities in the sector, which it says are behind the company's poor stock exchange performance.

The Tech Times
Belgian SIGINT, Luc Majdalani at BlackSky, Tadaweb supported by Nancy Clark in Canada

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.

BrusselsBelgian army pursues SIGINT upgrades

DubaiLuc Majdalani takes over BlackSky's business development in Golf

OttawaEx-diplomat Nancy Clark joins European OSINT provider Tadaweb

Spotlight | Israel, United States
OSINT experts hold their breath as Bright Data-Meta lawsuit plays out

In its latest battle against open source intelligence firms harvesting data from its platforms, US social networking giant Meta has filed a number of lawsuits that could have a significant effect on how OSINT operates.

UAE
Geospatial intelligence experts get organised in UAE

Western New Space is making a big push into the UAE, attracted by the rise of geospatial intelligence in the region, despite uncertainty over how many of the growing number of sovereign projects will come to fruition.

France, Middle East, UAE
Abu Dhabi backs Macron's One Planet Summit movement

As the French president redoubles his efforts to attract foreign investors to France, his team at the presidency is organising a meeting in Abu Dhabi for the different groups of financial institutions set up as part of the One Planet Summit.

Saudi Arabia
Attias pushes business involvement in 6th Future Investment Initiative

The next Future Investment Initiative, or "Davos in the Desert", will take place this October in Riyadh. Event organiser Richard Attias & Associates is trying to bring in companies able to help crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud realise his big development projects.

United States
NGA's intelligence cloud contract signals ultimate demise of JEDI project

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) award of a cloud contract to General Dynamics Information Technology marks the end of ambitions to create a unified cloud for the entire US defence community. Interoperability is the new watchword.