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Corporate Intelligence 27/10/2021

Under US pressure, Deripaska hopes supporters can provide relief in Europe

FBI raids Washington home linked to Russia's Deripaska, on 19 October 2021. © Tom Brenner/Reuters

Surveillance & Interception 26/10/2021

Deveryware tests waters at Milipol to connect to Aleph Networks' solutions

As part of its drive to diversify its activities, Deveryware has recently entered into several partnerships, including one with Aleph Networks. This partnership with the dark web specialist should enable it to meet the future needs of the French authorities regarding digital investigations. [...]

International Dealmaking 25/10/2021

CS Group and Thales hope for windfall from Franco-Qatari anti-drone warfare cooperation

With the 2022 Football World Cup looming, French companies have set their sights on Qatar's major anti-drone contracts. The firms are backed in their efforts by France's army, national gendarmerie and interior ministry. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 25/10/2021

France's defence innovation agency turns to usual suspects to develop drone SIGINT technology

Newer players had their hopes up but France's defence innovation agency AID finally turned to established companies, Thales SIX GTS, Suneris and Arpège, to develop a drone mini-payload. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 22/10/2021

In Viginum's shadows, 'state start-up' Disinfo fights fake news for French foreign ministry

Hosted by the ministry's "digital ambassador", Disinfo, which develops open-source tools to monitor disinformation, was created in April 2019 by national security directorate SGDSN's inter-ministerial anti-fake news task force. As such, it represents the "soft power" component of the French government's efforts to counter disinformation. [...]

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Surveillance & Interception 21/10/2021

Vador spy plane programme stuck in the doldrums

The Vador light surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. © Jean-Luc Brunet/ Twitter Armée de l'air et de l'espace

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International Dealmaking 20/10/2021

Rosatom taps French contacts to make headway on hydrogen programmes

In the wake of its joint projects with Gazprom, Rosatom has locked in several foreign partnerships. One such alliance is with French group EDF, building on plans to make gains through strong networks in Paris and Brussels built by its local branches-cum-lobbyists. [...]

Spotlight International Dealmaking 19/10/2021

Paris and Dassault in push to sell Rafale fighters

Still reeling from the effects of the AUKUS defence pact, Paris now hopes to restore its image by finding new buyers for its Rafale fighter jets. A deal with New Dehli appears to be on track and Dassault is hoping Abu Dhabi will follow suit. [...]

Ministry of Defence Florence Parly at a ceremony marking the delivery of the first Rafale fighter jet destined for India, on October 8, 2019 at Dassault Aviation plant in Merignac. © Bonnaud Guillaume/PhotoPQR/SudOuest/MaxPPP

Government Intelligence 19/10/2021

Potential division of tax intelligence at Bercy

Alongside Tracfin and the DNRED, a new purely fiscal intelligence unit may soon be created within the ministry of economy. [...]

French Ministry for Economy and Finance. © Vincent Isore/IP3Press/MaxPPP

International Dealmaking 19/10/2021

Alstom faces anti-corruption risk in wake of French court ruling in favour of ex-China agent

France's Cour de Cassation recently invalidated a Paris appeals court ruling ordering the Hong Kong company Alexander Brothers Ltd (ABL), headed by Guo Qi, to return compensation of some $1.8m to Alstom. The court referred the case to the Versailles court of appeals where a future victory by the latter would open the door to prosecution against Alstom for corruption. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 19/10/2021

French government beefs up English Channel monitoring with British-funded technology

As France and Britain's various quarrels continue, the French Gendarmermie is poised to strengthen its airborne surveillance of migrant crossings in the English Channel with Britain's help. The French gendarmerie is going to beef up its airborne intelligence system, known as ISR, in the English Channel, thanks to a grant from London. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 18/10/2021

Franco-British Council holds strong despite AUKUS curveball

Funded by the arms industry, activist investors and the British and French governments, the Franco-British Council encourages defence cooperation from both sides of the Channel - and the contracts it generates - together with the British parliament's All-Party Parliamentary Group for France. [...]

Government Intelligence 18/10/2021

Foreign and military intelligence to face spyplane shortfall once Transall Gabriel aircraft retire

The two Transall C160G Gabriel aircraft used for electronic intelligence will retire in 2022 and will not be replaced until their Archange successors are delivered in 2026 at the earliest. Intelligence agencies are now trying to fill in the gap. [...]

French spyplane Transall C160 Gabriel © O.Ravenel/Armée de l'air/Ministère des armées

Surveillance & Interception 18/10/2021

France's SGDSN budget finances new anti-fake news technology for Viginum

France's new anti-fake news service Viginum has been allocated €4m to procure technology and hire 25 additional staff in signs which suggest the service is poised to work more closely with the French intelligence community. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 12/10/2021

Mentor Consultant serves as light cavalry for Orange's military cloud

Founded in September with the blessing of the Agence du Numérique de Défense (AND), industry association Ginum is looking to promote French 'digital sovereignty' and influence the government's strategy. Its launch represents a new chapter in the influence wars surrounding France's sovereign cloud. [...]

Surveillance & Interception 11/10/2021

French prison intelligence in need of cyber-tools

Two years after joining the intelligence community's 'second circle', France's prison intelligence service, the SNRP, is in the market for data-gathering technology. However companies in the sector are not queuing up to work for it. [...]

Government Intelligence 11/10/2021

Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

After a big increase in funding for France's DGSE external intelligence service in 2021, it will be the turn of the DRSD, defence intelligence and security service, to receive substantial fresh funding for its major development projects in 2022. [...]

Government Intelligence 08/10/2021

French former far-right wordsmith Emmanuel Leroy joins Franco-Russian rapprochement efforts

A panel of pro-Russian historians and writers, including from France's far-right, were with Emmanuel Leroy for the recent launch of a new Franco-Russian initiative in Paris. [...]

Risk consultant Emmanuel Leroy in 2011. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Spotlight Surveillance & Interception 07/10/2021

Seaside village welcomes transatlantic cable

The completion of the strategic AMITIE cable system between the United States and France has come at an opportune time in light of the countries' troubled bilateral relations. [...]

A patch of bare land in the town of Le Porge, near Bordeaux in southwestern France. © Google Street View

Corporate Intelligence 07/10/2021

Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

Subjected to possible controls from France's anticorruption agency, the AFA, public institutions such as Paris La Défense are starting to hire private compliance consultants. [...]

The business district of La Défense on the outskirts of Paris. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Government Intelligence 07/10/2021

French involvement in Libya spared from US intelligence investigation

Despite the diplomatic chill over the AUKUS alliance, the US has offered an olive branch to France in its Libya Stabilization Act. [...]

Director of national intelligence Avril Haines. © Saul Loeb/UPI/MaxPPP

International Dealmaking 07/10/2021

Lobbyist FairValue tries to connect Paris and Warsaw ahead of nuclear negotiations

In light of France's upcoming EU presidency, the consultancy FairValue is lobbying for renewed economic diplomacy between France and Poland. The two countries' employers' associations Medef and Lewiatan are on board the global initiative. [...]

Government Intelligence 05/10/2021

French Parliamentary committee on Intelligence report calls for greater collaboration between domestic intelligence services

The Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence report is set to be released this Tuesday. In particular, it will focus on the evolving terrorist threat and the ability of public services to adapt to the health crisis, and will have a particular emphasis on domestic intelligence. [...]

Spotlight Government Intelligence 04/10/2021

French senate quizzes DGSE about Naval Group's Australian failure

France's intelligence chief Bernard Emié will address the Senate defence committee on 6 October on why French intelligence provided no warning of the secret US-Australian submarine deal. [...]

Director of France's external intelligence service (DGSE) Bernard Emié. © Pascal Proust/PhotoPQR/République du Centre/MaxPPP

Government Intelligence 04/10/2021

Belgian intelligence grapples with prohibition of bulk collection and storage of data by phone operators

Belgium's constitutional court followed the hard line taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a landmark ruling last October, making the intelligence services' work more complicated. [...]

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Under US pressure, Deripaska hopes supporters can provide relief in Europe

Deveryware tests waters at Milipol to connect to Aleph Networks' solutions

CS Group and Thales hope for windfall from Franco-Qatari anti-drone warfare cooperation

France's defence innovation agency turns to usual suspects to develop drone SIGINT technology

In Viginum's shadows, 'state start-up' Disinfo fights fake news for French foreign ministry

Vador spy plane programme stuck in the doldrums

Rosatom taps French contacts to make headway on hydrogen programmes

Paris and Dassault in push to sell Rafale fighters

Potential division of tax intelligence at Bercy

Alstom faces anti-corruption risk in wake of French court ruling in favour of ex-China agent

French government beefs up English Channel monitoring with British-funded technology

Franco-British Council holds strong despite AUKUS curveball

Foreign and military intelligence to face spyplane shortfall once Transall Gabriel aircraft retire

France's SGDSN budget finances new anti-fake news technology for Viginum

Mentor Consultant serves as light cavalry for Orange's military cloud

French prison intelligence in need of cyber-tools

Military security gets a bumper budget allocation in 2022

French former far-right wordsmith Emmanuel Leroy joins Franco-Russian rapprochement efforts

Seaside village welcomes transatlantic cable

Paris La Défense business district hires ADIT to step up compliance

French involvement in Libya spared from US intelligence investigation

Lobbyist FairValue tries to connect Paris and Warsaw ahead of nuclear negotiations

French Parliamentary committee on Intelligence report calls for greater collaboration between domestic intelligence services

French senate quizzes DGSE about Naval Group's Australian failure

Belgian intelligence grapples with prohibition of bulk collection and storage of data by phone operators

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