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Government Intelligence FRANCE 19/07/2017

A Cessna 550 Citation II adapted for ISR missions. ©DR

High-level battle to operate air surveillance over Sahel and Near East

Private companies that operate fleets of air surveillance planes are preparing the bids they will submit to the French army. These are strategic contracts since ISR is an activity that is set to explode. [...]

Special report FRANCE 28/07/2017

Chief executive Tom Enders. ©2016 Bloomberg Finance LP

Tom Enders drags Airbus Group into anti-corruption maelstrom

Government Intelligence UNITED STATES IRAN 19/07/2017

Suleimani: HR McMaster's number one enemy

With tensions running very high between Washington and Tehran, Donald Trump's national security advisor, Lt. Gen. HR McMaster, is now [...]

Government Intelligence EGYPT QATAR 19/07/2017

Egypt's intelligence agency compiles "black book" against Doha

In the shadow of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, the Egyptian intelligence service is gathering as much information as it can against Doha to try to get Western countries on their side. [...]

Government Intelligence UNITED STATES 19/07/2017

Russia pushes Pentagon to revise its cyber strategy

The series of Russian cyber-attacks against US infrastructure recently has prompted Washington to take steps to overhaul its cyberwarfare doctrine. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 19/07/2017

Charles Carr to leave K2

LEBANON 19/07/2017

A New Ambassador in Paris

FRANCE 19/07/2017

DGSI's Duthe receives July 14 honours

Corporate Intelligence UNITED KINGDOM 19/07/2017

GPW comes to Lebedev's rescue

The Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev has scored a legal victory in his battle with his former financial manager, Anatoly Danilitskiy. [...]

International Dealmaking UNITED KINGDOM PAKISTAN 19/07/2017

Kaplan follows Silk Route to Pakistan

Billionaire Thomas Kaplan, who is close to Tony Blair's former chief-of-staff Jonathan Powell, is getting into Pakistan's mining industry with the help of local generals and the Chinese. [...]

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EGYPT 19/07/2017

Sisi sticks with Hamas despite July 7 attack

According to a report by the defence attache of a Gulf state in Cairo that Intelligence Online has seen, Egyptian [...]

FRANCE 19/07/2017

Intelligence support pays in Abuja

Careful study of the annexes of the French defence ministry's annual report to the parliament on defence exports, which was [...]

JAPAN 19/07/2017

Constitutional concerns over cyber developments

In the past few days, the Japanese defence ministry has come under intense pressure. The Japan Self Defence Forces (JSDF), [...]

UNITED STATES 19/07/2017

Sue Gordon tasked with working her NSA magic at DNI

Susan M. Gordon, who will probably be appointed the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coat's number two (IOL 786), [...]

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FRANCE 19/07/2017

Ferlet's challenge at the DRM

UNITED STATES 19/07/2017

DIA's HR policy may hurt nuclear intelligence

UNITED STATES 19/07/2017

NATO eyes Russia's Zapad 17

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FRANCE TURKEY 19/07/2017

Gueant's son-in-law defends Uzan clan's interests

Financial consultant Jean-Charles Charki, the son-in-law of ex-interior minister Claude Gueant, (IOL 770) is handling the bankruptcy of the luxury [...]

INDIA RUSSIA 19/07/2017

Ruia brothers led Rosneft-Essar deal

Brothers Shashi and Ravi Ruia, the heads of the Indian conglomerate Essar, are enjoying a new lease of life after [...]

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UNITED KINGDOM 19/07/2017

Lamont gets back into action

UNITED STATES | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 19/07/2017

McFarland, agent for Emirati defence procurement

CANADA | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 19/07/2017

Nicholas Janitsary flies to Ottawa

EUROPE 19/07/2017

G4S chosen to guide EU security mission in Iraq

The British private security giant G4S has been contracted to protect the European exploratory mission that has been set up [...]

UNITED STATES 19/07/2017

Ex-CIA Islamabad chief launches business intelligence firm

Kevin Hulbert, the former CIA head of station in Pakistan, launched his new business intelligence firm Pangea Business Intelligence in [...]

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International Dealmaking

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FRANCE 19/07/2017

DGSE keen to catch up on tactical interception capabilities

The French external intelligence service has decided to focus on national interception solutions developed by its usual partners, rather than acquiring foreign technology. [...]

EUROPE 05/07/2017

Contract for EU security in Kabul draws heavyweight contenders

Security firms interested in the massive contract to protect the European Union in Afghanistan are lining up to bid. The deal has prompted some unlikely alliances. [...]

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BULGARIA 19/07/2017

LASA Engineering revives Erik Prince's militarized agricultural aircraft

LASA Engineering, which was founded by Erik Prince but is now owned by a Bulgarian aviation firm, is touting itself as an ITAR-free alternative to the companies that convert agricultural planes for anti-guerrilla deployment. [...]

UNITED STATES INDIA 05/07/2017

Thales former India partner beefs up board before Nasdaq listing

Rajiv Shukla, the former CEO of the Indian defence company Pipavav, has hired Alan Rosling, a former advisor to John Major, to help Constellation become the go-to investment company for Western investors in India. [...]

TURKEY EUROPE 21/06/2017

Airbus agent Necdet Ersoy ready to counter-attack

Necdet Ersoy, who was Airbus Group's agent in Turkey for many years, is threatening to take the company to court after his contract was abruptly axed by the export department. [...]

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Surveillance & Interception

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ITALY 19/07/2017

BTS Tracker shakes up mobile forensic investigation

An Italian GSM device can precisely track the movements of a mobile telephone based on its log of previous calls, without the help of mobile operators. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 05/07/2017

Mini-drones to detect satellite telephones

Horizon Technologies has built a smaller version of its Thuraya and Inmarsat telephone geolocation system that can be deployed on tactical drones. [...]

FRANCE 21/06/2017

DroneJack WiFi network brings down unwelcome drones

French researchers have developed a cheap to produce system that can protect against intrusions by Wifi-controlled commercial drones. [...]

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Special report FRANCE 28/07/2017

Tom Enders drags Airbus Group into anti-corruption maelstrom

The top management of the Airbus Group is in a state of extreme schizophrenia. Chief executive Tom Enders, who has been engaged in a complete and sometimes brutal reorganization of [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 19/07/2017