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SAUDI ARABIA 30/10/2019

New foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan knows defence industry

Saudi Arabia's new foreign minister has solid relationships in the West, particularly with the US defence industry. [...]

EUROPE 30/10/2019

Fierce competition underway for EU security contract in Baghdad

In line with the security apparatus it has in place in Afghanistan and Somalia, the EU is poised to issue a major contract to protect a compound for its diplomats in Baghdad. [...]

UNITED STATES EUROPE ISRAEL 30/10/2019

Airbus, Thales enter fray for Hanoi intelligence observation satellite

Companies from a number of countries are jostling to land a lucrative spy-satellite contract with Hanoi. [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FRANCE 21/10/2019

After Barakat affair, Thales carries out anti-corruption purge in the Gulf

According to our sources, French defence conglomerate Thales has sacked several key executives in the United Arab Emirates and other parts of the Gulf due to their alleged association with Nabil Barakat, a former agent who had sued the company. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 21/10/2019

Royal Al Ula commission stocks up on consultants in London

Riyadh has been handing out contracts for the development of the vast Al Ula cultural project to Western consultants left, right and centre, while its cultural war with Doha rages on in the background. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 16/10/2019

Al Sahab, Riyadh's air defence cyber guard dog

Al Sahab, which arose from the ashes of former dedicated entities, has landed a number of key cyber-security contracts in Saudi Arabia. [...]

FRANCE UKRAINE 16/10/2019

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Airbus faces anger in Ukraine

The Ukrainian interior ministry in unhappy with the quality of helicopters the country has received from Airbus and is putting pressure on the European company. [...]

QATAR 16/10/2019

Raytheon and Thales competition affected by legal spat involving Emir's brother

Tarek Fouad's lawsuit in California against the Qatari Army has lifted the lid on some of the business relationships of Qatar's royal family. [...]

CHINA FRANCE 07/10/2019

Tsinghua spearhead's Beijing's semiconductor ambitions

The tightening of US restrictions on exports of vital electronic components to China has fuelled Chinese determination to be to self sufficient in semi-conductors. [...]

IRAQ FRANCE KUWAIT 02/10/2019

Orange and Agility's battle with Barzani's telecoms company gets political

The two companies want to use diplomatic channels between Iraq, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates to pin down businessman Raymond Rahmeh, a key figure in the case. [...]

ISRAEL 02/10/2019

Tel Aviv caves in to US pressure to restrict exports to Hanoi

Washington and Tel Aviv's scramble for defence business in Hanoi has recently stepped up a notch. [...]

CHINA 23/09/2019

France boosts Beijing's nuclear export ambitions

A second EPR reactor in Taishan, China, went into commercial operation earlier this month, marking the culmination of a long collaboration between France's EDF and the part-publicly owned China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN). Beijing now has designs on the export market. [...]

FRANCE 23/09/2019

Finance ministry and Brienne clash over economic sovereignty

The France Digitale Day event held in Paris on September 18 highlighted a manifest discrepancy between how the country's ministry of economy and its ministry of defence view economic sovereignty. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA 18/09/2019

Abdelaziz bin Salman's ministry role heralds return of king's friends to oil Free

The appointment of King Salman bin Abdulaziz' son Abdelaziz bin Salman as energy minister on September 8 may pave the way for movers and shakers of old to get back into Saudi Arabia's oil business. [...]

IRAQ UNITED KINGDOM 18/09/2019

Former SAS chief Lord Guthrie joins Barzani's star trader

Retired Special Air Service (SAS) commander Charles Guthrie is lending his support to the oil trader Murtaza Lakhani. [...]

UNITED STATES AZERBAIJAN 18/09/2019

VSE Corp gets US foot in door of Azerbaijan's defence market

VSE Corp has landed a US government intelligence support contract in Azerbaijan at a time when the US is making a big effort to woo Russia and Iran's neighbour. [...]

ALGERIA FRANCE 09/09/2019

VIP aircraft sow discord between Paris and Gaid Salah

While Alger's army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah launches into anti-corruption probes within the highest echelons of government, announcing "the time of reckoning has come", a secret deal with the Algerian ministry of national defence has got Paris and Algiers in a flutter. [...]

FRANCE 09/09/2019

Paris in a drone-shopping frenzy

The French authorities' procurement forecasts see the state buying more than a thousand drones of all sizes over the next decade, much to the delight of industrials. [...]

EUROPE UNITED STATES 04/09/2019

Mercury Public Affairs dumped by Airbus over compliance issues

The US lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs filed a complaint against the European aeronautical group in August. [...]

ISRAEL 04/09/2019

The Mexican state oil giant Pemex is currently subject to an anti-corruption investigation.

In midst of spat with Mexican police, Rafael faces Pemex scandal fallout

Anti-corruption probes into the Mexican oil giant Pemex could have an impact on the Israeli defence company. [...]

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