Surveillance & Interception

Japan, Ukraine
Japan's satellite data processing start-ups get involved with Ukraine reconstruction

With the Japanese government seeking to strengthen geospatial intelligence cooperation with Ukraine, a Tokyo-based company in the sector is exploring the possibility of establishing its strategic monitoring platform there.

Vietnam
Hanoi picks North American cyber sleuths over long-standing provider

Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security has dropped its long-serving cyber intelligence provider, Israeli group Cellebrite, but is still allocating large budgets as it continues to pursue its cyber crackdown.

Japan, Ukraine
Tokyo ready to increase its support for Ukrainian intelligence

Japan is secretive about its backing for Ukraine but recent talks indicate that it is ready to do more for the country in terms of intelligence, particularly if the US again withdraws its support.

Vietnam
Hanoi digs deep to fund geospatial imagery needs

Vietnam's geospatial intelligence needs are growing, but its military is having to buy images from foreign operators. In the long term, Hanoi hopes to acquire its own optical satellite.

Thailand
Sarantorn Duangdeekamoltat opening doors to Thai cyber jungle

The cyber expert has positioned himself as a key contact for foreign companies wanting to land cyber contracts in Bangkok at a time when the needs of the country's agencies in the field are growing.

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Rapidev, Pakistan's low-profile specialist in intelligence data fusion makes Gulf inroads

The Pakistani company is gaining market share in the Gulf, notably Saudi Arabia, largely thanks to a deft technology transfer strategy. Its highly competitive software is challenging those developed by Western companies.

Taiwan, United States, Vietnam
Hanoi goes global in search for loitering munition parts

The People's Army of Vietnam's latest armament research programme has its engineers seeking parts from Taiwan and Finland to the US and Japan.

The Tech Times
Amos Malka joins Falkor, Sahar in Singapour, Egyptian maritime surveillance

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.

IsraelFormer military intelligence chief Amos Malka joins Falkor start-up

SingaporeFrench OSINT specialist Sahar targets Asia market

San Diego/CairoForward Slope to supply Egypt navy's surveillance system

China
Washington's allies turn gaze to Chinese 'Pentagon'

Washington's allies have reacted swiftly following US intelligence's discovery that China is building a huge military complex on the outskirts of Beijing.

China
China makes leap forward in space-based intelligence

With the Trump administration's paradigm shift leaving Washington in disarray, and drastic cuts looming for US scientific agencies, Beijing has been closing the gap in its space defence and intelligence repertoire with low-orbit satellite launches.

China, United States
How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project

US intelligence agencies had already discovered that China was building its own mammoth version of the Pentagon months before Western media revealed the project's existence on 30 January. We investigate this US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) success story.

China, Europe
Beijing's new spy satellite orbiting over Africa is thorn in NATO's side

The media followed the launch of the Chinese intelligence satellite TJS-14 on 23 January, but did not pay attention to its final destination. It now appears that it was positioned late last week in a geosynchronous orbit that is particularly intrusive for NATO as it is in the middle of its members' constellations, including the French Syracuse.