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United States : US intelligence steps up surveillance of critical minerals amid tensions with Beijing

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 06:00
With the spectre of a trade war with Beijing threatening to disrupt the global market for critical minerals, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is looking to increase its network of sensors and refine its analysis of the commercial issues in [...]
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France/Qatar : Qatar's shadow lingers behind bid for new French and Royal Air Force training jets

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 06:00
The French Air and Space Force (AAE) is currently considering every option available for replacing its Alphajet aircraft. At present, [...]
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France/Kuwait/Singapore : New 'defectors' to Secretariat, British embassy in Kuwait, Guiana Space Centre

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 06:00
Singapore - Two more ex-FTIs join Secretariat's investigation teamThe Singapore branch of consultancy Secretariat Advisors is preparing to recruit two [...]
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France/Ukraine : Dronivka, a new Franco-Ukrainian operator in battle for drone market

Intelligence Online - Wed, 21/05/2025 - 06:00
According to our sources, a new player in the military drone market, Dronivka, is being set up between Paris and [...]
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NG Tapped For Triton Support | Raytheon To Send FS-LIDS TO Qatar | Denmark Received 4 New F-35s

Defense Industry Daily - Tue, 20/05/2025 - 06:00
Americas Northrop Grumman won a $188.5 million modification, which exercises options to provide continued logistics and test support, and continued field service representatives technical support, as well as supports reach-back engineering support to ensure that the MQ-4C Triton air vehicle are mission-capable for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions in support of the Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Work is expected to be completed in May 2026. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. The US Army has teamed with Uber and Lyft for a ride-sharing program to boost transportation access for soldiers and their families living on base. The initiative covers six in-country installations and is expected to promote additional transport options for over 600,000 service members, veterans, and civilians. Among the bases included are Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Fort Bliss, Fort Bragg, Schofield Barracks, Fort Shafter, and Tripler Army Medical Center. Middle East & Africa Raytheon has inked a $1-billion agreement with Qatar to deliver the Fixed Site – Low, Slow, Integrated Defeat System (FS-LIDS), making Doha the system’s first international customer. The agreement includes production work in the US, contributing to engineering and advanced manufacturing. The technology is designed to detect, track, and neutralize […]
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Syria/United States : The discreet non-profit behind Donald Trump's Syrian U-turn

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/05/2025 - 06:00
A handshake with Donald Trump during the US leader's visit to the Saudi capital on 14 May was merely the cherry on the cake for Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. During his trip, not only did the American president shower the [...]
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Ukraine/United States : Zero Line, the highly secretive US non-profit backing the Ukrainian army

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/05/2025 - 06:00
Behind an ordinary facade, the independent NGO Zero Line is in fact a central player - albeit an unknown one [...]
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India : India losing ground in geospatial intelligence to Pakistan-China allies

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/05/2025 - 06:00
The failed launch of the Indian military's new Risat-1B radar observation satellite on 18 May is not only an industrial [...]
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Azerbaijan/France : French interior ministry's barrage of unsigned memos about former Azerbaijani intelligence collaborator

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/05/2025 - 06:00
The Paris administrative court on 13 May examined the thorny case of Azerbaijani national Ramazan Y., who also holds a [...]
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Canada/United Kingdom/United States : Montana-based munitions firm casts net wide, from Alberta to Ukraine

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/05/2025 - 06:00
US defence and munitions production investment firm Shield Group is expanding its networks in the United Kingdom. Two members of [...]
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France : Tracfin puts pressure on French banks

Intelligence Online - Tue, 20/05/2025 - 06:00
The French finance ministry's anti-money laundering unit Tracfin is determined to speed up its data fusion. According to Intelligence Online [...]
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Raytheon Wins $1B For SM-3 Block IB | Russia Launches Massive Drone Attack On Kyiv | Kazakhstan Unveiles Taimas 8×8

Defense Industry Daily - Mon, 19/05/2025 - 06:00
Americas Raytheon won a $1 billion deal to procure and deliver a quantity up to 55 SM-3 Block IB All-Up Rounds that are manufactured, assembled, and tested in accordance with the SM-3 Block IB specifications. The work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona and Huntsville, Alabama with an expected completion date of March 31, 2031. The period of performance is from May 16, 2025, through March 31, 2031. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Atlantic Diving Supply,  ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC, Culmen International LLC, Fairwinds Technologies LLC, S&K Aerospace LLC and SupplyCore LLC won a $5 billion firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under solicitation SPRMM1-25-R-T001 for various integrated weapons systems equipment and services in support of Virginia-class submarines and active surface ships. This contract vehicle will expedite the procurement process for high-priority requirements, ensuring the timely delivery of essential resources to Virginia-class submarines and active Surface ships. This is a competitive acquisition with nine responses received. These are five-year base contracts with five one-year option periods. Locations of performance are inside and outside the continental US, with a March 30, 2029, performance completion date. Using customers are Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Department, and federal civilian agencies. […]
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Colombia/United States : How the US Coast Guard intelligence service is waging war on drug traffickers

Intelligence Online - Mon, 19/05/2025 - 06:00
For several weeks now, a new generation of autonomous narco-submarine has been operating in the eastern Pacific Ocean, a development that has eluded satellite and radar detection. Designed to carry up to two tonnes of cocaine, these vessels navigate without [...]
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France : Pro-Putin biker club Night Wolves' Corsican connections

Intelligence Online - Mon, 19/05/2025 - 06:00
As they do every year, ultra-nationalist Russian biker gang Night Wolves took part in celebrations marking the end of the [...]
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China/France/United States : DGSE hits French TV, Beijing influencing Putin on Pyongyang, US's Arctic diplomacy, Tracfin departure

Intelligence Online - Mon, 19/05/2025 - 06:00
France - Rivalry between the DGSE and the Special Forces played out on TVThe second season of the TV show [...]
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France : Nuclear power on the agenda during Macron's Indonesia trip

Intelligence Online - Mon, 19/05/2025 - 06:00
French President Emmanuel Macron is due to visit Jakarta from 27 to 29 May, hoping to sign several major defence [...]
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Russia/United States : A Russian woman's search for her Nazi-linked inheritance

Intelligence Online - Mon, 19/05/2025 - 06:00
A Russian woman's attempt to take documents from a US-based wealth management company is more than just your typical asset [...]
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Algeria/France : Having dealt with spies, Paris goes after Algerian diplomatic passport holders

Intelligence Online - Fri, 16/05/2025 - 12:18
The diplomatic war between France and Algeria accelerated again on 11 May, with the announcement by Algiers of the "immediate" [...]
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Syria : Syria's Great Game: despite Trump fanfare, strategic headaches remain

Intelligence Online - Fri, 16/05/2025 - 06:00
During their meeting in Riyadh on 14 May, the teams of US President Donald Trump and Syria's transitional leader Ahmed al-Sharaa tried their best to make the meeting a diplomatic success. In exchange for lifting US economic sanctions, the White [...]
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