Aerospace

France
Key bidder pushed out of strategic French air force training tender over security clearance

The competition to supply France's air force with enemy training aircraft for fighter pilots' combat training, which is in its final stages, has been completely upended. A key contender has been excluded from the tender process following a surprising security clearance refusal.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
CMA CGM security chief stays put, FRS to study US-China risks, G3 showcases spy credentials

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

MarseilleClose call for CMA CGM's security director

ParisFRS foundation to predict US-China risks

LondonEx-spy chiefs swell G3's ranks amid focus on intel networks

France, Thailand
Plane engines seized in France set to be given to sanctioned Russian-Thai firm

Two aircraft engines impounded in France as part of court proceedings in the UK are set to be sent to Thailand to a company suspected of circumventing sanctions against Russia.

France, Indonesia
Indonesian president's potential Paris trip raises hopes at Dassault

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is expected to arrive in Paris on 14 April. News of this potential visit has raised hopes at Dassault Aviation, which is still pushing for Jakarta to sign for a new batch of 18 Rafale fighter jets.

France, Japan, South Korea
French GEOINT players see mitigated success in Seoul and Tokyo

French intelligence industry players were very well represented in the economic delegation that joined President Emmanuel Macron on his visits to South Korea and Japan last week. But despite the opportunities opened up by the desire to reduce ties with the United States, very few solid contracts materialised.

France, Thailand
French customs authorities probe alleged Russian-Thai sanctions-busting aviation network

A network believed to be circumventing Russian sanctions in the civil aviation sector is thriving despite cross-Atlantic contacts between the relevant authorities.

Ukraine
Airbus Defence and Space wants back in Ukraine

Airbus, which, unlike its rival Boeing or France's Thales left Ukraine at the start of the conflict, is hoping to gain a foothold there once again and is looking for opportunities in the drone industry.

Europe, United States
Airbus extends contract with Palantir

Airbus Group has renewed its contract with Palantir for ten years. In 2015, the European aircraft manufacturer entrusted the American group with the development of its Skywise big data platform, which aims to optimise the production and maintenance of its aircraft.

Indonesia, Italy
Rome set to seal deal with Indonesian air force

Italian defence manufacturer Leonardo signed on 27 January a long-awaited Letter of Award for the sale of training aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force, according to documents consulted by Intelligence Online.

Japan, United States
US supplier to Washington's Asian allies suffers alleged trade secret theft

A Californian firm specialising in military aircraft parts, and which is a key link in the US Indo-Pacific strategy, is suing a former employee. The case has thrown strategic US commercial networks in Asia off-kilter.