Thailand
Ex-Airbus exec Pierre Jaffre at centre of business networks linking Europe and Thailand

Spotlight | Thailand
Ex-Airbus exec puts his Thai network at service of Turkey-Qatari defence industry

Former Airbus executive Pierre Jaffre is drawing on his extensive connections within the Thai government to help Turkish electronic intelligence and defence firm Pavo Group make gains in Bangkok.

France
Defence ministry poised to award first low-cost drone contract to Turgis & Gaillard

The French defence procurement agency, DGA, has launched a consultation with a view to obtaining a system of three medium-altitude long endurance UAVs. Turgis & Gaillard's Aarok drone seems set to clinch the deal.

China, France, Singapore, Thailand
Ex-Airbus sales execs move onto new Asian pastures

In the Asia-Pacific region, as elsewhere in the world, the aerospace giant has overhauled its sales operations in the wake of anti-corruption investigations. Its former salespeople have branched out into domains that are sometimes far-removed from the aeronautical sector.

Thailand
Thailand's RV Connex, local partner of foreign defence companies, under political pressure

The electoral victory of Thailand's opposition Move Forward party is causing nervousness at Thai defence company RV Connex, where bosses fear that old investigations may be revived at a time when it has forged a number of partnerships with foreign companies.

The Agencies' Gazette
Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, NUG in Bangkok, secret classification in Kyiv

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Kyiv to Bangkok and Baghdad.

IraqHashd Al Shabi denied anniversary parade

Thailand/MyanmarNUG ramps up diplomatic presence in post-election Bangkok

UkraineShake-up of classification deciders

China, Thailand, United States
Thai defence firm ACEIS clarifies links with China to lure US

In a bid to build stronger ties with the US defence industry, Thai firm ACEIS has had to clarify any potential associations that could be made online between it and Chinese companies, especially strategic ones.

Thailand
China casts shadow over Bangkok telecoms market

The merger of Thailand's second and third largest mobile telephone operators, True Corp and DTAC, will create a national behemoth, benefitting True's Chinese-Thai owner CP Group, that will control the new entity's data centres.