China
Yaogan 45 satellite placed for spatial intelligence missions

China
NATO and Peter Thiel's kamikaze drone start-up closely watched by China

Beijing has been taking an increasing number of satellite images of sites being used to test kamikaze drones made by NATO-backed start-up Stark Defence.

Europe
Details emerge on German, East European geospatial intelligence plans

Plans in the pipeline in Germany and several Eastern European countries will redraw the map of power regarding space-based intelligence capabilities. Long a dominant force, Paris may soon be left behind.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Westexec, Eutelsat, Audere, Snapchat security

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

WashingtonWestExec recruits former CIA station chief

ParisGeneral Serge Cholley to leave Eutelsat's Defence and Security Division

DamascusAudere interested in Syrian market

WashingtonFormer Snapchat security director goes solo after stints with the NSA and DNI

Spotlight | China, France
Panic over Chinese consultant in French space defence sector

Starburst Aerospace, the incubator for technical innovation in the space sector, recently called in the former boss of the French branch of Chinese geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) group Head. Blacklisted in the US, Head has sold spy satellites to Russia's Wagner group.

China
Chinese state observation satellite slotted into SuperView-2 constellation

Following failed launches and delays in SpaceWill's satellite programme, the Chinese government has inserted a state-owned satellite into the fleet, instead of the expected fifth engine part of the SuperView constellation.