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FRANCE 21/06/2007 Toulouse-Space to Feature in Summer Defense Conclave Organized by the French parliament's defense committee and scheduled to [...]
FRANCE 07/06/2007 Listening In On China According to our sources, the latest meeting of France's Comite d’Architecture des Systemes de Force (CASF), a panel jointly headed [...]
FRANCE 07/06/2007 Waiting for Changes at Top A month after France's presidential election the French intelligence and security agencies are still waiting for the appointment of new bosses. [...]
FRANCE 07/06/2007 A River Cruise for DRM’s Birthday Formed in 1992 after the first Gulf War, the French military intelligence agency Direction du Renseignement Militaire headed by air force general Michel Masson will shortly celebrate its 15th birthday. [...]
FRANCE 07/06/2007 Sofema’s Woes with Libya Deal The French armaments concern Sofema is in the midst of a severe crisis that it must resolve before its general assembly on June 28. [...]
FRANCE 07/06/2007 From LVMH to EADS? Advisers to France's new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, are looking pretty well everywhere for a solution to the problems dogging EADS. [...]
FRANCE 07/06/2007 Parliamentary Oversight at Last Endorsed over a year ago by the French cabinet, a [...]
FRANCE 07/06/2007 Prince Signs on For Sofresa Prince Signs on For Sofresa. A firm backer of Nicolas [...]
Spotlight FRANCE 24/05/2007 The New Line-Up in French Defense & Security The "break with the past" championed by France's new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will probably be less wrenching than he promised - a major overhaul of the state will indeed be undertaken but a rash of appointments to government departments indicates [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 Moving House a Prelude to Merger? The Paris headquarters of the police intelligence agency Renseignement Generaux (RG) is to begin moving its furniture and staff from [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 Freeze in EADS Musical Chair Game Although the CEO of the MBDA missile company, Marwan Lahoud, has been officially chosen by EADS to succeed Jean-Paul Gut the conditions surrounding the latter’s departure remain uncertain. [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 Forgeard Spies Opportunity in Asia The former French co-chairman of EADS, Noel Forgeard, is thinking [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 Safran Imposes Standards on Sagem Amid rumours he will be replaced by Jean-Yves Gilet, current [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 Geos Sees Strong Growth Ahead After marking time and seeing a lot of its staff quit in late 2005-early 2006 (IOL 525), the business intelligence [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 How Assad Family Lobbies At odds with president Jacques Chirac, the family of Syrian [...]
FRANCE 10/05/2007 DTM: Lobbying and Intelligence A discreet political insider, Dominique Mallemanche has opened an office across from the Elysee Palace to inform her customers on forthcoming changes in France’s political leadership. [...]
FRANCE 10/05/2007 QIA Offers a “Golden Welcome” to ex EADS Aide As had been expected for some weeks (IOL 540), a [...]
FRANCE 10/05/2007 Sofema Seeking a Managing Director The chief executive of the French armaments concern Sofema, Bernard Norlain, didn’t win over his board in late April when [...]
FRANCE 10/05/2007 Champagne for Students Champagne for Students. The board of examiners that will hand [...]
FRANCE 19/04/2007 How to Boost Arms Exports France’s next defense minister, who will be named following presidential and legislative elections in May, will find a ready-made plan for increasing arms exports on his or her desk. [...]
FRANCE 19/04/2007 New Boss for Sofresa in June There’s no lack of candidates to replace Bruno Cotte as boss of the French armaments office Sofresa. [...]
FRANCE 19/04/2007 Norlain Overhauls Sofema The boss of the French armaments agency Sofema, ex-general Bernard [...]
FRANCE 19/04/2007 Galileo’s First President Galileo’s First President. The company that is to manage Europe’s [...]
