Keen to capitalise on the diplomatic rapprochement between Paris and Riyadh in the past year, (IOL 695, IOL 703), the French government is hoping that Saudi Arabia investment money might come to the rescue of a number of financially-struggling French [.
In a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, a small technical unit coordinates the US Army's top secret airborne monitoring procurement programmes.
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A closed-door colloquium at the DRM on May 23 saw director Christophe Gomart officialise reforms that have been in the works since the beginning of the year, particularly in imagery intelligence.
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After selling his stake in Qatar Airways, Hamad bin Jassim, the former PM of Qatar, is cultivating his image as regime number two, at the risk of overshadowing the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim.
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China is working on the development of its optical observation capacities - with the help of its intelligence services.
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The Lebanese Shi'ite party has recently lost two key members of its military arm in the fighting in Syria. Mahmoud [...]
The French-built Nexter VBCI armoured infantry fighting vehicle, which has never secured an export deal despite many attempts, will be [...]
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President Barack Obama's announcement at West Point on May 28 that the US will step up its support of the [...]
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Robert Cardillo will succeed Letitia "Tish" Long in October as [...]
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Ajit Kumar Doval has been appointed security advisor and coordinator [...]
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The DPSD has received approval from the French data protection [...]
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Michael T. Flynn, who is poised to stand down as [...]
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Emmanuel Riva, the Israeli national killed with his wife Myriam [...]
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Hubert Bonneau, a former officer of the now-defunct Escadron Parachutiste [...]
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During his visit to France on May 23, Ahmad Assi [...]
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The Caracal transport plane, which is used by France's Commandement [...]
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Securite Civile acquired a system for its intervention units and [...]
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After Oman (IOL 707), Kuwait has recently been leading efforts [...]
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A new drone developed by the 10th Air Parachute Commando [...]
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Despite Bahrain's best efforts to airbrush its crackdown against Shi'ite anti-regime demonstrators in 2011 (IOL 654), Western governments are in [...]
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In the home of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, astronauts rule or so the French foreign ministry seems to think. France is [...]
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While Hamid Karzai's government continues to give foreign private security operators in the country a hard time, it has also [...]
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Pierre Berger, who has headed Eiffage for the past four years, is bidding to reduce the French construction group's debts [...]
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"Good Hunting", Jack Devine's memoirs, lifts the lid on his long career in the CIA's clandestine service and his subsequent move to the private sector.
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Consultant Ghislain de Castelbajac and financier Philippe Bertin are developing the first business partner-screening internet platform in France.
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The French defence industry's dependence on foreign micro-electronics is threatening several of its export contracts.
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Debate in the US administration about easing the limit on [...]
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After missing out on the recent contract to supervise African [...]
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Protected from lawsuits since 2003, the Development Fund of Iraq, [...]
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The French computer forensics specialist Tracip is priming its international [...]
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Hagen Helm has resigned as chief excecutive of South Africa's [...]
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John Torres has stepped in to fill Julie Myers Wood' [...]
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Frontier Services Group, the emergency security and logistics business that [...]
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K2, the corporate intelligence firm founded by Jules Kroll and [...]
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Kroll is now treading on the turf of computer forensics [...]
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Restrata,Olive Group's industrial security branch, has recruited Mark Alexander, a [...]
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Drum Cussac, the maritime security firm founded by former Scots [...]
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Mohamed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, has tasked an investment fund with equipping the Emirati army with observation and combat drones - whatever the cost.
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Amr Moussa, who served as secretary-general of the Arab League [...]
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Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia who now teaches [...]
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Eric Rochant, a French screenwriter and director, has pushed back [...]
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Software developers are inventing ways to detect and block the dissemination of false information on social networks.
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