DefenceTalkA court fight within Israeli spytech firm NSO Group has shed new light on the crisis engulfing the company, including tensions over whether to keep selling malware to autocrats to stay afloat. NSO was already mired in debt before an investigation revealed last year that its Pegasus phone-hacking software had been used to spy on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/battle-over-future-of-spytech-firm-nso-israel-court-papers-78075/

DefenceTalkThe German government has allocated 400 million euros ($465 million) to fund the construction of up to three spy satellites for the country’s foreign intelligence service, the BND. This has been reported by a consortium of newspapers and is part of a general trend within Germany of increasing surveillance and surveillance capabilities. It is expected […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-intelligence-agency-gets-spy-satellite-system-funds-70750/

DefenceTalkIndia has signed a billion-dollar deal with Boeing to buy four maritime surveillance planes, defence and aviation sources said on Wednesday, as it looks to counter China in the Indian Ocean. The deal for four P-8I aircraft follows India’s earlier purchase of eight of the planes from the American aerospace giant in 2009. “The deal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/india-inks-1-billion-deal-with-boeing-to-buy-four-spy-planes-67931/

DefenceTalkTOKYO, Japan: Japan said Friday, November 13, it was monitoring waters near islands disputed with China in the East China Sea after it spotted a naval intelligence ship from the country operating in a new area for the first time. Japan’s Defense Ministry said late Thursday a P-3C patrol aircraft observed the Dongdiao-class intelligence vessel […]https://www.defencetalk.com/japan-spots-chinese-spy-ship-in-new-area-near-disputed-isles-65835/

DefenceTalkThe US intelligence chief revealed Wednesday that he dined with the North Korean general believed responsible for hacking Hollywood studio Sony, during a secret mission to Pyongyang two months ago. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper gave a riveting account of the visit at a New York conference on cyber security days after the government […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-spymaster-dined-with-north-korea-general-responsible-for-sony-hack-61305/

DefenceTalkRussian military flights over European airspace are raising tensions and pose a potential danger to security and to civilian aircraft, a US military spokesman said Friday. The United States was concerned about the flights of Russian warplanes and was tracking the activity “very closely,” Rear Admiral John Kirby told reporters. “We certainly don’t see these […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-flights-over-europe-raise-tension-us-military-60927/

DefenceTalkA Pentagon plan to create an overseas intelligence agency is being trimmed after lawmakers voiced concern with its price and purpose, The Washington Post reported. The new Defense Clandestine Service, announced by the Pentagon more than two years ago, is to use existing agents, authorities and assets and work closely with the Central Intelligence Agency […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-spy-agency-trimmed-after-lawmakers-voice-concern-60925/

DefenceTalkChina’s military on Thursday told the United States to end air and naval surveillance near its borders, saying it was damaging relations between the Pacific powers and could lead to “undesirable accidents”. The US should “take concrete measures to decrease close-in reconnaissance activities against China towards a complete stop”, defence ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-defence-ministry-tells-us-to-stop-close-in-surveillance-60473/

DefenceTalkChina’s state-run media warned Washington on Monday that Beijing could treat its surveillance flights as an “act of hostility”, after accusations a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US military aircraft. US Rear Admiral John Kirby said Friday the armed Chinese warplane came close to the American P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft on three […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-media-warn-us-over-warplane-interception-60432/

DefenceTalkChina on Saturday successfully launched a Long March 4C carrier rocket with the Yaogan XX satellite, Xinhua news agency reported. The carrier lifted off at 1:45 p.m. local time (05:45 GMT) from the launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the country’s northwestern Gobi desert. The satellite is expected “to conduct scientific experiments, carry […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-sends-remote-sensing-satellite-into-orbit-60361/