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Defence, Space and Cybersecurity

Episode 7: Mapping the Invisible Infrastructure of Space

October 23, 2025

How Miratlas is transforming atmospheric data into the foundation for global laser communications enabling unjammable, high-capacity links that connect space, defence, and sovereignty.

Alain Gavin

Satcoms in Dual-Use and Defence – Episode 1 Recap

October 21, 2025

Space: The Emerging Theatre of Defence. Host Alain Gavin and Chris Moore CBE discuss how space, cyber, and information domains have become the new arenas of conflict — from drone incursions to satellite jamming. The episode highlights why resilient satcom, secure networks, and defence innovation are now central to modern deterrence.

Alain Gavin

Episode 1: Space is the New Frontline

October 21, 2025

Space is the New Frontline From drone incursions to satellite jamming, every domain is now contested, land, sea, air, cyber, and space. In Episode 1 of Tech Command Investing, I speak with Chris Moore CBE on how satcom, cybersecurity, and resilience define modern deterrence.

Alain Gavin

Satellites Are Being Hacked And We’re Not Ready - Episode 2 Recap

October 20, 2025

Satellites Under Siege — The New Cyber War in Space In Tech Command Investing Ep 2, host Alain Gavin talks with Mathieu Bailly (VP, CYSEC) about how unprotected satellites, quantum threats, and rogue docking are reshaping space security. Space is now a cyber battlefield and the trillion-dollar race to defend it has already begun.

Alain Gavin

Episode 2: Satellites Are Being Hacked and We’re Not Ready

October 20, 2025

From Ukraine’s ViaSat breach to rogue docking and quantum threats, space is now the next cyber battlefield. In Tech Command Investing – Episode 2, I talk with Mathieu Bailly (VP, CYSEC) about the trillion-dollar race to secure the orbital commons.

Alain Gavin

Real-Time Space Awareness: How Neuromorphic AI is Changing the Game - Episode 3 Recap

October 17, 2025

Neuromorphic computing is giving satellites reflexes in orbit. In Episode 3, Jonathan Wolfe, CEO of Optera, joins Alain Gavin to explore how brain-inspired AI is transforming space security, deterrence, and the future of orbital defence.

Alain Gavin

Episode 3: Your AI Is Still Blind in Space

October 17, 2025

Collision risk is accelerating, geopolitical tensions are escalating, and legacy systems are still too slow to keep up. The orbital domain is becoming the new frontier for deterrence, resilience, and strategic control.

Alain Gavin

Power From Orbit: The Rise of Space-Based Solar Energy - Episode 4 Recap

October 16, 2025

Host Anna Gavin speaks with Sam Adlen, CEO of Space Solar, about how space-based solar power is shifting from science fiction to reality — beaming clean, continuous energy from orbit to Earth. The episode explores its potential to transform global power systems, boost defence resilience, and redefine energy sovereignty.

Alain Gavin

Episode 4: What if your energy came from space?

October 16, 2025

Host Alain Gavin and Sam Adlen, Co-Founder of Space Solar, explore how orbital solar power could deliver 24/7 clean energy to Earth this decade reshaping global energy, defense, and sovereignty.

Alain Gavin

Cognitive Combat: Securing Minds in the Age of AI - Episode 6 Recap

October 16, 2025

Host Alain Gavin and Ksenia Iliuk, CEO of Let’s Data, explore how disinformation has become a weapon of war from AI model poisoning to narrative manipulation and why information security is now a matter of national defense.

Alain Gavin

The Future of Laser Communications: Connecting Space, Earth, and Sovereignty - Episode 5 Recap

October 15, 2025

Episode 5 of Tech Command Investing explores how Cailabs is revolutionizing satellite and defense connectivity with laser communications. Offering faster, more secure data links than radio systems, this technology is reshaping global networks and sovereignty.

Alain Gavin

Where to Listen to the Tech Command Podcast

October 7, 2025

Find all the platforms where The Tech Command Podcast is available — Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon Music, and Audible.

Alain Gavin

Episode 5: The 10-Meter Kill Zone for Signals

September 29, 2025

Episode 5 explores the rise of laser communications in contested environments. Jean-Francois Morizur of Cailabs explains how laser tech is reshaping military and civilian connectivity, offering secure, high-bandwidth alternatives to traditional radio.

Alain Gavin

Hybrid Provocations: What Poland’s Drone Incursion Reveals About Europe’s Security Future

September 25, 2025

Nineteen Russian Gerbera drones crossed into Polish territory, in what analysts view as a coordinated test of NATO’s radar coverage and response discipline. The incident highlights the strategic use of unmanned systems not as weapons, but as tools for intelligence gathering, deterrence testing, and psychological warfare.

Alain Gavin

Estonia Airspace Breach: Innovation Is the Real Defence

September 24, 2025

Following a Russian MiG-31 incursion into Estonian airspace, NATO’s response highlights that modern defence superiority depends on data fusion, AI, and autonomous systems. The article argues that Europe’s security edge will come not from legacy airframes, but from dual-use startups driving breakthroughs in AI, space-based ISR, cybersecurity, and predictive intelligence.

Alain Gavin

Episode 6: The Invisible Battlefield: Narrative Weapons and the $B Market for Disinformation Security

September 18, 2025

Disinformation is going global. In Episode 6, Ksenia Iliuk from LetsData explains how narrative warfare is reshaping security, AI, and investment.

Alain Gavin

AI, Autonomy, and the Future of Warfare: From Innovation at the Edge to Survivability at the Core

June 27, 2025

Warfare is shifting from traditional firepower to autonomous intelligence. Alain Gavin explores how AI, modular autonomy, and secure mesh networks are shaping the future of defence — and why dual-use technology investment is vital for democratic resilience.

Alain Gavin

A Wartime Innovation Mindset - The UK’s 2025 Strategic Defence Review and Dual-Use Opportunity

June 24, 2025

The UK’s Strategic Defence Review introduces a bold approach to defence innovation, blending private capital with government strategy. With a new UK Defence Innovation body and a £400M annual budget, the UK aims to accelerate dual-use technology and strengthen sovereign resilience.

Alain Gavin

The Seabed is the New Frontline: Securing Undersea Cables and Digital Infrastructure

May 20, 2025

From Nord Stream to NATO-backed startups, the battle for secure undersea communications has begun. Europe’s €8 billion investment marks the seabed as a new strategic frontier — and dual-use innovators are building the software layer to defend it.

Alain Gavin

Inside Europe’s 15km ‘Death Zone’: How AI-Driven Autonomy Is Redefining Battlefield Logistics

May 10, 2025

The future of defence logistics is autonomous. From Ukraine’s 15km “death zone” to NATO readiness, startups are building AI-driven UGVs that can survive electronic warfare and deliver supplies where humans can’t. Europe’s next military advantage lies not in hardware — but in code.

Alain Gavin

Superintelligence Is Power-Hungry: Are We Ready for a 99% AI Future?

May 2, 2025

AI isn’t just a technological race — it’s an energy race. With predictions that superintelligent systems could consume 99% of the world’s electricity, the next frontier of competition is power itself. Strategic autonomy now depends on who controls the grid.

Alain Gavin

AI 2027: From Cold Wars to Code Wars — What’s Coming Next?

April 28, 2025

A new AI forecast titled AI 2027 outlines a plausible near-future where AI evolves from a commercial enabler to a geopolitical weapon. With national security agencies using AI for surveillance and superhuman coding systems emerging, the line between innovation and warfare is blurring.

Alain Gavin

The New Arms Race: Why Decision Speed Is the Ultimate Weapon

April 25, 2025

Alain Gavin examines how the U.S. Department of Defense and its allies are investing heavily in AI-driven “decision superiority” — the fusion of sensor data, threat detection, and real-time coordination across land, air, sea, space, and cyber domains.

Alain Gavin

From Noise to Knowledge: Investing in the Future of Battlefield Awareness

April 8, 2025

Autonomous acoustic and RF sensors are redefining battlefield intelligence. Advances in low-cost, drone-deployed sensor networks are enabling real-time awareness across vast combat zones. For defence investors, this represents a breakthrough opportunity to back the technologies powering the next generation of tactical advantage.

Alain Gavin

A Step Change in Military Innovation Is Needed

March 12, 2025

Traditional military procurement cycles can’t match the pace of emerging threats. This article calls for a shift toward rapid, iterative experimentation — giving developers real-time feedback from the front lines and accelerating deployment timelines for next-generation defence technologies.

Alain Gavin

The Race for Cognitive Electronic Warfare: Can AI Outsmart the Smartest Jammers?

March 3, 2025

DARPA is advancing the frontier of Cognitive Electronic Warfare — AI systems capable of learning and countering enemy jammers in real time. This breakthrough could reshape how nations defend critical networks and satellites, marking a new era where national security is defined by machine intelligence and adaptability.

Alain Gavin

What People Say About PSION

Alain went beyond imaginable limits with his ability and professional VC expertise to coordinate our fundraising activities at CyStellar. His capability to deeply understand our company’s vision and match it with the right investors was crucial in shortening the time to closing the investment.

Alain helped us with the investment strategy, corporate restructuring, pitch deck, building an investor funnel and following up with investors, supporting the due diligence process, term sheet negotiations and provide recommendation for legal, financial, and tax advisors.

He’s really made a difference in our start-up success to raise its first seed round!

I chose him to join our Board as independent Non-Executive Director where he continues to add value to the strategic direction of the company.

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Peter Bunus

CEO and Co-Founder - CyStellar

It has been exceptional working with Alain over the past few months to develop Skyrora’s financial model and business plan. Alain quickly understood the key drivers of the business, and he was able to combine them with his deep knowledge of the investment industry to ensure our model is well received by investors. He paid detailed attention to intricacies, such as revenue recognition and worked hand-in-hand with us to resolve all difficulties.

Alain went far beyond what was expected and put us on track to successfully close our funding round. I highly recommend him.

Victor Ivanenko

CFO – SKYRORA (Rocket company)

Alain carried out due diligence on a complex, fast moving business. He worked very long hours and his efforts exceeded the amount of time that was expected.

He did a deeply researched analysis of the business involved and the sector that it was trading in, as a result of which we made an investment in the target company. In addition, he carried out due diligence on two other companies, a high technology business with several valuable patents based on the West Coast of the USA, and a company supplying communications solutions to the global railways sector.

Alain and I are discussing several further opportunities of working together.

Simon Hunt

Fund manager

Alain possesses superior organisational, planning and interpersonal skills. As CEO of the business we began together, and as the primary partner in the enterprise, he demonstrated his ability to build and motivate a team, and guided the group towards creative goals and solutions.

Alain involves others, encourages their strategies for finding solutions and secures maximum commitment from each team member. He also achieved good results when negotiating.

Personally, I find Alain to be a bright and engaging individual. He has a breath of international experience which I find particularly interesting and has a collegial manner which enables him to work effectively with others.

Michael Buxton

Co-investor & entrepreneur

Alain produced an Information Memorandum for Microbus for new investors, he was extremely diligent and picked up the complexity of what is a highly technical niche market very quickly. Market detail across Europe in the public safety market is limited but Alain managed to access detail that had previously been unattainable.

He was also very knowledgeable in how to value this type of opportunity and tested these valuations from several directions. He was easy to work with but persistent in ensuring he produced the best possible results. I would recommend Alain to anyone requiring an in depth study of their business.

Reg Marsh

MD and COO in Growth & Turnaround businesses

It was a pleasure working with Mr. Gavin and observing his highly professional attitude and his remarkable energy and perseverance in the work he accomplished. He took initiative even on difficult issues to achieve needed results. His unique motivational drive and energy and collegial manner made him well accepted among those he worked with closely.

Dr. Roland Voigt

ex-CFO - SCHOTT AG

Alain is a wonderful person to work with. His support in Skyrora’s outreach to secure funding was invaluable. In countless calls, we worked out strategies together on how to approach investors.

Alain always inspired me with his ideas and relentless energy to reach out to the right investors. He helped us to do a ground-up analysis of the competitive and market landscape and convince investors of the immense opportunity in the Space launch industry.

I would warmly recommend him and am thrilled to have him on board and hope to work with him again to secure our next investment round.

Anfisa Anikushina

M&A, SpaceTech

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