Ukraine
The Katran project: a new player in the Black Sea drone war

The Tech Telegraph
Quantum Systems, MTG Dolphin in Sofia, Patria's drones

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

KyivGerman Quantum Systems tests AI-powered acoustic drone sensors

VarnaBulgarian navy trials first drone boats in Black Sea

HelsinkiFinnish special forces try out Patria's FPV drones

Ukraine
Electronic warfare: Infozahyst helping Ukrainian intelligence intensify Black Sea strikes

Electronic warfare specialist Infozahyst is quietly deploying its latest interception technologies (SIGINT) on Ukrainian military intelligence naval drones. The aim is to assert supremacy in the Black Sea at a time when a break in the conflict looks set to be imminent.

Ukraine
Clarity, Ukraine's secret data fusion tool to track Russian movements

Ukrainian start-up Clarity has developed a new data fusion platform for drones to track Russia's camouflaged vehicles and sensitive infrastructure.

Spotlight | Taiwan
Taiwan tests Thunder Tiger drones to prepare to counter invasion if needed

Taking note from Ukraine's experience, Taipei is preparing to rain down a drone onslaught on the People's Liberation Army if it were to invade.

Spotlight | Ukraine, United States
Microsoft, Google, Palantir seek Ukraine deals to capture local technologies

The three US tech companies were busy at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war supplying turnkey tools to Ukrainian forces. Now they are trying to forge partnerships or invest in local players in order to capture technologies developed locally.

Baltic States, Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine
Baltic drone manufacturers compete to test their products in Ukraine

Baltic state start-ups are vying with each other to use the fighting in Ukraine to test and improve their new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drones, designed for use in a high intensity, high-tech war which is overhelming the defence sector's usual, slow innovation procedures.

Ukraine, United Kingdom
Ukrainian military intelligence contractors expand into corporate intelligence in UK

The UK private security company Drawbridge Group, which has been very active in Ukraine supporting foreign legionnaires, is now developing its offer of legal support directly in its homeland.