France, Ukraine
War in Ukraine: Ukrainian delegation to meet with French representatives to discuss arms supplies

Spotlight | France, Ukraine
Ukraine inches closer to obtaining French Mirage

After months in the works, plans to deliver the French fighter plane to Ukraine are now taking shape.

France, Ukraine
Ukrainian defence ministry caught up in French red tape

In its search for military equipment, Ukraine's Ministry of Defence faces a major adversary: the onerous administrative procedures of a French fund set up to equip the country.

Spotlight | France, Ukraine
French intelligence service kiboshes naturalisation of Ukrainian potential asset

Despite Paris's support for Kyiv, France's domestic intelligence service remains concerned about counter-espionage. France's refusal to grant citizenship to a Ukrainian professor, based on a note from the DGSI, shines a spotlight on the service's interests in Ukraine's State representations in the French capital.

Spotlight | France, Ukraine
Misunderstanding between Kyiv and Paris over arms deliveries grows

Intelligence Online was able to sneak into the top secret France-Ukraine armament committee that regularly discusses arms deliveries to Ukraine. Its latest meeting highlights the widening gap between the two parties.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Nardello, Optima, Ilios, Sparacino, DRSD

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to New York, London, Paris and Rome.

New YorkFeldman to take over from Nardello in London.

LondonDeath knell sounds for Optima Defence & Security Group.

Aix-en-Provence/RomeIlios International looks towards Italy.

USSparacino without Veretus.

ParisDRSD boss leaves for Sanofi.

Poland, Ukraine, United States
Washington plans to produce missiles for Ukraine in Poland

A small consortium of American arms producers plans to set up a site for the long-term supply of munitions built in Poland to Ukraine. The project could mark a major turning point in the West's response to the war.

Spotlight | Ukraine
Allied tensions mount over supply of weapons to Ukraine

As fighting in the Donbass intensifies, Kyiv is negotiating with the West to obtain heavier weapons. It is especially keen to obtain airborne weaponry, but while the US, followed by most European countries, has started to respond, Paris is reluctant to follow.

China, France
Chinese defence institutions take interest in laser technology from Bordeaux region

Representatives from several Chinese institutions with ties to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) attended an online forum organised in June by a Bordeaux hub that promotes the region's photonics and microwave technology abroad.

France
Aleph-Networks, EarthCube: intelligence services providers cosy up with would-be investors

According to our sources, several companies that work for the French intelligence community, including EarthCube and Aleph Networks, are preparing investment rounds. Both French and foreign institutional and private investors could take stakes, much to the consternation of the companies' government clients in France.