United States
Pallas v. Pallas: Jeff Bezos's influential Pentagon fixer Sally Donnelly squares up to former Musk employees

Spotlight | France, United States
Franco-American space intelligence cooperation held up by political uncertainty on both sides

France is unable to match the public and private investment capacity of space giants the United States and China, and is obliged to join forces with the former. Paris and Washington have not yet formed an official alliance, however, in view of the current political crisis in both countries.

Spotlight | United Kingdom, United States
Amazon, Oracle: Pentagon cloud mega-contract influence peddlers settle scores in court

Big Pentagon digital storage contracts have been the subject of some of the largest influence campaigns in Washington in recent years, now pursued in the courts of Washington and London.

Spotlight | United States
Corporate intel firms snap up national security talents ahead of election campaign

WestExec, Pallas and Beacon Global have all taken on former CIA and Pentagon officials affiliated with both parties. The 2024 presidential candidates are sure to view industry firms as oases to find political advisers and, for the winner, the staff for the new administration.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Chertoff Group, K2, Pallas, Eyal Weiss

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonChertoff Group hires Mark Esper, Bryan Cunningham vanishes

New YorkNeelam Sharma leaves K2

WashingtonDonnelly gets Pallas Industries to change name to Castelion

Washington/Tel AvivEyal Weiss and US-based Forward Risk part company

United Kingdom, United States
UK's Labour taps into Sally Donnelly's powerful Washington network

With the UK's Conservative government facing the possibility of a snap general election, Labour's defence teams have got moving in Washington.

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.

United States
Biden's intelligence transition team heavy on data specialists

Joe Biden's interim administration includes a number of Obama-era spymasters, who were waiting patiently in the private sector. Their clients have much to gain.

United States
Morpheus Space and Calypso AI, Donnelly's first targets

Pallas Ventures, the financial arm of the consulting firm Pallas Advisors, took part in a second investment with a participation [...]

United States
Sue Gordon joins Sally Donnelly's Pallas

After creating her firm GordonVentures (IOL 842), intelligence community veteran Susan Gordon continues to plough her furrow in the private [...]