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

Intelligence Online - lun, 18/03/2024 - 06:00
A surreal scene played out on in London on 15 June 2022 when André Pienaar's assistant received a phone call from two Americans wanting to speak to Daniel Freeman. They thought the former managing partner at C5 Capital was still
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Netherlands/United States : Tech sector to help international justice fight cyber-enabled crimes

Intelligence Online - lun, 18/03/2024 - 06:00
Intelligence Online has been able to sneak a peek at the list of guests who attended the conference that Karim
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UAE : Abu Dhabi's powerful Ghobash, the family behind the UAE's 'Foreign Legion' project

Intelligence Online - lun, 18/03/2024 - 06:00
As we reported on 15 March (IO, 15/03/24), the Emirati plan to create its own "Foreign Legion" within its armed
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Russia : Russian officers bristling for NATO fight after Macron hints

Intelligence Online - lun, 18/03/2024 - 06:00
French President Emmanuel Macron's repeated suggestions that French and allied troops could be sent to support Kyiv have caused something
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France : Court upholds state's refusal to pay legal fees of French officer suspected of spying for Russia

Intelligence Online - lun, 18/03/2024 - 06:00
On 14 February, Paris's administrative court of appeal overturned a ruling that would have allowed Lieutenant-Colonel L. to be given
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France/Russia/Switzerland/United States : DGSI interpreter loses job, secret Arctic diplomacy flounders

Intelligence Online - lun, 18/03/2024 - 06:00
Paris - The cost of DGSI Arabic interpreter's extended leaveThe contractor began working as an interpreter and translator from Arabic
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2024 EDA Defence Innovation Prize opens for applications

EDA News - ven, 15/03/2024 - 16:05

The European Defence Agency (EDA) has published its call on 15 March 2024 for applications for the 2024 edition of its Defence Innovation Prize, which this year is dedicated to technologies for maritime situational awareness in terms of critical infrastructure protection and technologies for smart sensing. The prize winners are expected to propose ideas which would, if implemented between now and 2030, contribute to improving and enhance specific EU defence capabilities. A total of two prizes (one prize per category) will be awarded for the best innovative ideas. The winning ideas or concepts will each be awarded €30,000 and presented during the EDA Annual Conference 2024.

Open for applications 

Proposals for this edition of the EDA Defence Innovation Prize must be in the scope of one of the following topics:

  • Topic 1: Innovative concepts, technologies, and solutions for critical maritime infrastructure protection.
  • Topic 2: Cognitive sensing for enhanced ISTAR systems performance in defence applications.

The EDA Defence Innovation Prize aims to stimulate defence technological innovation in Europe by supporting non-defence Research and Technology (R&T) communities and innovators who are set to play an ever-bigger role in developing and producing Europe’s future defence capabilities.

How to apply? 

The deadline for submitting applications is 14 June 2024 at 17h00 (Brussels time). 

The prize will be awarded during EDA's Annual conference in Brussels in December 2024. 

The Contest is open on equal terms to all natural and legal persons established within the European Defence Agency participating Member States (+ Switzerland).

HEDI – fostering defence innovation

The EDA Defence Innovation Prize is organised under the umbrella of HEDI (Hub for EU Defence Innovation), the new platform for innovation led by EDA that was established in March 2022 derived from ‘’Strategic Compass for EU Defence and Security’’, as one of its main recommendations. HEDI’s objective is to foster innovative solutions following a systematic approach from an idea towards cutting-edge military capabilities.

The innovation prize complements other HEDI’s services such as the EDA Research, Technology and Innovation Papers Awards or proofs-of-concept, uptakes of innovation (short field experimental campaigns).

What is expected from applicants? 

Submitted innovations must be the applicants’ own intellectual property. However, submissions may include improvements of existing ideas, new combinations, or adaptations thereof and which are applicable in a different context. The applicants must demonstrate the innovative added value of their ideas, compared to what already exists.  

Proposals must be innovative, implementable through a collaborative project and financially affordable in terms of future development and exploitation. 

The contest is especially, but not exclusively, aimed at non-traditional defence industries, including civil or dual-use producers, and researchers as they play a growing role in inventing and creating the disruptive capabilities that Member States’ armed forces will need tomorrow.  

No specific defence background is required to be considered for the prize, and consideration is open to innovators from all types of industries and research institutions in EDA Member States (+CH), including defence and civil/commercial producers, large companies, start-ups / SMEs, and military/civil research communities. 

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France/UAE : French ex-commando setting up Emirates' secret 'Foreign Legion'

Intelligence Online - ven, 15/03/2024 - 16:00
"Job title: Foreign Legion Operator": the ad that has been circulating among French special forces veterans in recent days seems
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EDA joins the Portuguese Navy Exercise REPMUS as co-organiser

EDA News - ven, 15/03/2024 - 10:00

The European Defence Agency (EDA) has formally become a co-organiser of the Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping Maritime Unmanned Systems (REPMUS) Exercise, organised by the Portuguese Navy, alongside with Oporto University (FEUP), NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) and NATO Joint Capability Group Maritime Unmanned Systems (JCGMUS). The 14th edition of the REPMUS exercise will take place from 9 to 27 September 2024, and it is expected to count with more international and multi-stakeholder participation than ever before. 

The exercise is designed to allow large-scale Operational Experimentation (OPEX), where the operational communities engage with industry and academia to integrate the latest best-in-class Commercial Off-The Shelf (COTS) systems during trials in the maritime and amphibious domain and validate Experimental Tactics (EXTACs), upgraded vehicles, updated software, integrated payloads, and C4 on MUS to address Key Operational Problems.

EDA’s Added Value

Joining the exercise as a co-organiser offers EDA a platform to engage alongside with relevant stakeholders in the largest MUS exercise worldwide and support its planning by developing scenarios that will directly address key activities set down in the new maritime specific EU Capability Development Priorities, facilitating their implementation in a collaborative manner.

This initiative is also in line with EDA's commitment to Research and Technology (R&T) advancement playing a crucial role in identifying technology gaps and common areas of interest for cooperation. In this context, the exercise will serve as a strategic platform to promote and showcase initiatives aimed at leading the development of technologically superior military capabilities and can also be used as a venue for the Hub for EU Defence Innovation (HEDI) services related to experimentation.

Moreover, the maritime community and its various stakeholders, supported by EDA to address unmanned maritime systems from a regulatory and safety perspective, will find here an annual opportunity to create tailored experimentations and strengthen links between manufacturers, researchers, and end users. The REPMUS exercise is an ideal venue for the experimentation of concepts, tactics, and procedures in line with the Concept Development and Experimentation approach.

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France : Naval Group boosts AI teams in quest for artificial 'golden ears'

Intelligence Online - ven, 15/03/2024 - 06:00
With less than a year to go before it must deliver the first operational example of a major French underwater
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France : Scutum defence arm SATIF gears up to contend with DCI Group

Intelligence Online - ven, 15/03/2024 - 06:00
The Scutum group is planning to forge closer ties between Scutum Security First (SSF) and SATIF (Services et Assistance en
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Vietnam : Hanoi's Hotel Metropole, a draw for spies both real and fictional

Intelligence Online - ven, 15/03/2024 - 06:00
At 123 years old, the five-star Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi is doing well, flying the flag of the Accor group
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Germany : Martina Rosenberg, the bureaucrat handling fallout over Ukraine leak

Intelligence Online - ven, 15/03/2024 - 06:00
It was a ruckus that the Bundesamt für den Militärischen Abschirmdienst (BAMAD), Germany's military counter-intelligence service, could well have done without:
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United States : Puerto Rican bank says New York Fed disregarded K2 Integrity's guidance

Intelligence Online - ven, 15/03/2024 - 06:00
Banco San Juan Internacional (BSJI) continues to battle the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over its decision to revoke
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China : Translators caught up in Beijing's drive to bring financial sector to heel

Intelligence Online - ven, 15/03/2024 - 06:00
As the authorities continue their drive to restore ideological orthodoxy in the Chinese financial sector, translation department heads in the
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Enhancing maritime surveillance: EDA and SatCen begin new phase of cooperation

EDA News - jeu, 14/03/2024 - 16:15

The European Defence Agency (EDA) and the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) signed a bilateral agreement on 14 March 2024 to initiate a new phase of cooperation within MARSUR, the maritime surveillance information exchange system crafted by EDA. 

Launched in 2005 as a network for sharing open-source maritime information, MARSUR has since matured into a multi-faceted information exchange platform. The multinational initiative resulting from this effort now encompasses 22 European navies. Out of this pool, under the EDA framework, 16 EU navies are developing a capability for the automatic exchange of maritime surveillance information and decision-making support. 

MARSUR’s wide scope of services allow for information exchange, coordination and support to decision-making, aiming to improve the common ‘Recognised Maritime Picture’. The network plays an important role as a defence layer of the EU framework for exchanging information and maritime situation awareness, known as the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE). 

Now in its third stage of development, which is known as MARSUR III, the project is upgrading its technology and capabilities. That will soon include the exchange of classified information.  The bilateral agreement will provide the operational basis for the exchange of relevant data between SatCen and the MARSUR community through a secure network. 

This bilateral agreement is a unique mechanism introduced under the MARSUR III project to involve SatCen in EDA ad hoc activities under the control and funding of the contributing Member States,” said EDA Chief Executive Jiří Šedivý. “I am pleased to sign it today on behalf of the MARSUR III contributing members,” he said. 

SatCen has aligned its efforts with EDA to define requirements and support maritime situational awareness with satellite data and analysis. SatCen joined the initiative in 2017 and in May 2021 signed the MARSUR III project arrangement for 2021-2026 and the way ahead. 

SatCen Director, Ambassador Sorin Ducaru, said: “I look forward to intensifying the excellent inter-agency collaboration by concluding this agreement, which will solidify the SatCen collaboration within MARSUR over the long term, and I would like to thank all actors involved, in particular the Member States as well as the teams of SatCen and EDA.”  

MARSUR III will now benefit from SatCen’s expertise, particularly in terms of governance, as it takes a role as permanent chair of the Technical Advisory Board, in training of operators and technicians, exchanging information and products, and connecting to CISE with its bridging node. 

SatCen will in turn connect its resources to the information held by European navies. SatCen will also welcome two MARSUR maritime surveillance experts, funded by the MARSUR community.

During the signing ceremony, Commander Joachim Weidmann, Chairperson of the MARSUR Management Group and representing the participating nations, said: “The bilateral agreement between EDA and SatCen is a milestone, and it is important that both organisations show the willingness to succeed in ensuring that relevant operational maritime information is shared in the required time.” 

EDA's wider role   

EDA supports its 27 Member States in improving their defence capabilities through European cooperation. Acting as an enabler and facilitator for Ministries of Defence willing to engage in collaborative capability projects, the Agency has become the hub for European defence cooperation with expertise and networks allowing it to the whole spectrum of defence capabilities.   
  
Member States use EDA as an intergovernmental expert platform where their collaborative projects are supported, facilitated, and implemented. For more details, please see here.                             

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China : United Front to play pivotal role in Xi's new foreign policy

Intelligence Online - jeu, 14/03/2024 - 06:00
Intelligence Online previously revealed how all Chinese associations, including the United Front Work Department (UFWD), which is China's instrument of influence abroad (IO, 28/02/23 and 22/01/24), have been reorganised to be placed under greater control of Beijing's diplomats. This change
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United States : Rising drone technology star Hidden Level steps up Washington lobbying effort with Cornerstone

Intelligence Online - jeu, 14/03/2024 - 06:00
The drone detection and counter-threat technology firm Hidden Level has stepped up its Washington lobbying efforts by retaining in late February Cornerstone
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Russia/United States : HawkEye and Sierra Nevada swap staff, Russian electronic warfare warrior 3MX, BGR fails to save Sandvine

Intelligence Online - jeu, 14/03/2024 - 06:00
San Antonio, Texas - Sierra Nevada Corp and HawkEye 360 staff criss-cross pathsThe two long-standing intelligence community service providers HawkEye
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