Airbus Group

The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has carved a place for itself internationally as an alternative to Boeing thanks to the success of the A330, the A350 and the A380. The company is a merger of French, German and Spanish aircraft makers. As well as its civil activity it has military projects such as Eurofighter Typhoon, in partnership with BAE Systems, the A400M transport aircraft and also combat and transport helicopters. The company also has space programmes.

Spotlight FRANCE UZBEKISTAN 26/09/2018

Emmanuel Macron sets out to woo Tashkent 

Long off-limits to the outside world, Uzbekistan has started to extend a warmer welcome to French CAC 40 companies under Mirziyoyev. [...]

UNITED STATES FRANCE 26/09/2018

Palantir nabs Fabrice Bregier 

According to our sources, the US data mining firm Palantir is poised to hire Fabrice Bregier, the former number two [...]

EUROPE 12/09/2018

Former Kroll employee joins European fighter plane project 

Jan Stoeber was appointed head of relations with industry partners [...]

FRANCE 05/09/2018

IGN woos intelligence services to carve niche in GEOINT 

A report recently submitted to the French government on the sovereignty of geographical data stresses the role that the French geographical institute IGN can play in helping the French intelligence services, as it aims to become their leading GEOINT partner. [...]

EUROPE 29/08/2018

Airbus' compliance dept. increasingly vigilant  Free

According to our sources, Airbus Group's head of compliance has once again blocked the signature of a contract, this time [...]

FRANCE 29/08/2018

Crisis at Suneris, DGSE's favourite supplier 

According to our sources, Pierre-Mayeul Badaire was dismissed as deputy managing director of Suneris Solution this summer for professional misconduct. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 29/08/2018

Dean Nelson stays focused on India 

Journalist turned investigator Dean Nelson, the author of Jugaad Yatra: [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE 29/08/2018

Seguillon works for Al Essas, chamberlains of the Salman clan 

Jerome Seguillon, a Gulf-based former French defence industry executive, works for the Al Essa family, close allies of the clan of King Salman bin Abdulaziz. [...]

EUROPE 25/07/2018

Airbus Group: Enders launches witch-hunt 

Increasingly upset by leaks in the press about the anti-corruption [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 25/07/2018

Forensic Risk Alliance nabs KPMG associate 

Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA), Toby Duthie‘s computer forensics firm, has [...]

FRANCE 25/07/2018

Shakeup underway at French defense brokers 

Industrial advisers to the Elysee Palace and the defence ministry will spend the coming weeks fleshing out a plan to restructure France's military export offices. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE ITALY QATAR 11/07/2018

Mood of suspicion behind scenes of Fincantieri-Naval Group merger plan 

The intelligence services are keeping a watchful eye on the arranged marriage that the Elysee Palace has been encouraging between the big French and Italian shipyards. [...]

SINGAPORE 11/07/2018

Thales goes all out to land satellite order 

The French company is hoping that Singapore will become the first country to buy its new high-end observation satellites. It is lining up its troops to secure a deal. [...]

KAZAKHSTAN 27/06/2018

KAI builds drones for Nursultan Nazarbayev 

State-owned Kazakhstan Aviation Industry recently signed a cooperation deal that will enable it to develop its own drones. [...]

Spotlight FRANCE 13/06/2018

New Space revolution a blow to French GEOINT companies 

The shake-up of the satellite imagery market that started in the US is making its effects felt on the French Geospatial-Intelligence (GEOINT) sector. [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 30/05/2018

Lord Gold, Airbus' man, joins UK Bribery Act committee 

The House of Lords announced the establishment of a committee that will review the 2010 UK Bribery Act on May [...]

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 02/05/2018

Imad Lahoud helps Airbus partner Atlas Aerospace fly high 

After a turbulent time in the headlines in France, Imad Lahoud is recovering nicely in Abu Dhabi in the shadow of the Al Mutawaa family's Atlas Group. [...]

FRANCE 02/05/2018

After Alstom, and while the Airbus affair plays out, French economic intelligence takes baby steps 

First French MPs and now the administration is grappling with how best to organise economic intelligence. [...]

SAUDI ARABIA FRANCE 11/04/2018

Turbulence ahead for Thales in Riyadh 

French defence group Thales has been experiencing some difficulty of late in Riyadh. The arrival of former Airbus Group executive [...]

FRANCE 28/02/2018

Argenson speeds up ODAS' transformation 

Daniel Argenson, the new president of ODAS, the French military exports agency dedicated to Saudi Arabia, has begun ringing the [...]