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Turkey in lead to build Neom's 'Steel Dome'

Aselan's ‘Steel Dome’ (çelik kubbe) project was presented to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Saha Expo trade fair in Istanbul in October 2024.
Aselan's ‘Steel Dome’ (çelik kubbe) project was presented to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Saha Expo trade fair in Istanbul in October 2024. © Directorate of Communications of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkiye

Riyadh's plans to build an anti-aircraft defence system for its giant desert project are likely to be handed to Turkey's Aselsan, which beat its rival European missile manufacturer MBDA to the job.

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France, Israel
French territorial intelligence officer deemed too close to Israel's services

The Paris Administrative Court dismissed the case of a former police officer from the Service Central du Renseignement Territorial (Central Territorial Intelligence Service) who was contesting his refusal to be granted secret-defence clearance.
The Paris Administrative Court dismissed the case of a former police officer from the Service Central du Renseignement Territorial (Central Territorial Intelligence Service) who was contesting his refusal to be granted secret-defence clearance. © Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas via AFP

An agent working on radicalisation for France's SCRT territorial intelligence service has lost his appeal against a decision not to grant him security clearance because of his links to Israel and his lack of transparency.

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