Janes Acquires RWR Advisory Group

Janes, the trusted global agencyfor open-source defence intelligence, today announced the acquisitionof RWR Advisory Group, the leading provider of research and analysis on the global business activities of foreigncompanies 

Janes hastoday announced the acquisition of RWR Advisory Group as theycontinue to develop new solutions and enhanced offerings tocustomers in government, national security and defencemanufacturing. 

“I’m delighted to announce the acquisition of RWR AdvisoryGroup, which is a great addition to our portfolio of trusted data,analysis and intelligence solutions and allows us to enhance our positionas the leading provider of open-source defence intelligence” said BlakeBartlett, CEO at Janes. “The threats to national security are becomingincreasingly varied and dynamic, and this acquisition enables Janesto expand beyond traditional warfare into emerging areas of nationalsecurity threats and concerns. Through their IntelTrak product, RWR AdvisoryGroup brings a highly complementary capability into the Janes ecosystem ofconnected data that our customers trust when making theirmost critical decisions."

“In Janes, we have found a partner that can take ouropen-source coverage of economic and financial Statecraft to the nextlevel” said Roger Robinson, CEO at RWR Advisory.  “The combination of RWR’scomprehensive database of foreign entities including global businesstransactions, entity risk profiles, country reports, and risk alerts, withJanes Intara will deliver the most comprehensive Foundational Intelligencecapability in the world”.

About Janes

The Janes stamp of trust means supplying our customers withtimely, validated, unbiased and relevant intelligence in a world crowded withincreasingly unreliable information. With an unmatched legacy of more than 120years, Janes has adapted, expanded, and developed its unique tradecraft whiletransitioning from a traditional military publisher to the leading globalagency for open-source defence intelligence.

Janes Intara brings together all of the assuredintelligence, across military capabilities and order of battle, securityevents, equipment, markets, forecasts and defence manufacturers that Janes hasdeveloped over our 120-year legacy. All intelligence datasets have beeninterconnected allowing you to work across traditional domains as well asdatasets, regions, organisations and countries.

About RWR Advisory Group 

Founded in 2009, RWR Advisory Groupis a Washington, DC-based open-source intelligence, research, and advisory firmthat specializes in providing data and analysis for government and privatesector clients managing risk and threat factors related to economic andfinancial statecraft, national security, and political and regulatory risk.During the past 10 years, RWR has pioneered the use of new research andanalytic techniques to improve due diligence and threat assessment concerningthe risks related to foreign actors and their respective entities. Thesecompanies have faced new scrutiny across a range of risk factors related tonational and economic security, defense, the malign use of economic andfinancial statecraft, geopolitics, human rights as well as in more traditionalareas of concern.